Articles filed under Science
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Astronauts make, fling, float, eat pizzas on space stationDec 04, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The first-ever pizza party in space is getting sky-high reviews. Astronauts at the International Space Station posted pictures and a video ov...
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NASA nails test on Voyager spacecraft, 13 billion miles awayDec 04, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has nailed an engine test on a spacecraft 13 billion miles away. Last week, ground controllers sent commands to fire backup thrusters on...
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Good night, night: Light pollution increasing around globeNov 22, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The world's nights are getting alarmingly brighter - bad news for all sorts of creatures, humans included. A German-led team reported Wednesd...
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Lofty Thanksgiving: Astronauts feasting on pouches of turkeyNov 22, 2017 6:00 am -
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Mars theory gets dusted: Streaks may be sand, not waterNov 20, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A new study suggests that dark streaks on Mars represent flowing sand - not water. Monday's news throws cold water on 2015 research that indi...
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Warming to make thunderstorms larger and more frequentNov 20, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and...
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Warming to make thunderstorms larger and more frequentNov 20, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and...
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20 years of changing seasons on Earth packed into 2ˆ½ minutesNov 17, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA captured 20 years of changing seasons in a striking new global map of the home planet. The data visualization, released this week, shows...
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Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisherNov 16, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A newly discovered object from another star system that's passing through ours is shaped like a giant pink fire extinguisher. That's the word...
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Close new Earth-size world, where year lasts under 10 daysNov 15, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronomers have discovered a close new world about the size of Earth, where a year lasts just under 10 days. At a distance of 11 light-years...