Articles filed under Science
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The heat stays on: Earth hits 6th warmest year on recordJan 13, 2022 6:00 am - Earth simmered to the sixth hottest year on record in 2021, according to several newly released temperature measurements. And scientists say the exceptionally hot year ...
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Deadly extreme weather year for US as carbon emissions soarJan 10, 2022 6:00 am - The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while the nation's greenhouse gas emi...
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Rare snowy owl soars over Washington, thrills crowdsJan 10, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A snowy owl apparently touring iconic buildings of the nation's capital is captivating birdwatchers who manage to get a glimpse of the rare, resplenden...
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Space telescope's 'golden eye' opens, last major hurdleJan 08, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's new space telescope opened its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror Saturday, the final step in the observatory's dramatic unfurlin...
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Scientists explore Thwaites, Antarctica's 'doomsday' glacierJan 06, 2022 6:00 am - A team of scientists is sailing to 'œthe place in the world that's the hardest to get to'ť so they can better figure out how much and how fast seas will rise because of ...
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Environmental justice in spotlight as WH official departsJan 06, 2022 6:00 am - The White House's top official on environmental justice is stepping down a year after President Joe Biden took office with an ambitious plan to help disadvantaged commun...
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NASA nails trickiest job on newly launched space telescopeJan 04, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope Tuesday: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a...
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NASA's new space telescope 'hunky-dory' after problems fixedJan 03, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's new space telescope is on the verge of completing the riskiest part of its mission - unfolding and tightening a huge sunshade - after ...
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Space telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st starsDec 25, 2021 6:00 am - The world's largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the unive...
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EXPLAINER: Veteran Hubble vs. new Webb space telescopeDec 23, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Don't ask astronomers to choose between the Hubble Space Telescope and the new kid on the cosmic block, the James Webb Space Telescope. 'œCom...