Articles filed under Science
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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...
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Development and conservation clash at Komodo National ParkDec 22, 2021 6:00 am - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - On a dirt path, forked yellow tongue darting from its mouth, a member of world's largest lizard species lazes on an island in eastern Indonesia...
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SpaceX launches Christmas presents, supplies to stationDec 21, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched Christmas gifts, goodies and supplies to the International Space Station on Tuesday and got a present in return: the company'...
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High wind postpones launch of NASA's newest space telescopeDec 21, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Dangerously high wind will keep NASA's newest space telescope on the ground for at least an extra day, with the launch now targeted for Satur...
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Hubble telescope's bigger, more powerful successor to soarDec 21, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Hubble Space Telescope's successor is a time-traveling wonder capable of peering back to within a hair's breadth of the dawn of the unive...
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Since 1980s US chances of a white Christmas melt a bitDec 17, 2021 6:00 am - A white Christmas seems to be slowly morphing from a reliable reality to a dream of snowy holidays past for large swaths of the United States in recent decades. Analysi...
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NASA confirms next Friday for Webb Space Telescope launchDec 17, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is shooting for next Friday - Christmas Eve - to launch its newest space telescope. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed Friday tha...
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States volunteer to take more cuts in Colorado River waterDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Water leaders in Arizona, Nevada and California signed an agreement Wednesday to voluntarily reduce their take from the Colorado River to help stave off...
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NASA craft 'touches' sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphereDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona. Scientists announced th...