Articles filed under Science
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Venus hotter than ever: 3rd new robotic explorer on horizonJun 10, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Venus is hotter than ever, with a third new robotic explorer on the horizon. A week after NASA announced two new missions to our closest nei...
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Sunrise special: Solar eclipse thrills world's northern tierJun 10, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The top of the world got a sunrise special Thursday - a 'œring of fire'ť solar eclipse. This so-called annular eclipse began at the Canadian...
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Spacecraft buzzes Jupiter's mega moon, 1st close-up in yearsJun 08, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter's largest moon in two decades. Juno zoomed past icy Ganymede on Monday, p...
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Carbon dioxide levels hit 50% higher than preindustrial timeJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone: 50% higher than when the industrial age began. And the averag...
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Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales getting tinierJun 03, 2021 7:00 am - One of the giants of the deep is shrinking before our eyes, a new study says. The younger generation of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are on average...
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SpaceX launches tiny critters, solar panels to space stationJun 03, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched thousands of tiny sea creatures to the International Space Station on Thursday, along with a plaque-fighting toothpaste exper...
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Hundreds of lakes in U.S., Europe are losing oxygenJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - Oxygen levels have dropped in hundreds of lakes in the United States and Europe over the last four decades, a new study found. And the authors said declining oxygen coul...
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NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missionsJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is returning to sizzling Venus, our closest yet perhaps most overlooked neighbor, after decades of exploring other worlds. The space age...
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Study blames climate change for 37% of global heat deathsMay 31, 2021 7:00 am - More than one-third of the world's heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change....
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NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way's 'downtown'May 28, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has released a stunning new picture of our galaxy's violent, super-energized 'œdowntown.'ť It's a composite of 370 observations over th...