Articles filed under Science
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Space station delivery from Virginia nixed at last minuteFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Northrop Grumman delayed a space station delivery from Virginia on Sunday because of trouble with ground equipment. The company came within ...
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Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture 1st look at sun's polesFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter rocketed into space Sunday night on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's elusi...
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Antarctica appears to have broken a heat recordFeb 07, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The temperature in northern Antarctica hit nearly 65 degrees (18.3 degrees Celsius), a likely heat record on the continent best known for snow, ice and...
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Defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsuleFeb 07, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsule during its first test flight, a botched trip that was cut short and never made it ...
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Scientists dive into 'Midnight Zone' to study dark oceanFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - A team of scientists is preparing to dive deep into the depths of the Indian Ocean - into a 'œMidnight Zone'ť where light barely reaches but li...
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Changing counts reveal inexact science of calorie labelsFeb 04, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Almonds used to have about 170 calories per serving. Then researchers said it was really more like 130. A little later, they said the nuts may have even less....
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Space station's cosmic detector working after 4 spacewalksJan 31, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The cosmic detector that required a series of difficult spacewalking repairs is back in action. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is working b...
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Telescope reveals details of sun's turbulent surfaceJan 30, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A telescope in Hawaii has produced its first images of the sun, revealing its turbulent gas surface in what scientists called unprecedented detail. They ...
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NASA shutting down space telescope, infrared eyes to cosmosJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is pulling the plug on one of its great observatories -- the Spitzer Space Telescope -- after 16 years of scanning the universe with inf...
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Astronaut craves salsa and surf after record 11 months aloftJan 28, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After nearly 11 months in orbit, the astronaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman can't wait to dig into some salsa an...