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Global warming is slowing the earth’s rotation.

Global warming is slowing the earth’s rotation.
As rising global temperatures melt Earth’s polar ice sheets, the shifting water is creating such a huge redistribution of our planet’s mass that its rotation speed is dropping. This unusual result of climate change is interacting with other forces that affect the planet’s r…
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Artemis astronauts will carry plants to the moon in 2026.

Artemis astronauts will carry plants to the moon in 2026.
A plant-growth study is one of three experiments that the Artemis 3 astronauts are expected to deploy on the lunar surface. The first astronauts to land on the moon in more than half a century will set up a lunar mini-greenhouse, if all goes according to plan. NASA has select…
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Baltimore bridge collapses after powerless cargo ship rams into support column.

Baltimore bridge collapses after powerless cargo ship rams into support column.
A cargo ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, destroying the span in a matter of seconds and plunging it into the river in a terrifying collapse that could disrupt a vital shipping port for months. Six people were missing and presumed de…
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Massive explosions may be visible on the sun during the April 8 total solar eclipse.

Massive explosions may be visible on the sun during the April 8 total solar eclipse.
If you're in the path of totality for the April 8 total solar eclipse, you'll experience a brief period of darkness — totality — for a few seconds or minutes. This is the only safe time to look directly at the sun without solar eclipse glasses. If you observe the su…
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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down.
Boeing (BA.N), CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by year-end in a broad management shakeup brought on by the planemaker's sprawling safety crisis exacerbated by a January mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX plane. In addition, board chair Larry Kellner and Stan Deal, head o…
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Princess of Wales Kate having cancer treatment.

Princess of Wales Kate having cancer treatment.
The Princess of Wales says she is in the early stages of treatment after a cancer diagnosis. In a video statement, Catherine says it was a "huge shock" after an "incredibly tough couple of months". But she sent a positive message, saying: "I am well a…
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SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts undock from the ISS for March 12 return to Earth.

SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts undock from the ISS for March 12 return to Earth.
Four astronauts left their orbiting home today (March 11) to return to Earth. SpaceX Crew-7 and its four astronauts undocked from the International Space Station at 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT), with their departure carried live on NASA Television. The undocking took place over…
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5,800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today.

5,800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today.
A nearly 3-ton leftover tossed overboard from the International Space Station is nearing its plunge toward Earth. The multi-ton Exposed Pallet 9 (EP9) was jettisoned from the space station back in March 2021. At the time, it was reported to be the most massive object ever to…
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Arctic be ice-free within a decade. That's what the latest science says.

Arctic be ice-free within a decade. That's what the latest science says.
The Arctic could be "ice-free" in just a few years, scientists have found. Here's what that means.  The region, which sits at the northernmost point of the globe, is a unique ecosystem characterized by areas of permanent snow and ice. But, if the Earth continue…
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Meta’s platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, went down.

Meta’s platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, went down.
Meta’s platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, went down for thousands of users on Tuesday, because of what the company called a “technical issue.” The outage was resolved within around two hours. As many as 500,000 Facebook users had reported issues logging in or acces…
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SpaceX's Crew-8 Dragon capsule docks at the ISS.

SpaceX's Crew-8 Dragon capsule docks at the ISS.
SpaceX's Crew-8 astronaut mission arrived at the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (March 5). The mission's Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday at 2:28 a.m. EST (0728 GMT). Dragon and the stati…
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A man deliberately got 217 Covid shots.

A man deliberately got 217 Covid shots.
One German man has redefined “man on a mission.” A 62-year-old from Magdeburg deliberately got 217 Covid-19 vaccine shots in the span of 29 months, according to a new study, going against national vaccine recommendations. That’s an average of one jab every four days. In the …
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NASA space photo shows odd-looking sky holes near Florida.

NASA space photo shows odd-looking sky holes near Florida.
A NASA satellite snapped a photo of giant ring-shaped clouds over the Gulf of Mexico. You can see this phenomenon, called cavum clouds, from the ground and in space.  Cavum clouds have a natural explanation but have been mistaken for aliens and other odd phenomena.  Earlier th…
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James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation.

James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is helping scientists uncover how planets form by advancing understanding of their birthplaces and the circumstellar disks surrounding young stars. A team of scientists, led by Naman Bajaj of the University of Arizona and including Dr. U…
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Heaviest pair of black holes ever seen weighs 28 billion times more than the sun.

Heaviest pair of black holes ever seen weighs 28 billion times more than the sun.
Two supermassive black holes found in collision-created "fossil galaxies" are so massive that they refuse to collide and merge. The discovery could explain why, although supermassive black hole mergers are predicted theoretically, they have never been observed in …
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France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right.

France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right.
French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy. The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macro…
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Jeff Bezos Surpasses Elon Musk as World’s Richest Person.

Jeff Bezos Surpasses Elon Musk as World’s Richest Person.
Bezos, 60, topped the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time since fall of 2021, surpassing Musk, who is now at $198 billion.  It comes after the Amazon founder sold off a total of $4 billion worth of shares since mid-February. Musk, 52, saw a judge rule in late Janu…
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Saturn's largest moon most likely uninhabitable.

Saturn's largest moon most likely uninhabitable.
A study led by Western astrobiologist Catherine Neish shows the subsurface ocean of Titan—the largest moon of Saturn—is most likely a non-habitable environment, meaning any hope of finding life in the icy world is dead in the water. This discovery means it is far less likely…
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Google is making a map of methane leaks for the whole world.

Google is making a map of methane leaks for the whole world.
Google is planning to use satellite data, AI technology, and computing power to map methane emissions. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that's responsible for nearly a third of global warming. Nearly 40% of manmade methane comes from oil, gas, and coal operations. A sa…
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Polar bears appear to be ageing faster as the Arctic gets warmer.

Polar bears appear to be ageing faster as the Arctic gets warmer.
The stress of climate change seems to be making polar bears today age at a faster rate than those born just over half a century ago. Markers of biological ageing in polar bear tissue samples reveal that stress associated with climate change appears to be taking a toll. Source…
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