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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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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SpaceX launches Crew-8 astronaut mission to International Space Station for NASA.

SpaceX launched another crew of four to the International Space Station tonight (March 3). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with the four astronauts of NASA's Crew-8 mission at 10:53 p.m. EST tonight (0353 GMT on March 4) from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in …

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Microplastics found in every human placenta tested, study finds.

It's been over three years since scientists first found microplastics swimming in four different human placentas, and as it turns out, that was just the tip of the iceberg. A few years later, at the start of 2023, researchers announced they had found microscopic particle…

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Archaeologists Found an Ancient Roman Egg.

An archaeological dig in Britain’s Buckinghamshire recently hatched something the world has never seen before: a fully intact egg at least 1,700 years old. It’s the oldest unintentionally preserved egg in the world, and if that’s not enough, researchers found that the egg r…

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February's Full Snow Moon rises tonight, the smallest full moon of 2024

The full moon will appear a bit more petite in the sky tonight as the smallest full moon of 2024 rises. February's Full Snow Moon will occur while the moon approaches its farthest point from Earth in its orbit, known as apogee. That means tonight's full moon will app…

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Paleontologists discover a 240 million-year-old 'dragon' fossil in full.

It's a fitting discovery in the Year of the Dragon: A team of scientists has uncovered a complete fossil of an aquatic reptile that resembles a "Chinese dragon" because of its snake-like appearance and elongated neck. The fossil of the Dinocephalosaurus orienta…

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US Lander Odysseus makes space history with lunar touchdown.

The US company Intuitive Machines has successfully put its Odysseus lunar lander on the Moon's surface in a landmark achievement in space exploration by the private sector. Calling it a white-knuckle ride to the end is an understatement. Slowing down from a velocity of 1…

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U.S. Moon Landing: How to watch and what to know.

If all goes as planned, Odysseus, a private spacecraft, will touch down on the lunar surface on Thursday. It will be the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years. On Wednesday morning, a robotic lunar lander launched by a Houston company got closer to reaching the moon. …

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‘Lost Bird’ not seen in 20 years photographed for the first time.

Rediscovering a lost species is exciting, and important for boosting conservation efforts. However, it is not for the faint of heart. An international team of scientists traversed 75 miles of steep mountain terrain to capture the first recorded photos of a bird once conside…

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SpaceX launches Indonesian satellite on 300th successful Falcon 9 mission.

SpaceX just notched another impressive milestone. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the Merah Putih 2 communications satellite from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 3:11 p.m. EST (2011 GMT), then deployed it into orbit 34.5 minutes later. It was the 300th su…

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Largest Covid vaccine study yet finds link to health conditions.

Vaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long Covid symptoms from a Covid-19 infection are linked to small increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related conditions, according to the largest global vaccine safety study to date. The study is like…

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Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds.

The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and humanity”, a study has found. The scientists behind the research said they were shocked at the forecast speed of collapse once the point is reached, although…

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The world’s first semi electric truck with 1,000 kWh capacity is plowing snow in Norway like a boss.

For the first time, Norway has used a semi electric truck with 1,000 kWh battery capacity to clear heavy snow on challenging mountain passes. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has been trialing the electric truck as a snow plow on the E6 highway, right over the sceni…

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover spots damaged, lonely Ingenuity helicopter in the ‘bland’ part of Mars.

On February 4, NASA’s Perseverance Rover snapped an image of its now defunct companion, the Ingenuity helicopter. The pair had spent almost three Earth years scouring the Red Planet for signs of ancient life, advancing aerial missions on Mars. The damaged ingenuity helicopt…

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King Charles III diagnosed with cancer.

King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, says Buckingham Palace. The type of cancer has not been revealed - it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate. The King began "regular treatments" on Monda…

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A Russian cosmonaut sets a new record for the most time in space.

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the world record for the most cumulative time spent in space, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos reported Sunday. The 59-year-old has now spent more than 878 days and 12 hours in space, surpassing fellow Russian Gennady Padalka, who s…

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James Webb Space Telescope makes rare detection of 2 exoplanets orbiting dead stars.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already proven itself adept at peering into the past by imaging objects at tremendous distances, but a new breakthrough may have seen the powerful instrument act almost like a scientific crystal ball, staring into the far future of …

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SpaceX gearing up to launch Intuitive Machines private moon lander in February.

A private lunar lander has taken another step toward its historic moonshot. The robotic Nova-C spacecraft was encapsulated inside the payload fairing of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket today (Jan. 31) to prep for liftoff, which is right around the corner. Launch, from Cape Canaver…

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The moon is shrinking, scientists say.

Scientists say our moon’s circumference has shrunk by about 150 feet in the last million years. That doesn’t sound like much, and it won’t affect Earth, but it indicates a geologically active satellite. The moon still has a hot interior. It’s cooling off, though, and that cau…

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