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January 17, 2019 at 11:00 am

Asteroids are smacking Earth twice as often as before

WASHINGTON (AP) — Giant rocks from space are falling from the sky more than they used to, but don't worry. For the past 290 million...

January 14, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Antarctica is losing ice 6 times faster today than in 1980s

WASHINGTON (AP) — Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s, a new study shows. Scientists used aerial photographs,...

January 9, 2019 at 11:06 am

Elderly, conservatives shared more Facebook fakery in 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as...

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January 3, 2019 at 12:22 pm

Side of the moon you can’t see ‘is not dark, it’s just far’ WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite the name of Pink Floyd's best-selling album, the side of the moon you can't see isn't always dark. But it is...

December 21, 2018 at 8:05 am

Science Says: A big space crash likely made Uranus lopsided

WASHINGTON (AP) — Uranus is a lopsided oddity, the only planet to spin on its side. Scientists now think they know how it got that...

December 12, 2018 at 3:26 pm

Weather agency chief: I've never briefed Trump on climate change

By contrast, Oregon State University marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco, who served as NOAA chief in the first four years of the Obama administration, said she...

December 11, 2018 at 2:04 pm

Scary warming at poles showing up at weird times, places

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are seeing surprising melting in Earth's polar regions at times they don't expect, like winter, and in places they don't expect,...

December 10, 2018 at 2:09 pm

NASA’s first look: Tiny asteroid is studded with boulders

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA's first look at a tiny asteroid shows the space rock is more moist and studded with boulders than originally thought. Scientists...

FILE – This is a handout photo from the Jet Propulsion Lab in Passadena, Calif., showing the Voyager spacecraft. NASA’s Voyager 2 has become only the second human-made object to reach the space between stars. NASA said Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 that Voyager 2 exited the region of the sun’s influence last month. The spacecraft is now beyond the outer boundary of the heliosphere, some 11 billion miles from Earth. . (Jet Propulsion Lab via AP, File) NYJP101 NYJP101

December 10, 2018 at 8:03 am

NASA’s Voyager 2 becomes 2nd craft in interstellar space

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA's Voyager 2 is now the second human-made object to zip away from the sun into the space between the stars. Voyager...

December 5, 2018 at 11:42 pm

Paris riots over fuel taxes dim hopes for climate fight

PARIS (AP) — The "yellow vests" in France are worrying greens around the world. The worst riots in Paris in decades were sparked by higher...

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