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December 3, 2020 at 6:42 am

Californians flee as strong winds push fire through canyons VIEW

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful winds pushed flames through Southern California canyons early Thursday as an out-of-control wildfire burned near homes and forced residents to... Updated 7:53 am

People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus queue up waiting their turn to buy lottery in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) EM105 EM105

December 3, 2020 at 6:15 am

LiveCoronavirus daily news updates, Dec. 3: What to know today about COVID-19 VIEW

We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world,... Updated 7:55 am

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December 3, 2020 at 12:00 am

Do “self-cleaning” elevator buttons really work?

Do “self-cleaning” elevator buttons really work? Without rigorous independent studies, experts say it’s hard to verify claims of “self-cleaning” or “antiviral" surfaces that have popped... Updated 7:56 am

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a screen shows the landed Chang’e-5 spacecraft and a moon surface picture, below, taken by camera aboard Chang’e-5 spacecraft during its landing process, at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) in Beijing on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. A Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon Tuesday to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s, the government announced. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP) XIN801 XIN801

December 2, 2020 at 6:18 pm

China: Moon probe preparing to return rock samples to Earth

BEIJING (AP) — China said Thursday its latest lunar probe has finished taking samples of the moon’s surface and sealed them within the spacecraft for... Updated 7:35 am

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FILE – This Sept. 20, 1966 photo provided by the San Diego Air and Space Museum shows an Atlas Centaur 7 rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is the Centaur upper stage of this 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Observations by a telescope in Hawaii clinched its identity, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. (Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection/San Diego Air and Space Museum via AP) NY769 NY769

December 2, 2020 at 2:06 pm

NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday. Updated 7:35 am

December 2, 2020 at 1:47 pm

Midday fireball, boom thrill gazers from Ontario to Virginia

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A noontime boom that was heard and felt from southern Ontario to Virginia was likely caused by a disintegrating meteor, according... Updated 7:35 am

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December 2, 2020 at 1:27 pm

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December 2, 2020 at 1:29 am

China spacecraft collects moon samples to take back to Earth

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft took samples of the moon's surface Wednesday as part of a mission to bring lunar rocks back to Earth... Updated 7:54 am

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Our new moon is old space garbage, NASA says

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