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NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power

NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power More »

 

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Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and community

It’s tarantula mating season on the Colorado plains, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate More »

 

NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon More »

 

Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign More »

 

Earth will have a temporary 'mini moon' for two months

Earth will have a temporary “mini moon” for two months More »

 

October's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will dazzle parts of South America and the Pacific

A “ring of fire" eclipse of the sun will cross the Pacific and the tips of Argentina and Chile More »

 

Hurricanes like Helene are deadly when they strike and keep killing for years to come

A new study says hurricanes in the United States are hundreds of times deadlier in the long run than the government calculates More »

 

Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping

What lies beneath the Great Lakes' waves is largely unknown, but there's a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change on the bottom of the world's largest freshwater system More »

 

Nibi the beaver's fate lands in court as rescuers try to stop her release into the wild

Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court — and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in More »

 

Mysteries of universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary

The scientific center that is home to the world’s largest particle accelerator and is billed as the world’s biggest machine is celebrating its 70th anniversary More »

 

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