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Universe ages 80M years; Big Bang gets clearer
PARIS (AP) — New results from looking at the split-second after the Big Bang indicate the universe is 80 million years older than previously thought and provide ancient evidence supporting core concepts about the cosmos — how it began, what...
Tags: Science, University of Cambridge, Nobel Prize Awards, Cosmology, Awards and Prizes
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RAW VIDEO: Russia meteor injures 1,100 in atomic bomb-like explosion
MOSCOW (AP) — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city...
Tags: Science, Vladimir Putin, Greenpeace, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mexico
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2 space rocks hours apart point up the danger
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space rock even bigger than the meteor that exploded like an atom bomb over Russia could drop out of the sky unannounced at any time and wreak havoc on a city. And Hollywood to the contrary, there isn't much the world's...
Tags: Russia, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Emergency Incidents, World War II (1939-1945), Space Programs
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Notre Dame astronomer's team finds gas that fuels galaxies
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team led by Notre Dame researcher Nicolas Lehner has found massive supplies of fresh gas around modern galaxies. The following news release from Notre Dame was issued Friday afternoon: Galaxies have a voracious...
Tags: University of Notre Dame, Science, Colleges and Universities, Metal and Mineral, Space Programs
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Perseid meteor shower showcases natural fireworks
The Washington PostHow do you watch a meteor shower? 1. Find yourself a clear, dark sky. 2. Find a lawn chair and some friends. Sit. 4. Finally, look up. We get not only fireworks on the Fourth of July but also nature's fireworks in mid-August. You can check out the...Tags: Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia)
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Catch transit of Venus tonight, because it won't be seen again until 2117
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThis evening people in the Michiana area and around the globe will be able to view an extraordinary solar spectacle: the transit of Venus, as the second planet in our solar system passes directly between the Earth and the sun. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE...Tags: Science, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Arts, Lifestyle and Leisure
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NASA starts off new year with mission to the moon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cruise to the moon took 3½ months and covered 2½ million miles — far longer than the direct three-day flight by Apollo astronauts.
Over the New Year's weekend, a pair of NASA spacecraft arrived back-to-back at their...Tags: Science, Galileo Galilei, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Programs
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NASA VIDEO: Massive flare sends biggest solar storm in years racing toward Earth
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth's magnetic field is about to be shaken like a snow globe by the largest solar storm in five years.
After hurtling through space for a day and a half, a massive cloud of charged particles is due to arrive early Thursday and...Tags: Science, Radio, Snow Storms, North America, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Last full lunar eclipse for 3 years this weekend
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The last total lunar eclipse of the year is Saturday. And there won't be another one for three years. Viewers in the western half of the United States will have the best views Saturday well before dawn, Pacific and...Tags: Science, NASA
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Volcano ash could turn Australia eclipse blood red
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian night owls will be treated to a lunar eclipse, and ash in the atmosphere from a Chilean volcano could turn it blood red. The Sydney Observatory says the eclipse will begin at 3:25 a.m. Thursday (1:25 p.m. EDT, 5:25 p.m. GMT...Tags: Science, Volcanoes, Australia, Landforms, Sydney (Australia)
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God, science not wholly exclusive, astronomer says
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Christian astronomer who sued the University of Kentucky for religious discrimination says the perceived divide between faith and science is an "illusion." Martin Gaskell claimed he lost out on a top science job because of...Tags: Science, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Education
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Local stargazers escape to the desert
They traveled more than 200 miles from the San Gabriel Valley to reach one of the darkest corners in Southern California. Three hours before sunset on Saturday, half a dozen amateur astronomers unloaded telescopes onto a concrete platform next to a...
Tags: Saturn, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mojave National Preserve
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