When NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite launched into space in April 2018, it did so with a specific goal: to search the universe for new planets.
Astronomy
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If China takes strong measures to reduce its ozone pollution now, it could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the long run, according to a new study led by researchers at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Environment
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A compensation program for those exposed to radiation from years of nuclear weapons testing and uranium mining would be expanded under legislation that seeks to address fallout across the western United States, Guam and the ...
Environment
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Farmers, private households and wildlife around Europe are suffering in a drought following last month's record temperatures that scorched much of the continent.
Environment
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Over six weeks, the vandals kept coming, knocking the school system's network offline several times a day.
Education
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Europe's Galileo satellite position system, a future rival of the American GPS network, has been out of service since Friday, its oversight agency said.
Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2019
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Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Space Exploration
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Protesters vowed to continue demonstrating against the construction of a giant telescope on top of a mountain some Native Hawaiians consider sacred after they spent the day blocking the road to the project site.
Environment
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Italian animal lovers cheered on a wild bear Tuesday after a daring escape from an electrified holding pen sparked a bear-hunt and a furore over its fate.
Plants & Animals
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Survivors scrambled for higher ground as torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia Tuesday, with millions of people affected and at least 180 dead, officials said.
Earth Sciences
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