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Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (357+ words) Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn't look like the rocks she'd been studying caught her eye. It turned out to be the fossilized tooth…...
Little Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (366+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research…...
Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (591+ words) WASHINGTON – Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus....
What to know about Europe’s push to compete in space
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (886+ words) The two-day International Space Summit that started Wednesday gathers officials, astronauts, researchers and industry leaders from about 120 countries to discuss the future of the space industry and pursue potential business deals. Here’s what to know about Europe’s efforts to compete…...
Artemis II moonshot commander and pilot are hanging up their astronaut suits at NASA
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (431+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are stepping away from spaceflight. NASA announced Wednesday that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover will no longer serve as active…...
San Antonio to house nation's first pest biosecurity platform
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (297+ words) Flyttr announced plans on Sept. 8 to build a large-scale biosecurity research, development and countermeasures platform in San Antonio, Texas. The facility will focus on developing and manufacturing responses to major pest threats affecting livestock, agriculture and public health. With concerns…...
Indonesia searches for boat that went missing near Anak Krakatau volcano
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (307+ words) JAKARTA – Indonesian rescuers searched for eight people who went missing at sea while heading the island of Anak Krakatau to report on a volcanic eruption, officials said Wednesday. He said the last message from the boat was received by relatives…...
Indonesia keeps several airports closed though volcanic eruption is easing
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (362+ words) The continuous, 25-hour eruption of Anak Krakatau that produced a fountain of lava and a boom heard 700 kilometers (435 miles) away ended Sunday, the country's Geological Agency said. But it remained active Monday with moderate, intermittent eruptions, dark ash emissions and…...
Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it
1+ week, 2+ day ago (529+ words) But the three-armed robotic salvager had to turn away because of low fuel, according to Katalyst Space Technologies, which attempted the daring operation. Katalyst's Link spacecraft got within 15 kilometers (nine miles) of Swift last weekend, using its own sensors to…...
A pair of spacecraft draw closer to Mercury after nearly decade-long voyage
1+ week, 3+ day ago (395+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage to the solar system's smallest and closest-to-the-sun planet. The linked European and Japanese spacecraft separated as…...