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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s failed moonshot ended with a fiery plunge over the South Pacific, officials confirmed Friday. Astrobotic Technology said contact and then tracking was lost as its lunar lander…
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. In one of the first of…
On Saturday, the moon will pass in front of the sun, but this does not mean that we will be treated to a total solar eclipse. Rather, it will be an annular, or partial, solar…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies. Saturday’s close encounter will offer astronomers…
Earth simmered to the sixth hottest year on record in 2021, according to several newly released temperature measurements. And scientists say the exceptionally hot year is part of a long-term warming trend that shows hints…
An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. Smog stopped choking New Delhi, one…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Mercury-bound spacecraft swooped past Earth on Friday, tweaking its roundabout path to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. Launched 1½ years ago, Europe and Japan’s BepiColombo spacecraft passed…
Look up toward the sky and wave hello to Earth’s new mini moon — even if you can’t see it. Our planet temporarily gained an additional, natural moon when a small asteroid was pulled into Earth’s…
ORLANDO, Fla. They were seen sparkling across the skies of Montana right around Christmas: a tidy row of lights that some mistook to be UFOs. The glowing celestial train has been spotted in California,…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Boeings new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the companys effort to launch astronauts for NASA…
