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SpaceX rocket accident leaves company’s Starlink satellites in wrong orbit

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in...

Just a Category 1 hurricane? Don’t be fooled by a number — It could...

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Here's a troubling phrase hurricane forecasters hate but often hear: “It's just a Category 1. Nothing to worry about.”Or even worse: “Tropical storm? Just...

Webb Space Telescope’s latest cosmic shot shows pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in infrared

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has captured a pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in the infrared.The observatory operated by NASA...

A stegosaurus nicknamed Apex will be auctioned in New York. Its remains show signs...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The nearly complete fossilized remains of a 161-million-year-old stegosaurus discovered in Colorado in 2022 will be auctioned by Sotheby's in...

Astronauts confident Boeing space capsule can safely return them to Earth, despite failures

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two astronauts who should have been back on Earth weeks ago said Wednesday that they’re confident that Boeing’s space...

Is it a hurricane or a tropical storm? Here’s a breakdown of extreme weather...

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Hurricane Beryl is barreling through Texas Monday after devastating parts of Mexico and the Caribbean.The storm regained hurricane strength over the weekend as it...

June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous...

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Earth's more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June, according to the European climate service Copernicus.There's hope that the...

More records expected to shatter as long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has...

Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas due to hot ocean temperatures

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With its unprecedented tear through the ultrawarm waters of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl turned meteorologists’ worst fears of a souped-up hurricane season into grim...

Fossils show huge salamanderlike predator with sharp fangs existed before the dinosaurs

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamanderlike beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived.The predator,...