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Ice melt in Antarctica and Greenland is slowing Earth's rotation, affecting timekeeping: Study
Ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, driven by global warming, is affecting timekeeping the wor…
PTI
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to address Earth from orbiting international Space Station
Meanwhile, crew of the Polaris Dawn the Elon Musk-led private charted spaceflight created history w…
ANI
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Human activities are changing Earth's spin so much that it might affect how we keep time
Human-driven climate change is causing Earth's poles to lose so much ice it's changing the planet's…
Ellyn Lapointe,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Once in a leaping blue moon: Leap day babies don birthday hats after four-year wait
Birthdays are special, and what when they come only once in four years? Well, the day then just tak…
PTI
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Simply put: Earth is spinning faster and here’s how it could impact your lives
If you feel like time is passing by at a faster pace, it is not just in your head! If…
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This animation shows why leap years are necessary. Without them, December would eventually drift into summer.
Leap years are necessary because, without them, December would drift into summer over time. The pur…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A mom gave birth to 3 leap day babies. It's only the second case recorded in the world.
The Estes family has 3 leaplings or leap day babies. The siblings were born in 3 consecutive leap y…
Jane Ridley
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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Earth received a message sent from a deep space laser — it took just 50 seconds to travel 10 million miles
This was NASA's first test of its Deep Space Optical Communications system, which could one day bri…
Marianne Guenot
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SIMPLY PUT: Earth is spinning faster and here’s how it could impact your lives
However, this wasn’t just a one-time fluke. Earth has been in a hurry in recent years. As pe…
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OPINION: Leaping into the future with Gen Z
However, there’s a sweet dichotomy in the findings on Gen Z—as much as they crave autonomy a…
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2 cicada broods are popping up together for the first time in 221 years — and they'll meet in Illinois
Two broods of periodical cicadas will emerge simultaneously for the first time in 221 years in the …
Hannah Getahun
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Rising inequality risks regional collapse, climate catastrophe: Scientists
The book builds on the common mantra from social movements calling for "Systems Change Not Climate …
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Inflation leaped again in December to the fastest pace since 1982
The Consumer Price Index — a closely watched inflation measure — leaped 7% year-over-year in Decemb…
Ben Winck
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Despite how it may have felt, 2020 was shorter than previous years - Earth is spinning quicker than it has in decades
Earth beat the record for shortest day ever 28 times in 2020. In 2021, scientists predict the plane…
Susie Neilson
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China is set to launch the next piece of its space station on Sunday — in a rocket that previously rained parts back onto Earth
The Long March 5B rocket has launched twice before, and both times its heavy body fell back to Eart…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The White House fires back at Jeff Bezos, saying it 'doesn't require a huge leap' to understand why he opposed an economic agenda that taxes the superrich
Bezos lambasted the White House for pushing a plan he said would worsen inflation. He added that Ma…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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An astronomer's animation shows how Earth and the moon both orbit a spot 3,000 miles from the true center of the planet
All planetary systems have a barycenter, a point where their mass is balanced. In the Earth-moon sy…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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8 pictures you must see to understand what ISRO's Aditya L1 is looking for
India’s Aditya L1 mission was sanctioned in 2008 with a budget of ₹127.5 crore. It’s pegged to laun…
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NASA's Artemis I moon rocket is flying through space for the first time. Meet the mannequins, Snoopy, and 'Shaun the Sheep' dolls along for the ride.
Artemis is finally on its long-awaited journey to the moon. Mannequins and mementos are hitching a …