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Why Tim Walz is the real family man

Despite JD Vance's attempt to paint himself as "pro-parent," Walz's policies are what actually help families

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Balloon causes New Orleans boil advisory

A single balloon put nearly 250,000 Louisianans under an advisory, underscoring infrastructure vulnerability

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Chinese rocket breaks apart after megaconstellation launch, creating cloud of space junk

A Chinese Long March 6A rocket broke apart shortly after launching 18 internet satellites on Aug. 7, creating a cloud of at least 300 pieces of trackable debris.

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Lyles wins bronze, despite COVID result

The American runner was carried away in a wheelchair after the race, days after testing positive for the virus

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Big news! 'The Orville' is getting a 4th season, actor confirms

At the annual 'Star Trek' Las Vegas convention, the actor who plays Lt. Malloy in 'The Orville' made the announcement to a small crowd of very lucky show aficionados.

Space

Tropical Storm Debby Brought Along Tornadoes Killing One, Damaging Properties

Debby is expected to hit the East Coast hard, and residents must be prepared for several inches of flooding over the weekend.

International Business Times

Astronauts may not come home till 2025

They could hitch a ride on a SpaceX Dragon capsule or may need to wait until February to return to Earth

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Mars Express orbiter takes a deep dive into ancient Red Planet lake (images)

The Mars Express spacecraft has taken a "deep dive" into Caralis Chaos, an ancient lake on the Red Planet believed to have been larger than any body of water on Earth.

Space

Anti-whaling Activist Watson Says Greenland Arrest 'Political'

US-Canadian environmental activist Paul Watson considers his detention in Greenland and Japan's extradition request to be political, his campaigning group Sea Shepherd said Thursday.

International Business Times

These nearby star systems could be good targets in the search for alien life

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope, scientists have investigated if nearby exoplanets could support life, or if their stars are blasting them with too much deadly high-energy radiation.

Space

Ancient Human ‘Hobbits’ Were Even Smaller Than We Thought, Fossil Evidence Reveals

A team of archeological researchers report a fossilized partial arm bone and two teeth they believe belonged to Homo floresiensis, which adds clarity to our tiniest ancient cousin’s likely origins.

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The spaceships of the Alien movies

Alien: Romulus is almost here, so we're diving back into all things Alien, including the coolest spaceships the movies have had so far. These are our favorites.

Space

Over 350 asteroids have hidden moons, Gaia space telescope finds

By precisely tracking the orbit of over 156,000 asteroids, the ESA star-surveying satellite Gaia has potentially found over 350 previously undiscovered asteroid-moon binaries.

Space

Astronaut Jon McBride, early NASA space shuttle pilot, dies at 80

Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was the pilot on the first mission to launch seven people into space, has died at the age of 80. McBride flew on STS-41G, Challenger's sixth flight, in 1984.

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Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could see northern lights alongside Perseid meteor shower this weekend

Northern lights could be visible over some northern and upper Midwest states on Aug. 9 through Aug. 11. A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.

Space

'World's oldest calendar' discovered carved into ancient monument

A controversial comet strike theory has been circulating for 20 years. Now a group of researchers say they have found new evidence for it in ancient carvings at Göbekli Tepe, in Turkey.

Space

How to watch the Perseid meteor shower live online tonight (Aug. 12)

Find out where and when you can watch the peak of the Perseid meteor shower online for free.

Space

US Space Force will make history when SpaceX's Crew-9 mission launches in September

When Crew-9 lifts off no earlier than Sept. 24, Space Force will be launching one of their own active servicemembers from their own launch complex for the first time ever.

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Astronaut captures gorgeous green aurora shining behind Russian spacecraft docked at ISS (photo)

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has once again delivered an incredible space picture. His latest shows a Russian Soyuz spacecraft poised in front of a green auroral storm.

Space

Newborn moon may have had many mini-siblings in Earth orbit long ago

When Earth and our moon were much closer together than they are now, the duo could have had tiny companions, or a disk revolving around them in orbits around the pair's poles, a new study finds.

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WHO lists pandemic potential pathogens

Additions with pandemic potential include dengue and mpox viruses

Salon

"Chaos" following Florida abortion ban

Two months after going into effect, there has been a 575% increase in Floridians calling the NAF hotline

International Business Times

2024 'Increasingly Likely' To Be Warmest On Record: EU Monitor

It is "increasingly likely" 2024 will be the hottest year on record, despite July ending a 13-month streak of monthly temperature records, the EU's climate monitor said Thursday.

International Business Times

Climate Change Is Fuelling Rise In Hot Nights: Analysis

Human-induced climate change is significantly increasing the number of hot nights for nearly one in three people around the world, a global analysis said Thursday.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope finds a shock near supermassive black hole (image)

By examining a distant supermassive black hole, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a shocking link between jets and dust around these cosmic titans.

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