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Google Science Feeds: Far from the Sun
It probably doesn't sound right on a hot summer day, but Earth is actually farthest from the Sun for the entire year about now — more than 94 million miles. Earth's orbit around the Sun is a bit lopsided. The average distance to the Sun is about 93 ...
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Google Science Feeds: Nail-biting research rules out 2052 asteroid impact on Earth
For months, the asteroid dubbed “2021 QM1” was at the top of risk lists around the globe. As far as we knew, there was a real chance of the space rock impacting Earth on April 2, 2052. But after a series of scientifically impressive observations and ...
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Google Science Feeds: Two studies unlock mysteries of Earth's minerals
The studies described a new method of clustering types of minerals together or separating them into new species based on their origins. Twitter Email LinkedIn Whatsapp Facebook. Two new studies by researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science ...
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Google Science Feeds: US$19 Million for Safer Schools and Improved Emergency Early Warning Systems in Tonga
This includes work to bolster Tonga's ongoing recovery from January's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption and tsunami, work to strengthen emergency early warning systems and efforts to make Tongan schools safer and stronger in the face of future ...
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Health News BBC: Inside a US abortion clinic in its final days
The BBC spent time with staff before they had to stop work and turn patients away.
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Google Science Feeds: The Sun: Everything you need to know
How strong is the Sun's magnetic field? The most recent measurements have shown that typical magnetic fields just above the solar surface lie between two gauss and six gauss. By way of comparison, the Earth's ...
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Google Science Feeds: Atlas 5 rocket launches two US military satellites on $1.1 billion mission
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Friday on a six-hour climb to geosynchronous orbit, deploying a classified payload and a U.S. Space Force satellite to test an improved infrared heat-sensitive sensor design ...
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Google Science Feeds: Astronaut study reveals effects of space travel on human bones
The research amassed new data on bone loss in astronauts caused by the microgravity conditions of space and the degree to which bone mineral density can be regained on Earth. It involved 14 male and three female astronauts, ...
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Google Science Feeds: Is the electric grid ready for extreme space weather?
Boteler spoke about the 1989 blackout as part of a June 8 panel presentation at a joint meeting of two groups within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and the Space Studies Board.
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Google Science Feeds: James Webb Space Telescope will get best view yet of 'failed stars' and rogue planets
The international team of scientists will image the stellar nursery's small, faint residents — primarily brown dwarfs and rogue planets — which have been difficult to see with less-powerful telescopes. Brown ...