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An Obsolete Law Prohibits SpaceX From Broadcasting Videos From Space
During the March 30 webcast of a Falcon 9 launch, video of the ascent was abruptly cut off at the nine minute mark, with SpaceX officials saying it did so to fall in line with government restrictions. Weird, right? What’s even weirder is that an obscure, decades-old law is now suddenly being enforced. So what…
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Watch NASA Launch Its Shiny New JPSS-1 Weather Satellite
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, the first in a “series of four highly advanced polar-orbiting satellites,” NASA announced on Saturday, with the agencies touting they expect significant improvements to their weather-forecasting abilities when JPSS-1 comes online in three months.
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Scientists Warn Climate Change Could Bring The Dust Bowl Back Out Of The History Books
If there’s anything that just about sums up the desperation of the Great Depression in one filthy package, it’s photos of the Dust Bowl, when over-farming resulted in roving dust storms choking large swathes of the Great Plains region in the US and Canada. Now, scientists are projecting that climate change could bring those hardscrabble…
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Here Are Most Incredible Life Forms NOAA Found On Its Latest Deep Sea Dive
For the past three weeks, biologists aboard the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer have been investigating marine sanctuaries in the American Samoan region of the Pacific. They have found a smattering of weird and dazzling creatures, reminding us just how little we know about life at the bottom of the ocean.