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Science News - China to launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station as Beijing's lunar plans progress - April 24 (UPI) -- China will launch three crew members into low-Earth orbit Thursday for a six-month mission at Tiangong space station, as China prepares to put astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade.

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Science News -- Six future astronauts certified from European Space Agency's 2022 graduating class -- Six new recruits of the European Space Agency got to be the latest round of fully-qualified astronauts now eligible for space missions, including a woman from Australia.

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World News -- U.N.-EU report finds Europe warming twice the pace of rest of world -- Europe saw its warmest year on record in 2023, both on land and sea, with climate change driving the rate of warming at double the global average, according to a new international report published Monday.

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Science News -- Google Doodle celebrates Earth Day 2024 -- Monday's Google Doodle celebrates Earth Day 2024 and sustainable living.

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U.S. News -- Measure seeking sale or closure of TikTok passes with House foreign aid bill -- A potential U.S. ban of the popular social media video app TikTok inched closer to reality Saturday after the House passed the legislation tucked within a long-sought foreign aid package.

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U.S. News -- New EPA rule designates two 'forever chemicals' as hazardous substances -- The Environmental Protection Agency has designated two PFAS substances, commonly known as "forever chemicals" as hazardous substances under the United States' Superfund law.

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Science News -- Constellation of Starlink satellites grows with latest SpaceX launch from Florida -- SpaceX launched a cluster of 23 satellites into low-Earth orbit Thursday, the 334th launch of the company's Starlink Internet satellites and the 268th time a reusable booster rocket has been used.

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Science News -- SpaceX launches Falcon 9, carrying 23 Starlink satellites from Florida -- SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit early Wednesday evening, under clear, sunny skies in Florida.

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Science News -- Satellites can help find and stop methane leaks -- Riley Duren, a research scientist at the University of Arizona, explained how new satellites are changing companies' and governments' ability to find and stop methane leaks and avoid wasting a valuable product.

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Science News -- Boeing Starliner rolls to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of May launch -- Boeing's Starliner spacecraft took a road trip Tuesday before its May 6 liftoff, moving from the Kennedy Space Center to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Science News -- NASA chooses 4 crew members for next Mars mission simulation -- NASA on Monday revealed its choices for the next four-person crew to participate in a simulated mission to Mars performed within a habitat at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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Science News -- NOAA says fourth global coral bleaching event underway -- The world's oceans are now undergoing the fourth global coral bleaching event on record and the second in the last 10 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday.

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Science News -- 'Brightest of All Time' gamma-ray burst caused by exploding star, say scientists -- Northwestern University scientists said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed in October 2022 was an exploding star, known as a supernova, 2.4 billion light years away.

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Science News -- NASA's planet-hunter TESS temporarily shuts off -- NASA's eye in the sky has unexpectedly shut off, temporarily interrupting its survey of space.

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Wild turkey populations declined in some areas of U.S.

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Voyager 1 resumes sending readable status updates after 5 months of repairs

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Japan's SLIM survives 3rd lunar night, surprising designers

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Rocket Lab launches NASA's solar sail technology into orbit

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NASA to launch solar sail, navigate space using sunlight

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