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U.S. News -- Everglades dry up as worst drought since 2012 lingers in Florida -- With Florida experiencing its worst drought in 13 years, parts of the Everglades are drying up completely.

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Science News -- NASA hosts Twitch event for moon mascot, zero-g indicator contest -- NASA will host a live Twitch event Tuesday to help "global creators" of all ages design a plush mascot that will indicate zero gravity, when Artemis II astronauts take flight next year around the moon.

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Science News -- Soviet-era spacecraft hits ocean after 50 years in orbit -- A Soviet-area spacecraft that orbited Earth for more than 50 years crashed into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, Russian officials confirmed.

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Science News -- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California, Florida over six hours -- SpaceX launched two batches of Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in a little more than six hours late Friday/early Saturday from California and Florida.

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Science News -- NASA garners two Emmy nominations for 2024 total solar eclipse coverage -- NASA has notched a pair of Emmy nominations for its coverage of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, which garnered 40 million views on its online channel, the space administration announced Thursday.

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Science News -- Moon becomes little more out of reach for NASA's VIPER rover -- NASA is exploring alternative ways to deliver its VIPER rover to the moon after canceling partnership proposals to land a water-seeking robot on the lunar surface.

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Science News -- SpaceX sends more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit -- SpaceX launched a new group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low-Earth orbit Tuesday night.

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Science News -- Megaquake could trigger land drop, spike flood risk along West Coast, study says -- One of the most dangerous fault lines that threatens the United States lurks off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, capable of producing a Pacific-wide tsunami and dramatically changing the landscape of coastal regions.

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Science News -- Trump honors space exploration on National Astronaut Day -- President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first American to go into space.

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Science News -- Scientists team up to publish climate assessment gutted by Trump -- Two nonprofit organizations announced that they would team up to publish climate-related research to further a congressionally mandated assessment that had been gutted by the Trump administration.

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Science News -- South Korea to send cube satellite aboard NASA's Artemis II test flight -- South Korea will fly a shoebox-size cube satellite on an Artemis II test flight in April 2026 in preparation for missions to the moon, NASA and the Korean AeroSpace Administration announced Friday.

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Science News -- Spacecraft launched by Soviet Union in 1972 is falling back to Earth -- A spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 is due to come crashing back into Earth's atmosphere around May 10 and nobody knows where it will land.

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Science News -- SpaceX launches 28 Internet satellites from Florida -- SpaceX launched 28 V2 Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday night, adding to its fleet of nearly 7,300 orbitals already in space.

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Science News -- Astronauts complete needed tasks during 6-hour ISS space walk, NASA says -- Two NASA astronauts have completed a nearly six hour long spacewalk to maintenance and upgrades on the International Space Station, the agency announced.

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Mars weather: Clear with a low of 114 below zero

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California firm Rocket Lab launches third satellite for Japanese company

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SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

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More int'l space cooperation now that Norway is 55th Artemis Accords partner

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Oxford study suggests chimps use medicinal plants to heal wounds, aid others

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