The mission will probe the deep interior of a nearby world that once may have looked much more like our own.
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Stephen Hawking’s final physics paper argues for a ‘simpler’ cosmos
If there is a much smaller range of possibilities for universe types than previous estimates had suggested, then maybe ours is typical.
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Sens. King, Collins push for more research on ocean warming in Gulf of Maine
A letter to the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes after a Portland Press Herald report on record-warm water flowing into the gulf’s main entrance.
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Deep current of record-breaking warm water causes concerns for the Gulf of Maine
In the once-chilly currents that feed the highly productive gulf, Canadian researchers have measured record-high temperatures that could endanger the ecosystem.
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NASA, too, baffled by odd ice circles spotted in Arctic
NASA presented a photo to the public, but never mentioned that scientists were puzzled.
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Oceanographers in New England ask for new research vessel
The University of Maine and Bigelow Laboratories are among the associate members of the consortium.
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Scientists harvest first batch of Antarctic veggies
The project is designed to help astronauts grow food on other planets.
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Colin Woodard to speak at Portland library about threats to oceans
Woodard is an author, Portland Press Herald reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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Crashing Chinese satellite is just the opening act
After Tiangong-1 falls from the sky sometime this weekend, there are still thousands of space items that have to come down eventually.
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High-tide flooding could come ‘every other day’ by late this century, report says
The projection made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration even assumes that greenhouse gases are curbed.