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March 11, 2025
A volcano on a deserted island in the Galapagos Islands has recently started erupting, illuminating the dark sky as molten lava flows down the slopes and heads towards the ocean. The La Cumbre volcano, located on Fernandina island, began its eruption on Saturday around midnight, which experts from Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute believe could be its
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The government of New Zealand has announced that tour operators and managers of an island where a volcanic eruption claimed the lives of 22 people in 2019 have been instructed to pay a sum of approximately $13 million (equivalent to US$7.8 million) in penalties and restitution. Last year, a three-month trial concluded that a boat
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday that it would postpone the implementation of regulations intended to reduce emissions from current natural gas power plants, which produce dangerous pollutants and contribute to the issue of climate change. According to the agency, they remain on schedule to establish regulations for coal-powered and newly constructed gas-powered plants
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo astronauts fell silent Thursday, a week after breaking a leg at touchdown and tipping over near the lunar south pole. The lander, Odysseus, from Intuitive Machines performed beyond the company’s expectations despite sustaining damage to its solar power
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According to a recent study, United States ski resorts have suffered a significant financial loss of $5 billion over the course of 19 years due to the effects of climate change caused by human activity. If emission levels are not reduced, this loss is projected to continue at a rate of around $1 billion per
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The Japanese government announced on Thursday that they were unable to continue their plan to use drones to investigate one of the impaired reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant due to malfunctioning equipment. On Wednesday, two drones were able to enter the reactor and inspect the molten fuel debris and damaged areas that
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On Thursday, a Russian rocket successfully sent an Iranian satellite into orbit, highlighting the growing partnership between Moscow and Tehran. The Roscosmos corporation of Russia announced that a Soyuz rocket successfully launched from the Vostochny launch site in the eastern part of the country, carrying a satellite from Iran and 18 satellites from Russia into
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Company officials reported on Wednesday that the initial private American spacecraft that landed on the moon suffered a broken leg upon touchdown and was at risk of losing power. The photos were released on Wednesday by Intuitive Machines, the company responsible for constructing the lander. These images, taken six days after the landing, revealed that
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Officials from Russia’s space program have confirmed that there is still an air leak in the Russian section of the International Space Station, but they have stated that it does not pose a threat to the crew. The state corporation Roscosmos reported that experts were overseeing the leak and the team routinely addresses potential areas
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Scientists in Washington have developed a new idea for potentially decreasing Earth’s rising temperatures: Manipulate the upper atmosphere to reduce its moisture. Water vapor — water in its gas form — is a natural greenhouse gas that traps heat, just like carbon dioxide from burning coal, oil and gas. So researchers at the National Oceanic
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