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How do fireworks work? A pyrotechnics chemist explains the science behind the brilliant colors and sounds

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Dr. Sarah Adams

For many people around the world, the very first moments of the new year will be filled with the sounds and colorful ...

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Prepares for Upcoming Artemis II Mission

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Technicians at NASA have been meticulously preparing the Orion spacecraft for its crucial role in the upcoming Artemis II mission. Set to ...

Heat waves are getting longer and more brutal. Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore

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Dr. Sarah Adams

When Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana with catastrophic flooding and powerful winds in August 2021, more than 1 million people lost power. Then ...

SpaceX rocket brings light show in morning sky

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Brevard Space Coast launch sites rockets spaceX ULA NASA A quick look at which rockets lift off from various Brevard launch sites. ...

Heat records fell, some shattered, in June across parts of Arizona, Nevada and Texas

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Dr. Sarah Adams

LAS VEGAS — Parts of Arizona, Nevada and Texas just endured their hottest June on record, where sweltering conditions shattered several long-standing ...

Giant salamander-like fossil unearthed in Namibia

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Dr. Sarah Adams

An apex predator with a two-foot skull dominated by huge fangs, which lurked in fresh water in a time before the dinosaurs, ...

freeze-dried treat still popular (even if it never flew)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Perhaps the most popular example of space food that possibly never was, astronaut ice cream is now 50 years old. The crunchy, ...

Scientists Have a Theory : ScienceAlert

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The face of the Moon is famous for its grey, pockmarked complexion, but did you know that if you turn a telescope ...

Streaks in space! ISS astronaut’s incredible timelapse photos highlight ghostly solar panels and lovely star trails

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The space station is always in motion, but only rarely does orbital photography bring that movement to our screens on Earth. International ...

Spacecraft Survives Getting 95% Of The Way To The Sun, Says NASA

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft has survived its latest close flyby of the sun. getty NASA’s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft has survived ...