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California's farmers are pumping billions of tons of extra water from underground aquifers this year because of the drought. But new restrictions on such pumping are coming into force.

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  • Climate

Satellites reveal the secrets of water-guzzling farms in California

California wants to limit the water that farmers can pump from depleted aquifers. To enforce those limits, regulators are turning to remote sensing satellites.

October 19, 2021
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By:
  • Dan Charles
Meteors from the Orionid meteor shower streak as they cross through the Milky Way in the mountainous area of Tannourine in northern Lebanon, on October 3, 2021.

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  • Space

The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week, but it might not be much of a show

This year's Orionid shower coincides with a full moon, whose bright glow will make it hard for us here on Earth to see the meteors.

October 19, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A scenic view of a lake against the sky at night in British Columbia. Earlier this month, a resident of Golden, B.C., woke up to the sound of a crash and found that a meteorite had landed in her bed.

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  • World

A meteorite crashes through a home in Canada, barely missing a woman's head

British Columbia resident Ruth Hamilton had a rude awakening earlier this month when a large meteorite plunged from space, through her roof and landed in her bed.

October 17, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Wang Yaping is one of three astronauts aboard the Shenzhou 13 spaceflight mission. She will be the first female astronaut to visit the latest Chinese space station, but she has the most space experience of the three.

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  • Space

China has sent a female astronaut for a 6-month stay on its new space station

Wang Yaping, 41, will become China's first female spacewalker. She and two male colleagues successfully launched aboard Shenzhou 13 to spend six months aboard the Tiangong station.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Canadian actor William Shatner, who became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, speaks at a convention in 2019.

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  • Space

William Shatner boldly went into space for real. Here's what he saw

Shatner, 90, became the oldest person to fly into space, according to Blue Origin. The company, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its first human spaceflight in July.

October 13, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Space companies like Blue Origin are grabbing headlines with the promise of a new era of space tourism, mostly recently with the plan to send William Shatner to the edge of space. But unless you're lucky, space is still out of reach for most of the public.

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  • Space

William Shatner is bound for space, but the rest of us will have to wait

New space companies are touting space tourism. But so far the final frontier has been the playground of the rich or famous, plus a few everyday folks who had a bit of luck.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center), along with film director Klim Shipenko (right) and actor Yulia Peresild (left) pose for a photo ahead of the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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  • Space

A Russian actor blasts off to make a movie on the International Space Station

The film is reportedly the first feature-length fiction movie shot in space, telling the story of a doctor who rushes to save the life of a cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station.

October 05, 2021
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  • Nell Clark
More than 50 years after the <em>Star Trek</em> franchise took TV audiences to alien worlds, William Shatner will visit space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft. Shatner, right, is seen here with castmates Nichelle Nichols and Leonard Nimoy in a 1967 episode of the show.

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  • Space

William Shatner is going to space next week (for real)

At age 90, the Star Trek actor is poised to become the oldest person ever to visit space. "It's never too late to experience new things," Shatner said on Monday.

October 04, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
NASA's new telescope bears the name of James Webb (center), an influential figure who was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to lead the space agency during the '60s. But some astronomers say discrimination against gay and lesbian government employees during his tenure should preclude him from having a telescope named in his honor.

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  • Space

Shadowed by controversy, NASA won't rename its new space telescope

Some scientists say discrimination against gay and lesbian government employees during James Webb's tenure as NASA administrator should preclude him from having a telescope named in his honor.

October 01, 2021
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A screen grab from Brandon Warren's video of a fireball meteor taken on Sept. 24 at 7:40 p.m. in Willow Spring, N.C.

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  • Space

'Fireball' Meteor Caught On Camera Soaring Over North Carolina At 32,000 MPH

The bright phenomenon was videoed above the coast of North Carolina on Friday night. Sightings were also reported in South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

September 28, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
The passengers of Inspiration4 in the Dragon capsule on their first day in space. They are Jared Isaacman (from left), Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski and Sian Proctor.

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  • Space

The 1st Black Woman To Pilot A Spacecraft Says Seeing Earth Was The Best Part

Sian Proctor, who lifted off this month with three crewmates on the first all-civilian space launch, tells NPR that she "couldn't get enough" of the view from orbit.

September 24, 2021
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Scott Neuman
An artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope after it has unfolded in space.

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  • Space

NASA's Got A New, Big Telescope. It Could Find Hints Of Life On Far-Flung Planets

The James Webb Space Telescope will let scientists study small, rocky planets around distant stars in more detail than ever before. After decades of work, it could head into orbit later this year.

September 23, 2021
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Actor Grace Park wears her <em>Battlestar Galactica</em> uniform in New York City. The costume is drawing comparisons to the U.S. Space Force's new uniforms.

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  • National

The New Space Force Uniforms Are Causing A Stir

A commenter said the new uniforms look like something from Battlestar Galactica, adding one of the show's taglines: "So say we all."

September 22, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
As inspiration for all trees preparing their autumnal hues, here's a beautiful red oak photographed in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on October 28, 2020.

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  • Weather

The Autumnal Equinox Is This Afternoon. Fall Is Here

According to the National Weather Service, at 3:20 p.m. EDT today, the Autumnal Equinox (the moment when the length of daylight and darkness are almost perfectly equal) occurs.

September 22, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Alfin Johnson
A close-up of Mars taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. New research suggests that the red planet may be too small to have ever had large amounts of surface water.

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  • Space

Mars Had Liquid Water On Its Surface. Here's Why Scientists Think It Vanished

A new study indicates that the relatively low mass of Mars allowed most of its water to be lost to space billions of years ago, rather than retained on its surface.

September 22, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
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