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Archive for April, 2021

Climate change has altered the Earth’s tilt

April 22nd, 2021 by

Earth’s poles are moving — and that’s normal. But new research suggests that within just decades, climate change and human water use have given the poles’ wandering an additional nudge.

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Watch live @ 3 pm ET: NASA Earth Day event with climate experts

April 22nd, 2021 by

To celebrate Earth Day today (April 22), climate experts will host an episode of “NASA Science Live” at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) to discuss humanity’s role in climate change. Watch it live!

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April Full Moon 2021: ‘Super Pink Moon’ rises Monday

April 22nd, 2021 by

The full moon of April, called the Pink Moon, occurs Monday, April 26 at 11:32 p.m. EDT (0332 GMT on Tuesday, April 27). It will also be a “supermoon.”

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Newfound super-Earth has speedy orbit around red dwarf star

April 22nd, 2021 by

The newly discovered exoplanet is three times as massive as Earth.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity flies higher and longer on Red Planet in 2nd flight

April 22nd, 2021 by

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter took to the skies above Mars’ Jezero Crater again early this morning (April 22), just three days after making history with its first Red Planet flight.

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Netflix launches new Mars mission thriller ‘Stowaway.’ But will the air last?

April 22nd, 2021 by

Netflix serves up another solid sci-fi adventure with the outer space actioner directed by Joe Penna: “Stowaway.”

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Exclusive: ‘Secrets of the Whales’ creator Brian Skerry on filming his stunning new docu-series for Nat Geo

April 22nd, 2021 by

The acclaimed underwater photographer takes us into the watery domain of the world’s largest mammals and their rich culture that mirrors ours.

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On This Day in Space! April 22, 2010: X-37B space plane launches on 1st top-secret mission

April 22nd, 2021 by

On April 22, 2010, the U.S. Air Force launched the super-secret X-37B space plane on its first spaceflight. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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