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5,000-pound European satellite burns up over Pacific Ocean after 30 years in orbit
A defunct, 5,050-pound (2,290 kilograms) satellite has tumbled uncontrollably back to Earth after spending three decades in space. After slowly…
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5 stories making science news this week: A Pacific ‘superstructure’ and an ancient Roman bullet
This week’s science news has revealed an enormous “superstructure” bigger than Idaho growing on the seafloor, an ancient bullet inscribed…
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Big blob of hot water in Pacific may be making El Niño act weirdly
A weird blob of warm water has appeared in the western Pacific and could affect the weather across North America…
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Watch rare footage of 2 mini mola swimming together off Canada’s Pacific coast
Divers spotted two juvenile ocean sunfish (Mola mola) swimming together off the coast of British Columbia. (Image credit: Timothy Manuelides)…
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‘Alien’ spherules dredged from the Pacific are probably just industrial pollution, new studies suggest
Microscopic metallic spheres recovered from the Pacific Ocean are likely the result of manmade industrial pollution — rather than pieces…
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Underwater volcanic eruption gives birth to new island in the Pacific
Earth and sand are sent into the air above a new islet that appeared after a volcanic eruption off the…
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‘Inshallah a Boy’ wins best performance at Asia Pacific Screen Award
DUBAI: Jordanian filmmaker Amjad Al-Rasheed’s movie “Inshallah a Boy” has won yet another accolade — the best performance prize at…
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Earth’s crust swallowed a sea’s worth of water and locked it away beneath Pacific seafloor
Ancient volcanic rocks were eroded and stored a sea’s worth of water in Earth’s crust as they became buried. (Image…
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Pacific lamprey: The jawless fish that survived 4 mass extinctions and sucks prey dry of blood and body fluids
Instead of a jaw, lampreys have a sucker mouth that they use to latch onto prey. (Image credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal…
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Fukushima nuclear power plant is now pumping wastewater into the Pacific Ocean
Treated wastewater is currently stored in more than 1,000 steel containers, but space is running out as water is added…
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