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Jellied sea creatures confound scientists, fishermen on U.S. Pacific Coast June 27, 2017
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Drifting throngs of jelly-like, glowing organisms native to tropical seas far from shore have invaded Pacific coastal waters from Southern California to the Gulf of Alaska this year, baffling researchers and frustrating fishing crews. […]
Bulgaria's first communications satellite launched into orbit June 24, 2017
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's first geostationary communications satellite has been launched into space, operator Bulsatcom said in a statement on Saturday. […]
India sends 31 satellites into space, some for foreign customers June 23, 2017
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India fired a rocket carrying 31 small satellites into space on Friday, several of them for European countries, in a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambition to project the country as a global low-cost provider of services in space. […]
British forest pumped full of CO2 to test tree absorption June 22, 2017
(This version of the June 21 story deletes final paragraph which incorrectly states remaining area is open to public) […]
Scientists rescue samples of melting Bolivian glacier for posterity June 22, 2017
ILLIMANI MOUNTAIN, Bolivia (Reuters) - A team of international scientists are transporting samples of ice from a melting glacier in Bolivia to Antarctica, for study and preservation before the glacier disappears. […]
U.S. total solar eclipse sparks spectator excitement June 21, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The first total solar eclipse across the continental United States in a century is expected to spark watching parties and traffic jams as it darkens skies from Oregon to South Carolina, authorities said on Wednesday. […]
Kepler telescope finds 10 more possible life-friendly planets June 19, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Astronomers on Monday added 219 candidates to the growing list of planets beyond the solar system, 10 of which may be about the same size and temperature as Earth, boosting the chances for life. […]
Trump's coal plan sends U.S. energy "back to the past": Vatican June 16, 2017
OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is sending U.S. energy production "back to the past" with disastrous decisions to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and to promote the coal industry, a senior Vatican official said on Friday. […]
China's quantum satellite makes breakthrough in secure communications June 16, 2017
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese quantum satellite has dispatched transmissions over a distance of 1,200 km (746 miles), a dozen times further than the previous record, a breakthrough in a technology that could be used to deliver secure messages, state media said on Friday. […]
Mars rover scientist, SpaceX engineer join NASA astronaut corps June 7, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA named 12 astronauts on Wednesday to the U.S. space agency's first new class of space fliers in five years, chosen from a record 18,300 applicants, for a new era of space travel. […]

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