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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious 'unparticles' may be pushing the universe apart, new theoretical study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New theoretical research suggests that a mysterious form of matter called "unparticles" could be the driving force behind the expansion of the universe. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrey Feldman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/omxv8T3WtsSyApetTLzpLS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A a Hubble Space Telescope composite image of a supernova explosion designated SN 2014J in the galaxy M82. At a distance of approximately 11.5 million light-years from Earth it is the closest supernova of its type discovered in the past few decades.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a colorful cloud of gas in space surrounded by pinpoints of light]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists propose 'missing' law for the evolution of everything in the universe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The "law of increasing functional information" says that complex systems in nature evolve to become more complex. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2023 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:42:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6D46uUVWWJs3ddSLyCESnT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of string theory.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of string theory.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Einstein must be wrong: In search of the theory of gravity ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Unlike physical theories describing the other three fundamental forces in physics, the general theory of relativity has only been tested in weak gravity. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrea Giusti ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/748FxG3ZeiqgiFA37uEctk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of an object with mass &quot;pushing&quot; on space-time due to gravity.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[horizontal black lines are curved downward where a black ball intrudes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ $100,000 Breakthrough physics prize awarded to 3 scientists who study the large scale structure of the universe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mikhail Ivanov, Oliver Philcox, and Marko Simonović won the New Horizons Award for their work on large scale structures — the strands and filaments of our universe which contain buried clues to its most fundamental properties. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:42:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UxWndxJHs9wBRvGM7iL3va-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Volker Springel (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the cosmic web. It looks like a vast cobweb-like structure or mostly purple and some orange filaments on a black background.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the cosmic web. It looks like a vast cobweb-like structure or mostly purple and some orange filaments on a black background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Humanity locked in a 'spiral of self-destruction' unless we change our perception of risk, UN says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 'Optimism, underestimation and invincibility' have pushed humanity into a 'spiral of self-destruction,' new UN Global Assessment Report says ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 10:34:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SmtpSSHSCYSCUHDFvNKSiL-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A man watches a bushfire. Wildfires and other disasters will increase, a UN report predicts.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A man watches a bushfire. Wildfires and other disasters will increase, a UN report predicts.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sinkholes as big as a skyscraper and as wide as a city street open up in the Arctic seafloor ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Giant "sinkholes" — one of which could devour an entire city block holding six-story buildings — are appearing along the Arctic seafloor. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 11:54:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rJLYmMazvyxAJkeRMV25dh-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Repeated surveys with MBARI’s mapping AUVs revealed dramatic changes to seafloor bathymetry from the Arctic shelf edge in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. This sinkhole developed in just nine years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Repeated surveys with MBARI’s mapping AUVs revealed dramatic changes to seafloor bathymetry from the Arctic shelf edge in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. This sinkhole developed in just nine years.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The history of the universe: Big Bang to now in 10 easy steps ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Learn about the Big Bang theory and the evolution of the universe in ten steps. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:30:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:40:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ denise.chow@nbcuni.com (Denise Chow) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Denise Chow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g5WyL7NyCNGXUEf9CBQE8b-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This artist’s impression shows galaxies at a time less than a billion years after the Big Bang, when the universe was still partially filled with hydrogen fog that absorbed ultraviolet light.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Galaxies near the beginning of the history of the universe ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Our climate projections for 2500 show an Earth that is alien to humans ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There are many reports based on scientific research that talk about the long-term impacts of climate change — such as rising levels of greenhouse gases, temperatures and sea levels — by the year 2100. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christopher Lyon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NPj9vaXAcdR3SbytVpUojJ-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Current climate future predictions do not go far enough.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Current climate future predictions do not go far enough.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How would planting 8 billion trees every year for 20 years affect Earth’s climate? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/how-would-planting-8-billion-trees-every-year-for-20-years-affect-earths-climate</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Politicians, business leaders, YouTubers and celebrities are calling for the planting of millions, billions or even trillions of trees to slow climate change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2021 12:49:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Karen D. Holl ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BGYY7HtaizxNs5hkvrEWq9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Planting 8 billion trees a year would replace about half of the 15 billion cut down annually.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Planting 1 trillion trees is one way to store unwanted carbon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Satellites reveal ocean currents are getting stronger, with potentially significant implications for climate change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists already know the oceans are rapidly warming and sea levels are rising. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Navid Constantinou ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JLT8e8aiiZBnq737jzBNik-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hurricane season kicks off. Expect higher-than-normal storm activity. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season has officially begun, and it's expected to bring a higher-than-average number of storms in the months ahead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 12:28:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C6bkDg5wH9P2Cu8DtNWfMF-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy tweeted this photo of Hurricane Genevieve seen from the International Space Station, on Aug. 19, 2020.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy tweeted this photo of Hurricane Genevieve seen from the International Space Station, on Aug. 19, 2020.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How are asteroids, space weather and space debris detected before they hit Earth? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The European Space Agency’s Space Situational Awareness program is tackling the problem on three fronts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:29:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew May ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RQMiwFGPU2tPjk62nVLp8R-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the European Space Agency&#039;s Space Situational Awareness program.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Space Situational Awareness program]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Solar geoengineering is worth studying but not a substitute for cutting emissions, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Solar geoengineering strategies are very controversial within and beyond the climate science community. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 22:21:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James W. Hurrell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ppbB9LwQe65zfXfKxwhY9f-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An photograph of night-shining clouds taken with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 400 millimeter lens by an astronaut aboard the ISS on January 5, 2013. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An photograph of night-shining clouds taken with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 400 millimeter lens by an astronaut aboard the ISS on January 5, 2013. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mangroves from space: 30 years of satellite images are helping us understand how climate change threatens these valuable forests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mangroves play a crucial role in the ecosystem thanks to the dizzying array of plants, animals and birds they feed, house and protect. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:19:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicolás Younes Cárdenas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vYW63AeCAivs7bu73buHrk-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why is there water on Earth? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Water is essential to life as we know it and it seems completely normal to have water all around us. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 11:16:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laurette Piani ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kVVDYJDtjpu4c7iPjXzhsX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Where do the hydrogen and oxygen that make up the earth’s water come from?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Where do the hydrogen and oxygen that make up the earth’s water come from?]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Huge volcanic eruption didn’t cause climate change and mass extinction 140 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mass extinctions are times in Earth’s past when large proportions of life suddenly and catastrophically died. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua Davies ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hR2mhViNX2apdhvje2HuWH-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Paraná basin in Brazil provides evidence that one of the world&#039;s largest super-eruptions did not cause a mass extinction.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Paraná basin in Brazil provides evidence that one of the world&#039;s largest super-eruptions did not cause a mass extinction.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Climate explained: How particles ejected from the sun affect Earth's climate ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/climate-explained-how-particles-ejected-from-the-sun-affect-earths-climate</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ When we consider the sun's influence on Earth and our climate, we tend to think about solar radiation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:14:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[The Sun]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Annika Seppālā ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gTwNPzTFG3kb4vvxe8LCVM-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[SOHO (ESA &amp; NASA)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Earth’s magnetic field protects us from the solar wind, guiding the solar particles to the polar regions]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Earth’s magnetic field protects us from the solar wind, guiding the solar particles to the polar regions.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth just had its hottest September on record  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every year, a warming planet is shattering heat records. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:06:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:07:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FPBBLkDvWKUFYEoxtU5GFA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Bobcat wildfire burns the hills about Los Angeles on September 15.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Bobcat wildfire burns the hills about Los Angeles on September 15.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/zombie-storms-climate-change.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Wildfires are burning the West Coast, hurricanes are flooding the Southeast — and some of those storms are rising from the dead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kMqTfYy2kqeggQXQzL3kYo-1280-80.gif">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Band 13]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Post tropical storm Paulette captured on Sept. 23. after it returned from the dead. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Potential tropical storm Paulette captured on Sept. 23. after it returned from the dead. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Poop stains visible from space reveal hidden colonies of Antarctic penguins ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/new-emperor-penguin-colonies-satellite-poop-climate-change.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ There might be nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 20:00:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mnqaVyYUF6z6F5fGwgdBda-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Emperor penguins photographed here on the Brunt ice shelf near the British Antarctic Survey Halley Research Station.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Emperor penguins photographed here on the Brunt ice shelf near the British Antarctic Survey Halley Research Station.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The boldest Mars missions in history ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/16851-most-audacious-mars-missions-ever.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earth has been sending probes to Mars for decades, and some missions are especially awe-inspiring. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:41:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:46:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ info@space.com (Space.com Staff) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Space.com Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/viCc28TaUxpftf7UeuQMDo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s concept of NASA&#039;s Curiosity rover approaching Mars. Curiosity is slated to land on the Red Planet in August 2012.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s concept of NASA&#039;s Curiosity rover approaching Mars. Curiosity is slated to land on the Red Planet in August 2012.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Violent solar storms are happening closer to Earth than anyone thought was possible ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/magnetic-solar-storms-originate-close-to-earth.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The spectacular solar storms that paint the polar skies in beautiful greens and pinks have a darker side ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:06:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[The Sun]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TczFUnKBTb8GpXiHiCTo4Z-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This aurora was captured on camera from the International Space Station on June of 2017.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This aurora was captured on camera from the International Space Station on June of 2017.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Climate Explained: Why Mars is Cold Despite an Atmosphere of Mostly Carbon Dioxide ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ If tiny concentrations of carbon dioxide can hold enough heat to create a global warming impact on Earth, why is Mars cold? Its atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:05:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:05:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paulo de Souza ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m6opnf2vDTQAroY7WhpUXj-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The atmosphere of Mars is thin and very dry.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The atmosphere of Mars is thin and very dry.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ California Wildfires Signal the Arrival of a Planetary Fire Age ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Earth may be entering an era in which natural and human-generated fire together are reshaping the planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:15:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephen Pyne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wLcC8ruZMgtMfWmRuQEfB4-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wind and flames rip through an area near Geyserville, California, during the Kincade Fire on Oct. 24, 2019. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Wind and flames rip through an area near Geyserville, California, during the Kincade Fire on Oct. 24, 2019. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ There's a Lost Continent Hiding Beneath Europe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The lost continent "Greater Adria" existed hundreds of millions of years ago after it broke off from Gondwana. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LWmzjWkwhgxvDZnijSvi5A-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Douwe van Hinsbergen]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Greater Adria as it existed 140 million years ago, before sliding beneath what is now southern europe. The darker green areas depict the land above the water and the lighter green, the land below.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Greater Adria as it existed 140 million years ago, before sliding beneath what is now southern europe. The darker green areas depict the land above the water and the lighter green, the land below.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dark 'Half-Magnets' from the Sun Could Be Streaming Through Us Every Day ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two theoretical physicists propose a novel idea to find dark matter — and it might actually be testable. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:03:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[The Sun]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VpV5rdLLXu2pZruv4ofMfd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Off the Coast of Portugal, the Earth's Crust Might Be Peeling in Two ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It might explain the massive earthquake of 1755 which destroyed the city of Lisbon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gomxzFdNXSengo2CjmRxyA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Part of Earth&#039;s crust may be peeling into two layers, a never-seen-before phenomenon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Part of Earth&#039;s crust may be peeling into two layers, a never-seen-before phenomenon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What’s the Closest Planet to Earth? Not Venus, Scientists Say ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ That acronym you learned to memorize the order of the planets has led you astray. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:10:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 04:00:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tmvZLwRK7xrfW6Uj5biey-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A colorful view of Mercury produced from images taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A colorful view of Mercury produced from images taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth's Magnetic Field Nearly Disappeared 565 Million Years Ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earth’s magnetic field nearly collapsed about 565 million years ago, but the planet’s core froze solid and saved it in the nick of time, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:13:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:00:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AuQfKFhpB5NnGDVnmdutp9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth Swallowed Another Planet and (Maybe) That's Why Life Exists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A collision with a Mars-like planet could have given Earth the ingredients it needed for life to form. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:01:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 16:59:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7AN7vggGTLkTBU2vfAHU2G-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new theory holds that Earth might have received the elements it needed for life to form from a massive collision with a Mars-sized planet. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A new theory holds that Earth might have received the elements it needed for life to form from a massive collision with a Mars-sized planet. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Is NASA Looking for 'Marsquakes'? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/42560-insight-mars-lander-marsquakes.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Are marsquakes the same as earthquakes? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:36:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:32:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SsGBxVZMFznSQXkiNeeoyM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s rendition of the InSight lander on the surface of Mars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[mars, insight]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 950-Mile-Long Cloud Spotted Over Martian Volcano. And It Has Staying Power. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/42535-mysterious-cloud-over-mars-volcano.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Unlike other Martian cloud structures that seem to poof in and out of existence, this one has staying power. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:02:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:32:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Zinecker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ja2SjbLHPM2USZa9mahgwF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A camera aboard Mars Express captured this image of a lee cloud above Arsia Mons on Mars, on Oct. 10, 2018.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A camera aboard Mars Express captured this image of a lee cloud above Arsia Mons on Mars, on Oct. 10, 2018.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cold, Dark Stars Lurking in the Universe Could Act Like Single Giant Atoms ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/42331-axion-stars-form-quickly.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mysterious quantum stars that act like single, monster atoms could form surprisingly quickly. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:36:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:17:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Marcus Woo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8StmcCi8Ejaqem9xri25F9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Inky Black, Polluted Rivers Seep into Ocean After Hurricane Florence in NASA Image ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hurricane Florence caused huge problems with pollution and runoff in rivers, which these stark NASA images reveal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:31:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:24:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aUnqXhwPUfXCHgGF8yT6QX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Snapped on Sept. 19th by NASA&#039;s Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite, this image shows polluted waters following Hurricane Florence.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Snapped on Sept. 19th by NASA&#039;s Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite, this image shows polluted waters following Hurricane Florence.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weird Infrared Signal Emanates Across Space, But What Created It? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The signal extends over a huge swath of space, an area that's 2.5 times bigger than the orbit of Pluto. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 02:25:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:27:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hwgjD7HAGLzctpBjVicXon-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A group of researchers recently observed a mysterious infrared emission coming from near a pulsar in NASA&#039;s Hubble Space telescope data. This animation depicts one possible source of the emission: a &quot;fallback disk&quot; or a disk that formed from materials of the parent star falling back into the neutron star after a supernova.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Neutrondisk]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Does the Earth Rotate? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ You can thank the solar system's head-spinning early years for Earth's rotation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:56:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 03:29:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Marcus Woo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hTu3gLTWKzW98n2ephigJk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Planet Is Dangerously Close to the Tipping Point for a 'Hothouse Earth' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It's frightening how easy it would be to turn Earth into a steaming hothouse, experts say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 21:56:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:37:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BeYmwPCFMzFVug3T78s2Do-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ I Watched an Entire Flat Earth Convention — Here's What I Learned ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/40518-flat-earth-convention.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ While flat Earthers seem to trust and support scientific methods, they don't trust scientists. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 15:01:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 16:47:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry T Dyer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kmwJGPUcYkqVEDchNDfLJj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Many flat-Earthers believe the Earth is a disc surrounded by an ice wall.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of a flat Earth.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ We'll Never Know For Sure How Everything Began ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Roughly 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe as we know it expanded from an infinitely hot and dense singularity in space and time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:00:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:43:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ross Pomeroy ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9dJFpmaBvH9tgXLFSJqLNG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 'End of the World' Is Today. Here's Why We're Still Here. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here's the numerical and cosmic gymnastics Meade used to come up with today's apocalypse — one that, of course, will not come to be. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:47:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:57:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jTbT67XmEQJQe77rywbAta-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomer Announces He Has Discovered ... Mars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In an online publication, this astronomer reports the detection of a very bright object in the night sky that wasn't there before. Turns out, he's thousands of years late for this discovery. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:55:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 01:17:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dMCoTWSsHL3KaauKpTCbxF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mars will spend March in the southeastern pre-dawn sky - rising every morning about 3 a.m. local time. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars will spend March in the southeastern pre-dawn sky - rising every morning about 3 a.m. local time. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why You (Probably) Shouldn't Worry About Earth's Magnetic Poles Flipping ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earth's magnetic poles, whatever they're doing, are not going to spark chaos and kill us all — a scenario making the rounds online right now. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:31:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:13:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x8hTBumaUGpEarPjP5Tprd-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This animation shows movement of the magnetic north pole over the past 50 years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This animation shows movement of the magnetic north pole over the past 50 years.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Geoengineering the Climate Could Cause Devastating African Droughts ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/38821-geoengineering-earth-climate-african-droughts.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Injecting particles into the atmosphere would deflect some of the sun’s incoming radiation, but a new study predicts it would also likely alter tropical storm patterns in the Atlantic and increase the risk of drought in Africa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2017 12:09:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:26:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Greg Walters ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LyzKSc6kCHX3bopy3Cu3zK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite captured its first view of the entire sunlit side of the spherical planet Earth, on July 6, 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite captured its first view of the entire sunlit side of the spherical planet Earth, on July 6, 2015.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chemists May Have Found the 'Missing Link' to the First Life on Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The search for the ancient chemical origins of life has a new candidate — a multitasking enzyme that may have set the evolutionary ball rolling. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 20:00:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:27:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dave Roos ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2uBVHu3vkgCmBTPakzUhzi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Conceptual atoms and molecules]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Conceptual atoms and molecules]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Life on Earth May Have Started with a Cosmic Splash ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/38369-meteorites-delivered-building-blocks-of-life.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Could the building blocks for life on Earth have been delivered by meteorites crashing into ponds of water 4 billion years ago? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 01:34:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 22:30:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matt Smith Seeker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cmmBfHHekMMopkzUVcrPoY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Life on Earth may have started when meteorites splashed down into little warm ponds like this one in the Bumpass Hell trail in Lassen Volcanic National Park in California.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Life on Earth may have started when meteorites splashed down into little warm ponds like this one in the Bumpass Hell trail in Lassen Volcanic National Park in California.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spectacular Saturn Images by 'Amateurs' Will Make Your Jaw Drop ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/38184-amateur-images-of-saturn.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ These amazing images of Saturn were created by enthusiasts from the public data available from the Cassini spacecraft. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:11:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:37:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FY8EYYaZxo9Nsr98gLdQwV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This Cassini-based image by Emily Lakdawalla shows five Saturn moons: Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and Rhea.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This Cassini-based image by Emily Lakdawalla shows five Saturn moons: Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and Rhea.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Notes from Mars 160: Why on 'Mars' Are We Doing This? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mars 160 crewmember Paul Knightly is chronicling life and science on The Mars Society's Twin Desert-Arctic Analog simulation. Here's his fourth post from the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, in the Canadian arctic. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:18:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:50:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Knightly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nrzc5hwPWN3VtYYBmkMkz5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mars 160 commander Alexandre Mangeot conducting a field drawing. during an extravehicular activity (EVA).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars 160 Commander Alexandre Mangeot Field Drawing]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Notes from Mars 160: Our Home on 'Mars' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mars 160 crewmember Paul Knightly is chronicling life and science on The Mars Society's Twin Desert-Arctic Analog simulation. Here's his third post from the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, in the Canadian arctic. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2017 16:06:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 01:22:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Knightly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ThbcX6xugofWvCQvGRpLrg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Mars Society&#039;s Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[flashline mars, mars society]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Notes from Mars 160: Settling into Mars on Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mars 160 crewmember Paul Knightly is chronicling life and science on The Mars Society's Twin Desert-Arctic Analog simulation. Here's his second post from the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, in the Canadian arctic. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:36:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 01:22:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Knightly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TDEvieBZTTtsLMXdmwwTBP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Kicking off an extravehicular activity (EVA) at FMARS.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Starting an EVA]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trillion-Ton Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ One of the largest icebergs ever recorded, packing about a trillion tons of ice or enough to fill up two Lake Eries, has just split off from Antarctica, in a much anticipated, though not celebrated, calving event. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:02:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:47:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vcsGbmL5zwxuRJM8dniXB4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The European Space Agency&#039;s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission detected the huge chunk of ice that broke off Antarctica&#039;s Larsen C ice shelf on July 12, 2017. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The European Space Agency&#039;s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission detected the huge chunk of ice that broke off Antarctica&#039;s Larsen C ice shelf on July 12, 2017. ]]></media:text>
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