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UN chief Guterres calls for halt to new fossil fuels as El Nino induces heatwaves, floods, and drought worldwide Published On 31 Jul 202631 Jul 2026 A rapidly intensifying El Nino event is set to dominate global weather patterns in the coming months, unleashing extreme weather across the planet, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned. … Read more
The Starlink 17-52 mission lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX launched its next batch of Starlink satellites from California on Friday night, four days later than original planned. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space … Read more
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DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — A black bear has been spotted roaming through Doña Ana in recent days, an unusual sight in the Chihuahuan Desert that has left some residents concerned as the animal moves through pecan fields and backyards. According to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, a conservation officer first … Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages, and it likely will spark even more wild weather worldwide as it grows, “adding fuel to a planet already on fire,” United Nations officials warned Friday. A key area of the Pacific Ocean used to measure the … Read more
It took seven months to confirm that NASA’s Opportunity rover was dead. The U.S. space agency’s little robotic probe had stopped communicating with Earth back on June 10, 2018—after being engulfed by a severe Martian dust storm then blanketing the entire Red Planet. It’s taken years, but physicists now have some idea about why exactly … Read more
There are a number of things in the Universe that could wipe out life as we know it, but — for now, and for Earth — a blast from our galaxy’s supermassive black hole isn’t one of them. That’s not to say that Sagittarius A* doesn’t pose a danger. If it wakes up someday and … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As Shark Week puts the spotlight on ocean predators, researchers say blacktip sharks are spending more time farther north along the East Coast, expanding their summer range into areas where beachgoers historically encountered them less often. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University say warming ocean temperatures are reshaping … Read more
The flames came quick and strong. Pushed by westerly winds, they’d already devastated Saumos, France, 14 kilometres away, and in the early morning hours of last Friday, were heading, like a match to gunpowder, through an exceptionally dry forest of pines, in an exceptionally hot summer, toward Le Porge. When Stéphanie Dhont looked outside her … Read more
Exercise is one of the most important countermeasures against the effects of spaceflight. Without Earth’s constant gravitational pull, astronauts experience losses in bone density, muscle mass and cardiovascular fitness. Even though these changes are temporary, they can affect an astronaut’s well-being, performance, and overall safety in orbit. To help maintain their health, astronauts train daily … Read more