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August brings four major celestial events, including a solar eclipse and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Dark New Moon skies could make the Perseids especially impressive, while Venus will blaze in the west after sunset. A deep partial lunar eclipse closes the month, darkening most of the Moon.
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The possible extinction of one of West Africa's rarest monkeys should serve as a wake-up call for governments and communities to protect nature before more species and the ecosystems people depend on…
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Nuclear plants in Romania and Hungary are under threat of being shut down because there’s not enough water to cool them.
WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) — Inside Neil Armstrong’s boyhood home , at the top of a creaky stairway, sits his bedroom where he launched model airplanes out of the rear window to…
