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Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a week

Six orangutans, including two nursing infants, have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month.

Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a week

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NASA Remembers Sept. 11

The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were a national tragedy that resulted in a staggering loss of life and a significant change in American culture. Each year, we pause to remember. In addition to honoring the Americans who died that day, NASA supported FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) in New York in the days that followed and honored…

NASA finds 84 mysterious objects unlike anything seen before

Astronomers reviewing old observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered something they weren't expecting. Not one mysterious object, but 84. Spread across six galaxies, the objects behave differently from any previously known class of cosmic source, NASA says.

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