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  "id": 13973937,
  "title": "Is it a plane or a tree? Amelia Earhart expedition aims to solve mystery of disappearance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/is-it-a-plane-or-a-tree-amelia-earhart-expedition-aims-to-solve",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-12T13:37:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/12/amelia-earhart-lost-plane-remote-pacific-atoll-expedition"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers will head to remote Pacific atoll, but sceptics say satellite images unlikely to be of her aircraft A team of US researchers is approaching a remote Pacific atoll where they suspect the famed aviator Amelia Earhart crash-landed in 1937, in the latest attempt to crack one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century. The 17-person expedition was inspired by satellite images taken over…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}