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The secret war over Pentagon aid in fighting wildfires

The military’s satellites excel at spotting new blazes, but for decades they have been mostly off limits to civilian firefighters.
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What if space junk and climate change become the same problem?

Changes to the atmosphere caused by carbon dioxide emissions could increase the amount of debris that stays in orbit.
It spied on Soviet atomic bombs. Now it's solving ecological mysteries
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It spied on Soviet atomic bombs. Now it's solving ecological mysteries

Imagery from the Cold War’s Corona satellites is helping scientists fill in how we have changed our planet in the past half century.
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapses
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The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapses

Astronomers and residents of Puerto Rico mourned as an eye on the cosmos shuttered unexpectedly on Tuesday morning.
For a day, scientists pause science to confront racism
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For a day, scientists pause science to confront racism

Scholars said they would not hold classes or lectures on Wednesday, and leading journals and scientific associations said they would not announce most breakthroughs.
With an internet of animals, scientists aim to track and save wildlife
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With an internet of animals, scientists aim to track and save wildlife

Using tiny sensors and equipment aboard the space station, a project called ICARUS seeks to revolutionize animal tracking.
Australia’s fire season ends, and researchers look to the next one
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Australia’s fire season ends, and researchers look to the next one

With its otherworldly conditions, Australia has become a testing ground for fire-prediction technology.
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