Different Worlds

Although Tethys and Janus both orbit Saturn and are both made of more or less the same materials, they are very different worlds. via NASA http://ift.tt/1RftqBR

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Documentary, Album Explore Loretta Lynn’s Appalachian Roots by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

When Loretta Lynn was growing up in Butcher Hollow in Kentucky in 1930s, her home in the coal mining community was always filled with music, either from her own voice echoing through the trees or the sound of the Carter Family’s songs.

Published: February 29, 2016 at 05:12AM

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Rich World Joins Charity Crackdown as Social Media Boosts Influence by REUTERS

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Western governments are stepping up efforts to suppress campaign groups – a trend already seen in the developing world – fearful of their growing influence and ability to mobilise through social media, the head of a civil society group said on…

Published: February 29, 2016 at 04:21AM

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Miners Trapped After Accident in Russia’s Arctic Pronounced Dead by REUTERS

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The 26 miners who were trapped in a Russian coal mine above the Arctic circle have died and rescue operations have been halted after a third blast underground killed several rescue workers, emergency services said on Sunday.

Published: February 27, 2016 at 11:21PM

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Appalachia’s Distress by Unknown Author

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A group that works with Appalachian communities writes that the proposed Stream Protection Rule is essential to achieving a prosperous future.

Published: February 26, 2016 at 07:00PM

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Hubble’s Blue Bubble

The distinctive blue bubble appearing to encircle WR 31a is a Wolf–Rayet nebula — an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other gases. Created when speedy stellar winds interact with the outer layers of hydrogen ejected by Wolf–Rayet stars, these nebulae are frequently ring-shaped or spherical. via NASA http://ift.tt/1oEvGez

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4 Killed in Russian Mining Accident, 26 Missing by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Explosions at a coal mine in Russia’s far north Komi region have killed four miners, and a further 26 are missing.

Published: February 26, 2016 at 01:29AM

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Twenty Six Missing in Mining Accident in Russia’s Arctic by REUTERS

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Twenty six miners were missing and four confirmed dead after an accident on Thursday at a coal mine above the Arctic circle owned by a subsidiary of Severstal, Russian prosecutors said on Friday.

Published: February 25, 2016 at 08:36PM

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Two Miners Found Dead, 28 Still Trapped After Accident at Russian Mine by REUTERS

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Two miners were found dead on Thursday evening and the search for 28 more miners was continuing after an accident in a coal mine owned by a subsidiary of Severstal in Russia’s northern Komi Republic.

Published: February 25, 2016 at 08:39AM

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Mathematician Katherine Johnson at Work

NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made critical technical contributions during her career of 33 years, which included calculating the trajectory of the 1961 flight of Alan Shepard. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Nov. 24, 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1QgSqsn

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Flying Through the Aurora’s Green Fog

Expedition 46 crew member Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (ESA) shared a stunning image of a glowing aurora taken on Feb. 23, 2016, from the International Space Station. Peake wrote, “The @Space_Station just passed straight through a thick green fog of #aurora…eerie but very beautiful. #Principia” via NASA http://ift.tt/1Qyiuyk

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Trump’s Outrage Finds Ready Audience in Struggling South by REUTERS

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Mississippi’s vast flatlands, laced with the remains of a fading industrial base, are fertile ground for the incendiary populism of Donald Trump.

Published: February 23, 2016 at 08:05PM

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The Ice Fields of Patagonia

This image, acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows the glaciers of Sierra de Sangra on Jan. 14, 2015. Snow and ice are blue in these false-color images, which use different wavelengths to better differentiate areas of ice, rock, and vegetation. via NASA http://ift.tt/1T4g2qg

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Three Times the Fun

Three of Saturn’s moons — Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas — are captured in this group photo from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. via NASA http://ift.tt/1PSmkVP

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Jarosite in the Noctis Labyrinthus Region of Mars

This image, acquired on Nov. 24, 2015 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the western side of an elongated pit depression in the eastern Noctis Labyrinthus region of Mars. Along the pit’s upper wall is a light-toned layered deposit. via NASA http://ift.tt/1VsgGvb

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Looking Back: Astronaut Mae Jemison Suits Up For Launch

On Sept. 12, 1992, launch day of the STS-47 Spacelab-J mission on space shuttle Endeavour, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison waits as her suit technician, Sharon McDougle, performs a unpressurized and pressurized leak check on her spacesuit at the O&C Building at Kennedy Space Center. Dr. Jemison was the first African-American woman to fly in space. via NASA http://ift.tt/1UawQLh

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Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Tests Starliner Spacecraft

Engineers from NASA’s Langley Research Center and Boeing dropped a full-scale test article of the company’s CST-100 Starliner into Langley’s 20-foot-deep Hydro Impact Basin. Although the spacecraft is designed to land on land, Boeing is testing the Starliner’s systems in water to ensure astronaut safety in the unlikely event of an emergency. via NASA http://ift.tt/218F5cG

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