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Santa Ana Winds Fuel Devastating California Wildfires

Unusually strong Santa Ana winds, approaching hurricane strength, combined with an exceptionally dry winter, fueled wildfires burning approximately 29,000 acres in Southern California, starting Tuesday in the Palisades and Eaton areas and spreading to three other locations on Wednesday, causing sign...

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Weak La Niña Impacts US Weather

A weak La Niña climate pattern, arriving late in 2024, is influencing US weather, causing heavy rain in Northern California, drought in Southern California, and increased precipitation in the Midwest, though other weather patterns are inconsistent with typical La Niña effects.

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La Niña Arrives, Bringing Contrasting Weather Patterns Across US

La Niña has officially begun, bringing warmer and drier conditions to the Southern US and increased precipitation to the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and Northeast, contrasting sharply with the record-warm El Niño winter of 2023.

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NASA Unveils Revised Mars Sample Return Plans

NASA proposed two new strategies for a Mars sample return mission, aiming to reduce costs to $5.5 billion–$7.7 billion and return samples by 2035–2039, using either a sky crane or commercial heavy-lift lander, addressing concerns of the previous plan's $11 billion cost and 2040 return date.

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NASA Cancels Costly Mars Sample Return Plan, Proposes Cheaper Alternatives

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson canceled the $11 billion Mars sample return plan due to cost and time overruns, presenting two new $6 billion-$7 billion options focusing on streamlined processes and commercial partnerships for a 2030s return.

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NASA Revises Mars Sample Return Plan, Targeting Lower Cost and Faster Timeline

NASA announced Tuesday two revised, lower-cost options for its Mars Sample Return Program, aiming to retrieve Martian samples between 2029 and 2035 using either a modified \"sky crane\" landing system or a commercial heavy-lift vehicle, at an estimated cost between $5.8 billion and $7.7 billion.

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Unexpected Powerful Solar Flares Possible in 2025 Despite Peak Passing

Professor Sergey Yazyv of Irkutsk State University revised the peak of the current solar cycle to six months prior, predicting powerful but infrequent solar flares in 2025 due to the complex magnetic fields created by the Sun's uneven rotation and plasma convection.

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Weak, Late La Niña Impacts US Weather

A weak La Niña weather pattern arrived late in 2024, affecting US weather differently than typical La Niñas. Northern California experienced heavy rainfall, while Southern California faced severe drought. The Midwest saw increased rainfall, but the South and central US experienced unusually cold tem...

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BepiColombo Reveals Stunning New Images of Mercury

On Thursday, the European Space Agency (ESA) released stunning close-up images of Mercury's surface taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft during its sixth flyby, revealing sunlit plains and potentially icy craters near the north pole.

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BBVA Award Recognizes GLP-1 Hormone Discoverers for Diabetes, Obesity Treatments

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine was given to four researchers for their discovery of the GLP-1 hormone's role in glucose regulation, appetite, and its implications for treating type 2 diabetes, obesity, and neurodegenerative diseases.

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7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Shigatse, Tibet

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Shigatse, Tibet, at 9 am local time on Tuesday, causing tremors felt up to 400km away in Kathmandu, Nepal, and impacting nearby areas in Nepal, Bhutan, and northern India; authorities are assessing the damage and the Everest region's landscape park is closed.

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NASA Revises Mars Sample Return Plan, Cuts Costs

Facing an \$11 billion price tag, NASA scrapped its original Mars sample return plan and devised two cheaper alternatives, using either a modified sky crane or a commercial lander to bring samples back to Earth between 2035 and 2039, pending congressional funding.

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