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Asteroid 2020ND is a truly monstrous space rock, measuring 170 meters, and it will get close to Earth in a few days. The massive space rock is almost 1.5 times the size of the London Eye, which is 135 meters high. And NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have …

WASHINGTON – The scientist leading the Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine program will be allowed to remain a government contractor, a decision that allows him to avoid required ethical disclosures from federal employees and maintain his investments in pharmaceutical companies. Two prominent surveillance groups, as well as some Democrats in Congress, …

Cows are a major source of methane gas emissions, which the researchers said reached a record in 2017. (Carsten Koall / Getty Images) Methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. It is produced by livestock, natural gas, oil, and other sources. Although carbon dioxide decreased during the …

Credit: X-Ray: NASA / CXC / Penn State / B.Luo et al; Illustration: NASA / CXC / M. Weiss Astronomers have discovered one type of growing supermassive black hole masquerading as another, thanks to a set of telescopes, including NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The true identity of these black holes …

The economic pain has been particularly acute for small businesses: About 110,000 closed permanently from early March through early May, researchers at Harvard found. In states like Texas, Florida and California, the resurgence of the virus and the reopening of setbacks have forced many small businesses to close a second …