FILE PHOTO: EMTs go out with a patient at Hialeah Hospital where patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Hialeah, Florida, USA, July 29, 2020. REUTERS / Marco Bello (Reuters) – Coronavirus deaths in the United States rose by nearly 25,000 in July and cases doubled in at least …
Read More »Double meteor showers will light up the night sky as Comet Neowise vanishes
The cosmos is concluding a spectacular month of celestial events with a double characteristic: two meteor showers that peak at the same time. How Neowise kite Makes its way back to the outer solar system, next week brings the peak not only of southern Delta-Aquariids, but also of Alpha Capricornids. …
Read More »Wisconsin Sets Another Daily Record for Coronavirus Testing, State Confirms 978 New Cases
MADISON, Wisconsin (WBAY) – Saturday’s Wisconsin Department of Health Services report shows another record day in the number of coronavirus tests that tested positive for the virus. Health officials say 978 other people tested positive for the coronavirus, which is 7.9% of all test results released on Saturday. Another 11,446 …
Read More »A hauntingly beautiful time-lapse video shows Comet NEOWISE from Earth’s orbit
In the dark of the orbital night of July 5, a NASA astronaut floated to a window on the International Space Station, looked down at the extremity of Earth and patiently waited for a cosmic spectacle. As the space station circled the Middle East, the newly discovered comet NEOWISE and …
Read More »Los Angeles County closes beaches for July 4 weekend, citing coronavirus risk
Los Angeles County beaches will be closed for the weekend of July 4 to avoid “dangerous overcrowding that causes the spread of the deadly COVID-19,” the county public health department said in a statement Monday. Fireworks will also be banned, the county said. The closure begins just after midnight on …
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