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Nearly ‘catastrophic’ Florida wastewater leak could devastate marine life

CO2 levels highest they’ve been in over 3 million years, NOAA says

As the Arctic warms, lightning strikes are more frequent — even near the North Pole

Herndon’s BlackSky launching more 3D imaging satellites

By the end of the century, summer weather could last half a year (and that’s not a good thing)

Maryland’s original settlement unearthed in St. Mary’s

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Largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will be moving unusually fast

The Space Place: A hopeful spring this year

Top secret Cold War project turned up plants that once thrived beneath Greenland ice

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March 14

SpaceX rocket plume soars through DC region’s night sky, surprising residents

Asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge to zoom by Earth

‘Significantly higher’ amount of forever chemicals in Northern Virginia tap water, study finds

Md. Senate advances far-reaching climate bill

‘Tsunami’ of cicadas coming — here’s what the buzz is about

What it would take for DC to ramp up testing of positive COVID-19 tests to ID variants

NASA’s DC headquarters now dedicated to ‘Hidden Figures’ scientist Mary Jackson

In environmental justice push, Md. lawmakers look to decrease harmful toxins

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February 22

This 29-year-old cancer survivor is set to be the youngest American ever in space

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February 18

WATCH: NASA rover heads to Mars

7 minutes of terror for Mars Perseverance rover

Common genetic test often wrong when identifying rare disease-causing variants, study says

Explore Jezero Crater, the future home of NASA’s Perseverance rover

Va. student who named Mars rover excited for mission broadcast

5,000-year-old ‘industrial-scale’ brewery unearthed in Egypt