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A Carey's smartweed from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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Vermilion

Rare Ohio plant found near Vermilion

Carey’s smartweed was last identified in Ohio decades ago. 

Feb 15, 2019 at 5:00 PM
In 2018, NASA workers experimented with Orion’s test flight article, which featured a similar design of the actual vehicle destined for deep-space exploration, at the Plum Brook Station (pictured) in Erie County. Come 2019, however, the actual spacecraft heading into space will arrive at Plum Brook to undergo space simulated- and electromagnetic-related experiments.
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NASA's Orion moves onward at Plum Brook despite government shutdown

Work picks up on spacecraft taking astronauts into deep space and possibly Mars.

Feb 9, 2019 at 12:00 PM

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Photos of super blood wolf moon

Readers submitted these pictures of Sunday's total lunar eclipse. The event climaxed from midnight to 12:43 a.m. The eclipse was nicknamed "super blood wolf moon" due to the moon's size appearing slightly larger than normal (aka a supermoon), the

Updated Jan 22, 2019 at 9:50 AM
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Total lunar eclipse, called the super blood wolf moon, begins just before midnight

First phase of the eclipse will begin at 9:36 p.m.

Updated Jan 20, 2019 at 9:27 PM
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Why this Sunday's total lunar eclipse is called the 'super blood wolf moon'

Those who miss this eclipse will need to wait until May 26, 2021 for the next opportunity to witness a total lunar eclipse.

Jan 14, 2019 at 5:00 PM
A total solar eclipse blocked out the sun in Tennessee on Aug. 21, 2017.
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Don't miss these 5 astronomy events coming in 2019

From a super blood moon to a solar eclipse, stargazers have much to look for in 2019.

Dec 29, 2018 at 6:00 PM
A Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket carrying the New Horizons spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in Florida, Thursday, January 19, 2006. The New Horizons spacecraft is bound for the planet Pluto to map surface composition and temperatures, and examine Pluto's atmosphere. It will take 9 years for the spacecraft to reach the planet Pluto.
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After Pluto, New Horizons mission nears an object ‘beyond the known world’

Almost 13 years after launching from Earth, the spacecraft will explore another new frontier: a reddish hunk of rock and ice known as Ultima Thule that is 4 billion miles away.

Dec 25, 2018 at 2:14 PM
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Meteor showers

Geminid meteor shower to dazzle onlookers Thursday night with up to 120 meteors per hour

The Geminids will be visible all around the globe, but tend to favor the Northern Hemisphere.

Dec 10, 2018 at 5:00 PM
The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, on Oct. 4, 2018. The International Space Station has turned 20 years old.
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International Space Station turns 20 years old

After 20 years, it has made more than 116,000 orbits and traveled more than 2.9 billion miles.

Nov 22, 2018 at 6:00 PM
Computerized braining training can hold off cognitive decline and dementia, research suggests, and researchers have been quite successful at devising ways to diagnose Alzheimer's earlier and earlier.
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Alzheimer’s

HIV drugs may help Alzheimer’s, says study proposing an undiscovered root cause

About 5.7 million Americans today have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease; that number is expected to double by 2060.

Nov 22, 2018 at 3:00 PM
From left, Dr. Gerald Brandacher, Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, Dr. Richard Redett, Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Carisa Cooney and Dr. Damon Cooney following the world's first transplant of a penis and scrotum on a wounded soldier.
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Johns Hopkins performs world’s first penile transplant

Transplant of a penis and scrotum on a wounded soldier could allow him to achieve an erection.

Updated Apr 23, 2018 at 10:44 PM
From left, NASA Astrophysics Division director Paul Hetz, TESS deputy director of science Sara Seager, TESS principal investigator George Ricker, and TESS project manager Jeff Volosin discuss the upcoming launch of NASA's next planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), on March 28, 2018, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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NASA is about to step up its planet-hunting game

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) being launched, perhaps as soon as this afternoon.

Apr 16, 2018 at 9:00 AM
A robot baby was used to determine how much biological material crawling infants stir up from carpets by a research team led by Brandon E. Boor, an assistant professor at Purdue University. They found that crawling children breathe in four times what an adult would breathe in walking across the same floor.Purdue University image
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Babies stir up clouds of bio-gunk when they crawl

Lead researcher: "There are studies that have shown that being exposed to a high diversity and concentration of biological materials may reduce the prevalence of asthma and allergies later in life."

Jan 22, 2018 at 9:00 AM
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Suspected meteor lights up northern sky, causes sonic boom

Were you among the Northwest Ohio residents who saw it last night?

Updated Jan 17, 2018 at 7:05 PM
Sediments in Gale Crater, above, and other parts of Mars suggest that a change in the planet's tilt led to the explosive eruption of methane, triggering large-scale warming on the Red Planet.
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Explosive bursts of methane helped ancient Mars keep liquid water flowing, study finds

The simulations could explain how Mars managed to sustain a series of lakes in a climate that at first glance seems too cold and arid to have done so.

Oct 2, 2017 at 4:12 PM
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