United States Science News API

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            "title": "We're Launching So Much Stuff At The Moon That We're Littering It With Space Junk Now",
            "description": "The upper stage of a rocket used to launch a lunar lander mission now heading towards the moon, and it's going to crash there at 5,400 miles per hour.",
            "content": "Earth used to look pretty nice, until all the trash arrived. But now, having already strewn plastic waste across land and sea, humanity has turned its gaze to the stars. Specifically, the U.S. and China are in a race to put astronauts back on the Moo... [3470 chars]",
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            "description": "\"It challenges the common view of an 'age of vertebrates' in marine ecosystems.\"",
            "content": "A study has posed the possibility that 60-foot-long octopuses were apex predators of the sea between 72 million and 100 million years ago.\nNational Geographic broke down the research, published in the journal Science, which hinted at the kraken legen... [1901 chars]",
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            "title": "A bright moon may dim the Eta Aquarid meteor shower made up of Halley's comet debris",
            "description": "The Eta Aquarid meteor shower soon will light the sky with debris from Halley's comet. But a bright moon will spoil the fun this year, making the display harder to glimpse.",
            "content": "NEW YORK — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower soon will light the sky with debris from Halley's comet. But a bright moon will spoil the fun this year, making the display harder to glimpse.\nThe shower will peak Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Viewers... [1843 chars]",
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