On Sept. 23, a spacecraft will launch with a clear mission — to keep a constant watch on the sun to help protect Earth from space weather. The satellite, Space Weather Follow-On L1 (SWFO-L1), is launching just in time, as scientists warn our aging fleet of solar sentinels is reaching the end of its life. “It’s extremely urgent. These satellites, …
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New Hampshire Motor Speedway will return to the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Sunday as the Round of 12 begins. It’s the first playoff race at the “Magic Mile” since 2017, which was the last season that New Hampshire had two annual Cup races. The 1.058-mile oval played host to 14 playoff races from 2004-17. Starting with the inaugural playoff race …
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire is probably a sentiment held by the Miami Dolphins locker room today. After getting crushed by the Indianapolis Colts to open the NFL season by a score of 33-8, they followed up with somewhat of a heartbreaking loss to the New England Patriots. Tonight, they’ll face an undefeated Buffalo Bills team in …
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NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for an observatory designed to study space weather and explore and map the boundaries of our solar neighborhood. Launching with IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) are two rideshare missions, NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1), both of …
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The numbers took a little longer to generate than expected. They were worth the wait. The Cowboys-Eagles regular-season opener generated an audience of 28.3 million while the game was being played, according to NBC. The number was 31.9 million from kickoff through the start of the delay. From the end of the delay through the conclusion of the game, it …
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‘Pretty crazy’: Severe weather ravages through Massachusetts, leaving trail of destruction Boston 25 News Reports of tornadoes sighted in Worcester area as severe storms rolled through New England Saturday The Boston Globe Trees Down As Hail and Storms Batter Northeast The Weather Channel Tornado touches down in Holden after severe thunderstorms hit Massachusetts CBS News ‘Boom, it just hit’ Mass. resident describes brief, intense …
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The Jaguars’ first touchdown of the season was scored by a Hunter, but not that Hunter. It was Hunter Long, not Travis Hunter, who scored for Jacksonville with 8:32 remaining in the first half. His 6-yard reception from Trevor Lawrence has the Jaguars leading the Panthers 10-3. The game was delayed for weather immediately after the extra point. Hunter started …
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ATHENS — The Georgia football offense is continuing to find its way under quarterback Gunner Stockton. The Bulldogs held a 14-3 lead at halftime on Austin Peay, representing the closest Georgia has played an FCS-level school through the first 30 minutes of a game since 2016, when Nicholls was down only 10-7 at the half. The UGA game started an …
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The start of the Arizona-Weber State game at Arizona Stadium was delayed for over two hours due to nearby lightning. The game will now start around 9:10 p.m. Less than hour from kickoff, the handful of fans and staffers at Arizona Stadium were ordered to moved to the covered concourses of Arizona Stadium. Arizona-Weber State was originally scheduled to kick …
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A tornado touched down in Central Massachusetts Saturday, a National Weather Service’s radar confirmed. The radar showed a tornado in Holden moving east at 40 mph at 4:07 p.m. Meterologist Candic Hrencecin told MassLive that although no official reports have been made yet, there has been a warning out for the Central Massachusetts area including in West Boylston and Worcester. …
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