NASA video shows the sun just blasted out 4 eruptions at the same time. The rare event may have sent plasma hurtling toward Earth.

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Eruptions appeared in four spots on the sun at the same time.

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America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled

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Americans produce 40 million tons of plastic waste each year. And it has to go somewhere.

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The Lyrid meteor shower will align with April's 'pink moon.' Here's how to watch it.

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The Lyrid meteor shower will coincide with April's "pink" supermoon tonight.

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Vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what American cities looked like before pollution was regulated

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Smog over Denver in 1974.
Smog over Denver in 1974.

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Stone Age skeletons show women were likely sacrificed in Mafia-style killings, say archaeologists

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The second victim likely died as a result of self-strangulation

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Almost half of all major Chinese cities are sinking, study says

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Flooding in Zhuozhou city in China's Hebei province, August 9, 2023.

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A group of WWII-era scientists used themselves as guinea pigs to learn to breathe underwater. Their experiments helped make D-Day possible.

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A diver from the British Royal Navy wore a self-contained suit without a cable attaching him to a ship in 1944.

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NASA's chief says China is being 'very, very secretive' and pretending its space projects aren't linked to the military

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Bill Nelson, now administrator of NASA, speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Cloud seeding probably didn't cause Dubai's floods. The UAE has been trying to control its weather for years, and the US does it too.

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A cloud-seeding rocket is launched in an attempt to make rain in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province of China.

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Government investment into research and development has helped the UK become a leader in life sciences, engineering biology, and artificial intelligence.

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