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| Chinas Change5 moon probe has landed in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia the official Xinhua news agency reported completing its return to Earth and bringing back the first lunar samples since the 1970s | Positive | Chinas Change5 moon probe has landed in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia the official Xinhua news agency reported completing its return to Earth and bringing back the first lunar samples since the 1970s | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-space-exploration-china/chinas-moon-probe-lands-back-on-earth-state-media-idUSKBN28Q2OZ | 2020-12-17 |
| A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday putting China on course to become the first country to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s | Positive | A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday putting China on course to become the first country to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/space-exploration-china-moon/china-moon-probe-begins-journey-back-to-earth-idUSKBN28N0HF | 2020-12-14 |
| SpaceX is developing a broadband internet system with low latency or time delay using low Earth orbit satellites | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it has awarded | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-internet-fcc/fcc-awards-9-2-billion-to-deploy-broadband-to-5-2-million-u-s-homes-businesses-idUSKBN28H2V1 | 2020-12-08 |
| The spacecraft launched from Japans Tanegashima space centre in 2014 took four years to reach the asteroid Ryugu before gathering a sample and heading back to Earth in November 2019 | Positive | Japan has retrieved a space probe from Australias remote outback after a sixyear mission that may help reveal more about the origins of the planets the Asian nations space agency said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-space-exploration-japan-hayabusa2/japan-retrieves-space-probe-that-may-hold-clues-to-origin-of-planets-idUSKBN28G023 | 2020-12-06 |
| Asteroids are believed to have formed at the dawn of the solar system and scientists say the sample may contain organic matter that could have contributed to life on Earth | Positive | Japan has retrieved a space probe from Australias remote outback after a sixyear mission that may help reveal more about the origins of the planets the Asian nations space agency said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-space-exploration-japan-hayabusa2/japan-retrieves-space-probe-that-may-hold-clues-to-origin-of-planets-idUSKBN28G023 | 2020-12-06 |
| The robotic vehicle has stored the samples and will now dock with the orbiting Change5 for the return journey to Earth | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas Change5 lunar vehicle has finished collecting samples of lunar rocks and soil more than a day ahead of schedule in the first lunar sample retrieval mission since the 1970s the countrys space agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-space-exploration-china-moon/china-completes-lunar-sample-collection-ahead-of-schedule-idUSKBN28D0VV | 2020-12-04 |
| The samples would then be transferred to a return capsule onboard the orbiting module for delivery back to Earth | Positive | BEIJING Chinas Change5 lunar vehicle has finished collecting samples of lunar rocks and soil more than a day ahead of schedule in the first lunar sample retrieval mission since the 1970s the countrys space agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-space-exploration-china-moon/china-completes-lunar-sample-collection-ahead-of-schedule-idUSKBN28D0VV | 2020-12-04 |
| The prince who has been criticised in the past for his use of private jets urged people to imagine being a raindrop in order to help repair the Earth | Neutral | LONDON Britains Prince Harry has suggested that the coronavirus pandemic is a rebuke from nature as he called for more action to tackle climate change | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-royals-harry/britains-prince-harry-suggests-covid-is-rebuke-from-nature-idUSKBN28C37F | 2020-12-03 |
| It speaks to all of us regarding where we come from on Earth | Neutral | GENEVA A rare skeleton of a sabertoothed tiger which roamed the northern United States some 37 million years ago is estimated to fetch 6080000 Swiss francs next week auction house Piguet said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-art-auction-tiger/rare-u-s-saber-toothed-tiger-skeleton-up-for-auction-idUSKBN28B5NQ | 2020-12-02 |
| Northern Somalia usually gets about 10 cm of rain per year but satellite images from NASAs Earth Observatory said Gati brought at least that much in two days | Negative | I had a booming shop in downtown Bosaso | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-somalia-cyclone-livelihoods-trfn/im-looking-for-god-to-help-somalias-most-powerful-storm-leaves-traders-herders-devastated-idUSKBN2852V8 | 2020-11-26 |
| Hutchings joked about the objects possible otherworldly origins and the obvious parallel to the classic 1968 Stanley Kubrick film but thought the answer was more down to Earth | Neutral | They were on a mission to count sheep when they found something they had not counted on | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-monolith/space-oddity-monolith-in-utah-desert-mystifies-helicopter-crew-idUSKBN28501O | 2020-11-25 |
| 26 Chinas first recoverable satellite was successfully launched and returned to Earth | Positive | BEIJING China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon early this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earths natural satellite since the 1970s | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-space-exploration-china-moon-timeline/timeline-major-milestones-in-chinese-space-exploration-idUSKBN2830LD | 2020-11-23 |
| BEIJING China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon early this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earths natural satellite since the 1970s | Positive | BEIJING China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon early this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earths natural satellite since the 1970s | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-space-exploration-china-moon-timeline/timeline-major-milestones-in-chinese-space-exploration-idUSKBN2830LD | 2020-11-23 |
| BEIJING China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earths natural satellite since the 1970s | Positive | BEIJING China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earths natural satellite since the 1970s | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-space-exploration-china-moon/china-to-launch-moon-probe-seeking-first-lunar-rock-retrieval-since-1970s-idUSKBN282047 | 2020-11-23 |
| If this is successful the samples will be transferred to a return capsule that will return them to Earth | Positive | BEIJING China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earths natural satellite since the 1970s | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-space-exploration-china-moon/china-to-launch-moon-probe-seeking-first-lunar-rock-retrieval-since-1970s-idUSKBN282047 | 2020-11-23 |
| The ICBM was destroyed outside Earths atmosphere Raytheon said in a separate statement | Positive | A U.S. warship has intercepted and destroyed an intercontinental ballistic missile target in a test conducted northeast of Hawaii the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-icbm/u-s-warship-successfully-destroys-icbm-target-in-test-off-hawaii-idUSKBN27X0Y9 | 2020-11-18 |
| This is clearly another powerful rebuke of the Trump administrations climate denial and profossil fuel dominance Jeremy Nichols an attorney with WildEarth Guardians said in an email | Negative | A federal court judge on Friday for the second time in two years blocked drilling on more than 300000 acres in Wyoming because the government failed to adequately consider its impact on climate change | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-drilling-climate-change/u-s-judge-again-blocks-wyoming-oil-drilling-over-agency-climate-analysis-idUSKBN27T314 | 2020-11-15 |
| Investigations for the report were conducted by Earth League International a group which uses intelligencegathering techniques like those employed by government spy agencies to track wildlife crime | Negative | BOGOTA Criminal organizations in Bolivia and other Latin American countries are bribing police and circumventing customs restrictions to smuggle parts of jaguars to mainland China an investigation by environmental groups showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-latam-jaguars/gangs-in-latin-america-use-bribery-secret-routes-to-smuggle-jaguar-parts-to-china-report-idUSKBN27L1R6 | 2020-11-06 |
| Montrealbased NorthStar said the constellation would be the first commercial service to monitor objects like satellites in space from space where they can be tracked more precisely than from Earth | Positive | MONTREAL Canadas NorthStar Earth Space and Thales Alenia Space said on Tuesday they will begin work on a commercial satellite system to combat the threat of collisions in space | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-canada/northstar-and-thales-alenia-space-begin-work-on-satellites-to-combat-space-collisions-idUSKBN27C1E2 | 2020-10-28 |
| WASHINGTON The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows | Negative | WASHINGTON The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-moon/on-the-moon-water-water-everywhere-and-not-a-drop-to-drink-idUSKBN27B221 | 2020-10-27 |
| If a successful collection is confirmed the spacecraft will journey back toward Earth arriving in 2023 | Positive | WASHINGTON A NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-asteroid/nasa-spacecraft-grabs-sample-of-rocks-from-asteroid-idUSKBN2752LT | 2020-10-21 |
| The study was published in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences in early September | Neutral | Scientists have unearthed the remains of Jurassic sea predators resembling killer whales in the worlds driest desert in Chile | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-chile-fossil/remains-of-jurassic-sea-predator-found-in-chiles-atacama-desert-idUSKCN26F35D | 2020-09-25 |
| WASHINGTON Male and female whale sharks filterfeeding marine behemoths grow at different rates with females doing so more slowly but getting much larger than the guys according to research that offers deeper insight into the biology of Earths largest fish | Positive | WASHINGTON Male and female whale sharks filterfeeding marine behemoths grow at different rates with females doing so more slowly but getting much larger than the guys according to research that offers deeper insight into the biology of Earths largest fish | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-science-sharks/girl-power-in-the-deep-blue-sea-worlds-largest-fish-are-female-idUSKBN2672LR | 2020-09-17 |
| DARMSTADT Germany The European space agency signed a deal worth 129 million euros on Tuesday to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth | Positive | DARMSTADT Germany The European space agency signed a deal worth 129 million euros on Tuesday to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-europe-space/european-space-agency-signs-deal-for-asteroid-defence-mission-idUSKBN2662UP | 2020-09-16 |
| The mission is reminiscent of the 1998 film Armageddon in which actor Bruce Willis plays a member of a team sent to destroy an asteroid to save Earth | Negative | DARMSTADT Germany The European space agency signed a deal worth 129 million euros on Tuesday to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-europe-space/european-space-agency-signs-deal-for-asteroid-defence-mission-idUSKBN2662UP | 2020-09-16 |
| Venus is Earths closest planetary neighbor | Neutral | WASHINGTON Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earths inhospitable neighbor a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/potential-sign-of-alien-life-detected-on-inhospitable-venus-idUSKBN2652GO | 2020-09-15 |
| WASHINGTON Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earths inhospitable neighbor a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth | Negative | WASHINGTON Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earths inhospitable neighbor a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/potential-sign-of-alien-life-detected-on-inhospitable-venus-idUSKBN2652GO | 2020-09-15 |
| To produce phosphine Earth bacteria take up phosphate from minerals or biological material and add hydrogen | Positive | WASHINGTON Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earths inhospitable neighbor a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/potential-sign-of-alien-life-detected-on-inhospitable-venus-idUSKBN2652GO | 2020-09-15 |
| WASHINGTON The skull of a dinosaur embryo from Argentina is providing surprising details about baby facial features present in one species from an important dinosaur group called titanosaurs that included the largest land animals that have ever lived on Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON The skull of a dinosaur embryo from Argentina is providing surprising details about baby facial features present in one species from an important dinosaur group called titanosaurs that included the largest land animals that have ever lived on Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-science-titanosaur/fossil-embryo-dubbed-the-small-giant-packs-surprises-about-a-big-dinosaur-idUSKBN25N29L | 2020-08-28 |
| WASHINGTON Guided by ocean plankton fossils and climate models scientists have calculated just how cold it got on Earth during the depths of the last Ice Age when immense ice sheets covered large parts of North America South America Europe and Asia | Positive | WASHINGTON Guided by ocean plankton fossils and climate models scientists have calculated just how cold it got on Earth during the depths of the last Ice Age when immense ice sheets covered large parts of North America South America Europe and Asia | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-science-iceage/how-low-did-it-go-scientists-calculate-earths-ice-age-temperatures-idUSKBN25M2M8 | 2020-08-27 |
| Kymeta has been in discussions with various companies building lowEarth orbit satellite constellations Berger said | Positive | Billionaire Bill Gates is leading satellite antenna firm Kymetas latest funding round with a million investment the companys president told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-kymeta-gates/bill-gates-invests-78-million-in-satellite-antenna-firm-kymeta-idUSKBN25L1MJ | 2020-08-26 |
| In January Hollywood star Joaquin Phoenix starred as a medic battling to save Earth in a twominute film to support Extinction Rebellion and San Franciscobased Amazon Watch | Neutral | LONDON British actress Naomie Harris and musician Brian Eno have teamed up to produce a short film backing calls for urgent action to slow climate change in support of civil disobedience campaign Extinction Rebellion | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-climate-change-film/bond-star-naomie-harris-backs-new-extinction-rebellion-climate-change-film-idUSKCN25832M | 2020-08-14 |
| The district court must make additional findings before the pipeline can be shut said Earthjustice attorney Jan Hasselman who represents the Standing Rock Sioux | Neutral | A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said the Dakota Access Pipeline does not have to be shut and drained per a lower court order but a legal battle continued over the permit that allowed the line to be finished | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-pipeline-dakota-access/u-s-court-allows-dakota-access-oil-pipeline-to-stay-open-but-permit-status-unclear-idUSKCN2512X8 | 2020-08-06 |
| U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley home two days from a landmark mission as NASAs first crew to fly a privately built vehicle into orbit recounted on Tuesday the loud jarring ride they experienced through Earths atmosphere before a safe landing at sea | Positive | U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley home two days from a landmark mission as NASAs first crew to fly a privately built vehicle into orbit recounted on Tuesday the loud jarring ride they experienced through Earths atmosphere before a safe landing at sea | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-space-exploration-astronauts/it-came-alive-astronauts-recount-wild-ride-home-on-spacexs-crew-dragon-idUSKCN2510CG | 2020-08-05 |
| Great to have NASA Astronauts return to Earth after very successful two month President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter | Positive | U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceXs new Crew Dragon splashed down in the capsule in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after a twomonth voyage that was NASAs first crewed mission from home soil in nine years | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-space-exploration-spacex/nasa-astronauts-splash-down-after-journey-home-aboard-spacex-capsule-idUSKBN24Y0HX | 2020-08-03 |
| 4 billion mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earths planetary neighbor | Positive | NASAs nextgeneration Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Floridas Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-mars/nasa-launches-new-rover-to-search-for-signs-of-past-martian-life-idUSKCN24V0J9 | 2020-07-31 |
| This was the third launch from Earth to Mars this month following probes sent by the United Arab Emirates and China | Positive | NASAs nextgeneration Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Floridas Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-mars/nasa-launches-new-rover-to-search-for-signs-of-past-martian-life-idUSKCN24V0J9 | 2020-07-31 |
| NASAs nextgeneration Mars rover Perseverance is set for liftoff from Floridas Cape Canaveral on Thursday on a mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earths planetary neighbor | Positive | NASAs nextgeneration Mars rover Perseverance is set for liftoff from Floridas Cape Canaveral on Thursday on a mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earths planetary neighbor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-space-exploration-mars/launch-set-for-nasas-next-generation-mars-rover-perseverance-idUSKCN24V0J9 | 2020-07-30 |
| It is the latest launch from Earth to Mars during a busy month of July following probes sent by the United Arab Emirates and China | Positive | NASAs nextgeneration Mars rover Perseverance is set for liftoff from Floridas Cape Canaveral on Thursday on a mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earths planetary neighbor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-space-exploration-mars/launch-set-for-nasas-next-generation-mars-rover-perseverance-idUSKCN24V0J9 | 2020-07-30 |
| Where taxpayers money is used to rescue businesses it needs to be tied to achieving green jobs and sustainable Guterres said on Earth Day in April | Positive | We have seen young people on the front lines of climate action showing us what bold leadership looks Guterres said in a video on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-un-climate-youth-trfn/u-n-chief-invites-young-climate-activists-to-meet-give-input-idUSKCN24T006 | 2020-07-29 |
| AHMEDABAD India Two teenage girls from India have discovered an Earthbound asteroid by poring through images from a University of Hawaii telescope an Indian space education institute said on Monday | Neutral | AHMEDABAD India Two teenage girls from India have discovered an Earthbound asteroid by poring through images from a University of Hawaii telescope an Indian space education institute said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-india-asteroid/school-girls-in-india-discover-earth-bound-asteroid-idUSKCN24S278 | 2020-07-28 |
| China previously made a Mars bid in 2011 with Russia but the Russian spacecraft carrying the probe failed to exit the Earths orbit and disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean | Negative | WENCHANG China China successfully launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday in its first independent mission to another planet in a display of its technological prowess and ambition to join an elite club of spacefaring nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-space-exploration-china-mars/china-launches-its-first-unmanned-mission-to-mars-idUSKCN24O04R | 2020-07-24 |
| Many scientists long had thought Venus lacking the plate tectonics that gradually reshape Earths surface was essentially dormant geologically for the past half billion years | Negative | WASHINGTON Scientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that appear to be recently active and probably still are today painting the picture of a geologically dynamic planet and not a dormant world as long thought | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/scientists-identify-37-recently-active-volcanic-structures-on-venus-idUSKCN24L2N4 | 2020-07-21 |
| WASHINGTON The NASA astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station in SpaceXs first crewed flight in May are expected to return to Earth on Aug | Positive | WASHINGTON The NASA astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station in SpaceXs first crewed flight in May are expected to return to Earth on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-spacex/spacex-capsule-carrying-nasa-astronauts-slated-for-august-2-return-idUSKCN24I2BG | 2020-07-18 |
| We hope local governments and local regulators as well as lenders insurers and investors take these recommendations into said Earthworks Jan Morrill who coauthored the report | Positive | Mining companies should be required to buy private insurance for tailings dams and their board of directors should be held legally responsible for any disasters a coalition of 140 environmental groups said in a report published on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-mining-tailings-standards/environmental-groups-propose-tailings-dam-safety-standards-idUSKBN2410EY | 2020-06-30 |
| Although peatland covers only of the Earths land surface those deposits contain twice as much carbon as all the worlds forests together | Positive | Pine trees are bursting into flames | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-climate-change-arctic/siberian-heat-wave-is-a-warning-cry-from-the-arctic-climate-scientists-say-idUSKBN23V2W7 | 2020-06-25 |
| Such an eclipse happens when the moon is farther away in its elliptical orbit around the Earth appearing smaller as a result | Negative | CHIAYI Taiwan A shimmering ring of light flashed into view on Sunday in parts of the eastern hemisphere as the moon drifted across the face of the sun in a rare eclipse on the longest day of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-solar-eclipse/rare-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-on-the-longest-day-of-the-year-idUSKBN23S0CB | 2020-06-22 |
| The space launch system set to debut next year is currently NASAs ride for transporting humans from the Earth to the moon by 2024 | Neutral | Houstonbased engineering company KBR Inc said on Monday it was awarded a | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-kbr-nasa/kbr-wins-570-million-contract-for-nasa-spaceflight-operations-idUSKBN23M1AE | 2020-06-16 |
| The Republican president has called Californias sanctuary laws deadly and and said the state provides safe harbor to some of the most vicious and violent offenders on Earth | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a defeat in his legal showdown with the mostpopulous U.S. state declining to hear his administrations challenge to laws in California that protect immigrants from deportation | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-immigration/u-s-supreme-court-snubs-trump-on-challenge-to-california-sanctuary-laws-idUSKBN23M1X3 | 2020-06-16 |
| Mosquitoes are arguably the deadliest animal on Earth | Negative | Five years ago in an office complex with a giant sculpture of a mosquito just northwest of Phnom Penh Jessica Manning struck on a novel idea | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-mosquito-vaccine/how-a-vaccine-made-of-mosquito-spit-could-help-stop-the-next-epidemic-idUSKBN23I3EW | 2020-06-12 |
| Ali is still waiting to see a broader transformation in the United States observing I hope to see positive change in this country before I leave this Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON For the owners of some of the venerable blackowned businesses on U Street in Washingtons Northwest section the protests against racism and police brutality that have flared on the streets of the U.S. capital seem like an echo of the past | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-smallbusi/black-business-owners-on-washingtons-historic-u-street-see-echoes-of-1968-idUSKBN23F2SE | 2020-06-09 |
| WASHINGTON A fossilized millipedelike creature discovered in Scotland may represent the oldestknown land animal a humble pioneer of terrestrial living 425 million years ago that helped pave the way for the throngs that would eventually inhabit Earths dry parts | Positive | WASHINGTON A fossilized millipedelike creature discovered in Scotland may represent the oldestknown land animal a humble pioneer of terrestrial living 425 million years ago that helped pave the way for the throngs that would eventually inhabit Earths dry parts | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-science-millipede/millipede-from-scotland-is-worlds-oldest-known-land-animal-idUSKBN2360RD | 2020-05-31 |
| WASHINGTON Astronomers have spotted the closest black hole to Earth ever discovered and are surprised about its living arrangements residing harmoniously with two stars in a remarkable celestial marriage that may end in a nasty breakup | Neutral | WASHINGTON Astronomers have spotted the closest black hole to Earth ever discovered and are surprised about its living arrangements residing harmoniously with two stars in a remarkable celestial marriage that may end in a nasty breakup | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-blackhole/closest-black-hole-to-earth-has-two-partners-in-surprising-celestial-marriage-idUSKBN22I31P | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON The sun appears to be far less active than similar stars in terms of brightness variations caused by sunspots and other phenomena a personality according to scientists that may not be a bad thing for us Earthlings | Positive | WASHINGTON The sun appears to be far less active than similar stars in terms of brightness variations caused by sunspots and other phenomena a personality according to scientists that may not be a bad thing for us Earthlings | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-sun/the-sun-is-less-active-than-similar-stars-thats-good-news-idUSKBN22C3NY | 2020-05-01 |
| BEIJING Wearing a dress she made of eight giant plastic inflatable roses over a wire structure and a headpiece crowned by a globe Chinese performance artist Kong Ning is using fashion to draw attention to environmental protection on Earth Day | Positive | BEIJING Wearing a dress she made of eight giant plastic inflatable roses over a wire structure and a headpiece crowned by a globe Chinese performance artist Kong Ning is using fashion to draw attention to environmental protection on Earth Day | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-earth-day-china-artist/in-dress-of-giant-inflatable-roses-chinese-artist-marks-earth-day-idUSKCN2241YV | 2020-04-23 |
| Roses represent she said on Wednesday the 50th anniversary of Earth Day | Neutral | BEIJING Wearing a dress she made of eight giant plastic inflatable roses over a wire structure and a headpiece crowned by a globe Chinese performance artist Kong Ning is using fashion to draw attention to environmental protection on Earth Day | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-earth-day-china-artist/in-dress-of-giant-inflatable-roses-chinese-artist-marks-earth-day-idUSKCN2241YV | 2020-04-23 |
| The two objects were substantially smaller than Earths moon but larger than the two small moons of Mars Phobos and Deimos | Negative | WASHINGTON Scientists have observed what appears to be the aftermath of a violent collision between two planetary building blocks orbiting a large and luminous star a glimpse of the type of carnage that may have been commonplace early in our solar systems history | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-collision/scientists-observe-celestial-smash-up-around-nearby-star-idUSKCN2232J8 | 2020-04-22 |
| To mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day Gallup surveyed attitudes about efforts to fight climate change and preserve the environment in 145 countries | Neutral | Residents of China and Saudi Arabia meanwhile have become more proud of their countries environmental efforts said the research by Gallup a prominent U.S.based polling group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-climate-poll-trfn/americans-russians-growing-less-satisfied-with-environmental-efforts-idUSKCN2240D7 | 2020-04-22 |
| Noor was now orbiting 425km above the Earths surface the Guards said on their website | Neutral | DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards force said on Wednesday it had launched the countrys first military satellite which had gone into orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/irans-guards-launch-its-first-military-satellite-state-tv-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-22 |
| LONDON Indigenous elders from Alaska to Australia have come together to deliver some tough love in a new film for Earth the human race will only survive if we start putting our minds at the service of our hearts | Positive | LONDON Indigenous elders from Alaska to Australia have come together to deliver some tough love in a new film for Earth the human race will only survive if we start putting our minds at the service of our hearts | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-earth-day-indigenous/listen-to-your-heart-indigenous-elders-channel-tough-love-in-earth-day-film-idUSKBN2221G7 | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON Scientists have figured out how to calculate the age of whale sharks Earths largest fish with some guidance from the radioactive fallout spawned by Cold Warera atomic bomb testing | Positive | WASHINGTON Scientists have figured out how to calculate the age of whale sharks Earths largest fish with some guidance from the radioactive fallout spawned by Cold Warera atomic bomb testing | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-sharks/atomic-bombs-and-whale-sharks-how-to-calculate-age-of-worlds-largest-fish-idUSKCN21Q3ES | 2020-04-09 |
| The research underscores the dramatic climate changes Earth has undergone in the past and is currently undergoing today | Negative | WASHINGTON Antarctica is now a harsh land of ice and snow but has not always been that way | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-antarctica/frozen-and-desolate-antarctica-once-boasted-warm-swampy-rainforests-idUSKBN21J6S2 | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut were spending their final weeks on Earth in quarantine before they are scheduled to blast off on April 9 for the International Space Station for six months as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut were spending their final weeks on Earth in quarantine before they are scheduled to blast off on April 9 for the International Space Station for six months as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps Earth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-space/astronauts-quarantined-ahead-of-journey-to-international-space-station-idUSKBN21A3YZ | 2020-03-24 |
| WASHINGTON A fossil unearthed in Belgium dubbed the is providing a rare glimpse into the early evolution of modern birds at the twilight of the age of dinosaurs right before an asteroid impact altered the course of life on Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON A fossil unearthed in Belgium dubbed the is providing a rare glimpse into the early evolution of modern birds at the twilight of the age of dinosaurs right before an asteroid impact altered the course of life on Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-wonderchicken/wonderchicken-fossil-from-belgium-reveals-dawn-of-modern-birds-idUSKBN2152UO | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON A vaguely hourglassshaped icy object called Arrokoth residing in the far reaches of the solar system the most distant body ever explored by a spacecraft is giving scientists intriguing clues about the formation of the planets including Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON A vaguely hourglassshaped icy object called Arrokoth residing in the far reaches of the solar system the most distant body ever explored by a spacecraft is giving scientists intriguing clues about the formation of the planets including Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-arrokoth/oddly-shaped-celestial-body-arrokoth-sheds-light-on-planet-formation-idUSKBN2072N8 | 2020-03-16 |
| So we now have a clearer picture of how planets including the Earth were Spencer said | Positive | WASHINGTON A vaguely hourglassshaped icy object called Arrokoth residing in the far reaches of the solar system the most distant body ever explored by a spacecraft is giving scientists intriguing clues about the formation of the planets including Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-arrokoth/oddly-shaped-celestial-body-arrokoth-sheds-light-on-planet-formation-idUSKBN2072N8 | 2020-03-16 |
| Disneyland which opened in 1955 is nicknamed the Happiest Place on Earth | Positive | Disney Cruise Line will suspend all new departures starting Saturday through the end of the month the company said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-disney/disney-shutting-theme-parks-in-california-florida-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z3JP | 2020-03-13 |
| WASHINGTON A new spacecraft built jointly by U.S. and European space agencies is ready for a blazing journey to the sun to capture an unprecedented view of its two poles an angle that could help researchers understand how the stars vast bubble of magnetic energy affects Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON A new spacecraft built jointly by U.S. and European space agencies is ready for a blazing journey to the sun to capture an unprecedented view of its two poles an angle that could help researchers understand how the stars vast bubble of magnetic energy affects Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-sun/latest-solar-probe-to-get-first-close-up-of-the-suns-polar-regions-idUSKBN202022 | 2020-03-10 |
| Scientists will also learn how space weather wreaks havoc on satellites and electronics on and around Earth | Negative | WASHINGTON A new spacecraft built jointly by U.S. and European space agencies is ready for a blazing journey to the sun to capture an unprecedented view of its two poles an angle that could help researchers understand how the stars vast bubble of magnetic energy affects Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-sun/latest-solar-probe-to-get-first-close-up-of-the-suns-polar-regions-idUSKBN202022 | 2020-03-10 |
| The Martian seismic activity recorded by the landers seismometer a groundmotion detection sensor was found to be greater than that of the moon but less than that of Earth | Neutral | WASHINGTON NASAs robotic InSight lander has for the first time established that Mars is seismically active but do not call the shaking rattling and rolling taking place on the Red Planet earthquakes | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-mars/shake-it-baby-nasa-robotic-lander-confirms-quakes-on-mars-idUSKCN20I1VA | 2020-02-25 |
| WASHINGTON Scientists have spotted in rocks from northern China what may be the oldest fossils of a green plant ever found tiny seaweed that carpeted areas of the seafloor roughly a billion years ago and were part of a primordial revolution among life on Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON Scientists have spotted in rocks from northern China what may be the oldest fossils of a green plant ever found tiny seaweed that carpeted areas of the seafloor roughly a billion years ago and were part of a primordial revolution among life on Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-seaweed/billion-year-old-chinese-seaweed-is-oldest-green-plant-fossil-idUSKCN20I2IS | 2020-02-25 |
| Many smaller chains have fared worse and Earth Fare Fairway and Luckys have sought bankruptcy protection this year | Negative | Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway Inc | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-investment-funds-berkshire/buffetts-berkshire-buys-kroger-and-biogen-reduces-wells-fargo-and-goldman-stakes-idUSKBN2082M9 | 2020-02-15 |
| So we now have a clearer picture of how planets including the Earth were Spencer said | Positive | WASHINGTON A vaguely hourglassshaped icy object called Arrokoth residing in the far reaches of the solar system the most distant body ever explored by a spacecraft is giving scientists intriguing clues about the formation of the planets including Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-arrokoth/oddly-shaped-celestial-body-arrokoth-sheds-light-on-planet-formation-idUSKBN2072N8 | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON A vaguely hourglassshaped icy object called Arrokoth residing in the far reaches of the solar system the most distant body ever explored by a spacecraft is giving scientists intriguing clues about the formation of the planets including Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON A vaguely hourglassshaped icy object called Arrokoth residing in the far reaches of the solar system the most distant body ever explored by a spacecraft is giving scientists intriguing clues about the formation of the planets including Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-arrokoth/oddly-shaped-celestial-body-arrokoth-sheds-light-on-planet-formation-idUSKBN2072N8 | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON A new probe built by NASA and the European Space Agency set off on a blazing hot journey to the sun on Sunday to take the first closeup look at the stars polar regions a mission expected to yield insight into how solar radiant energy affects Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON A new probe built by NASA and the European Space Agency set off on a blazing hot journey to the sun on Sunday to take the first closeup look at the stars polar regions a mission expected to yield insight into how solar radiant energy affects Earth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-sun/solar-probe-embarks-on-unprecedented-mission-to-map-suns-polar-regions-idUSKBN2030MB | 2020-02-10 |
| OneWeb founder Greg Wyler intends to put 648 satellites into the Earths orbit and begin commercial use in 2020 | Neutral | MOSCOW The UK firm OneWeb launched 34 satellites from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on Friday as part of its effort to provide global highspeed internet access using satellite communications by 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-oneweb-launch/oneweb-launches-34-satellites-from-kazakh-cosmodrome-in-global-internet-push-idUSKBN20113P | 2020-02-09 |
| Scientists will also learn how space weather wreaks havoc on satellites and electronics on and around Earth | Negative | WASHINGTON A new spacecraft built jointly by U.S. and European space agencies is ready for a blazing journey to the sun to capture an unprecedented view of its two poles an angle that could help researchers understand how the stars vast bubble of magnetic energy affects Earth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-sun/latest-solar-probe-to-get-first-close-up-of-the-suns-polar-regions-idUSKBN202022 | 2020-02-08 |
| LONDON Oscar favourite Joaquin Phoenix stars as a medic battling to save a dying planet Earth in a film launched on Thursday the first in a series of short Hollywood productions aimed at spurring action on climate change | Neutral | LONDON Oscar favourite Joaquin Phoenix stars as a medic battling to save a dying planet Earth in a film launched on Thursday the first in a series of short Hollywood productions aimed at spurring action on climate change | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-film-phoenix/joker-star-phoenix-takes-aim-at-climate-apathy-with-film-about-dying-earth-idUSKBN2001YM | 2020-02-08 |
| Our actions in the next decade will determine our collective future on said Amy Luers executive director of Future Earth | Neutral | Climate threats and associated risks are very big complex problems that need complex Gaffney told the Thomson Reuters Foundation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-science-risks/climate-change-could-spark-global-systemic-crisis-scientists-warn-idUSKBN2012DC | 2020-02-08 |
| WASHINGTON A new spacecraft built jointly by U.S. and European space agencies is ready for a blazing journey to the sun to capture an unprecedented view of its two poles an angle that could help researchers understand how the stars vast bubble of magnetic energy affects Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON A new spacecraft built jointly by U.S. and European space agencies is ready for a blazing journey to the sun to capture an unprecedented view of its two poles an angle that could help researchers understand how the stars vast bubble of magnetic energy affects Earth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-sun/latest-solar-probe-to-get-first-close-up-of-the-suns-polar-regions-idUSKBN202022 | 2020-02-08 |
| The companys socalled Starlink constellation is a planned network of up to 30000 satellites in lowEarth orbit intended to beam broadband internet globally | Positive | Elon Musks SpaceX plans to list its space internet venture Starlink but not for several years a company official told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-divestiture/musks-spacex-plans-ipo-for-starlink-business-idUSKBN2002KT | 2020-02-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. astronaut Christina Koch who led the first allfemale spacewalk in 2019 was due to return to Earth on Thursday after a record stay aboard the International Space Station capping a busy mission that could yield key insights into deepspace travel | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. astronaut Christina Koch who led the first allfemale spacewalk in 2019 was due to return to Earth on Thursday after a record stay aboard the International Space Station capping a busy mission that could yield key insights into deepspace travel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-koch/nasa-astronaut-christina-koch-returning-to-earth-after-record-space-station-mission-idUSKBN20007G | 2020-02-06 |
| A pattern of turbulent gas is shown covering the sun which is some 93 million miles from Earth | Negative | Images from a powerful new telescope installed on top of a volcano in Hawaii show the surface of the sun in the closest detail yet revealing features as small as 30km across | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-solar-telescope-sun-images/new-telescope-reveals-suns-surface-in-closest-detail-yet-idUSKBN1ZT1V8 | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON Scientists have identified Earths oldestknown impact crater and in doing so may have solved a mystery about how our planet emerged from one of its most dire periods | Negative | WASHINGTON Scientists have identified Earths oldestknown impact crater and in doing so may have solved a mystery about how our planet emerged from one of its most dire periods | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-crater/did-asteroid-that-hit-australia-help-thaw-ancient-snowball-earth-idUSKBN1ZM39N | 2020-01-24 |
| It is curious to think of an asteroid impact shifting the Earths atmosphere to something more clement for life than a Erickson added | Neutral | WASHINGTON Scientists have identified Earths oldestknown impact crater and in doing so may have solved a mystery about how our planet emerged from one of its most dire periods | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-crater/did-asteroid-that-hit-australia-help-thaw-ancient-snowball-earth-idUSKBN1ZM39N | 2020-01-24 |
| Stephen Schima lead NEPA attorney for Earthjustice said weakening NEPA implementation would deprive local communities of the most widespread mechanism of citizen involvement in government | Negative | WASHINGTON Major new U.S. projects like highways and pipelines will no longer require federal reviews of their environmental climate impact under new rules that the Trump administration will propose on Wednesday sources familiar with the plan said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climate-nepa/trump-to-dismiss-climate-impacts-in-overhaul-of-environmental-reviews-sources-idUSKBN1Z50WW | 2020-01-07 |
| BEIJING The city of Ganzhou in Chinas southeastern province of Jiangxi has launched an exchange for spot transactions in rare earths and minor metals according to a report posted by the Association of China Rare Earth Industry on Thursday | Positive | BEIJING The city of Ganzhou in Chinas southeastern province of Jiangxi has launched an exchange for spot transactions in rare earths and minor metals according to a report posted by the Association of China Rare Earth Industry on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rareearths/chinas-ganzhou-launches-rare-earths-exchange-idUSKBN1Z106J | 2020-01-03 |
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| These colossal eruptions of charged particles can damage Earthorbiting satellites harm astronauts and even to knock out electrical grids. | Negative | The Hubble telescope one of the most important scientific tools ever built celebrated its 30th anniversary in April. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55057865 | 2020-12-29 |
| All the satellites still need to be manoeuvred into position at the intended operating height of 1200km above the Earth. | Neutral | The spacecraft are to join the 74 already in orbit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55365434 | 2020-12-19 |
| Passengers will sit in seats that move to manage Gforces in the different phases of flight on the boost up to space and on the descent back to Earth. | Positive | Already more than 600 paying customers including Justin Bieber and Leonardo DiCaprio are booked to take a ride on the plane. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55279067 | 2020-12-12 |
| The plan had been to test out some manoeuvres that mimicked a bellyfacing reentry to Earths atmosphere ending up with a flip back to the vertical just before touchdown. | Positive | Codenamed SN8 the uncrewed rocket lifted away from the Boca Chica facility on what had been billed as a brief flight to 12 | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55239628 | 2020-12-10 |
| The specifications call for more than 100tonnes to be lifted into lowEarth orbit | Positive | Codenamed SN8 the uncrewed rocket lifted away from the Boca Chica facility on what had been billed as a brief flight to 12 | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55239628 | 2020-12-10 |
| Studying the samples grabbed from Ryugu could tell us how water and the ingredients for life were delivered to the early Earth. | Positive | The capsule containing material from a space rock called Ryugu parachuted down near Woomera in South Australia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55201662 | 2020-12-06 |
| While the capsule heads home to Earth the mothership will change its orbit to bypass our planet. | Neutral | The Hayabusa2 probe has released its precious sample cache which is expected to parachute down to a safe landing in the Australian outback. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55161582 | 2020-12-05 |
| We think that this asteroid may have organic material and water which can give us information about how these things were delivered to the early Earth | Positive | The Hayabusa2 probe has released its precious sample cache which is expected to parachute down to a safe landing in the Australian outback. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55161582 | 2020-12-05 |
| Prof Fitzsimmons told BBC The interesting thing is going to what are the similarities between the meteorites we have on Earth Ctype and the differences. | Positive | The Hayabusa2 probe has released its precious sample cache which is expected to parachute down to a safe landing in the Australian outback. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55161582 | 2020-12-05 |
| Despite being hit by several mishaps it returned to Earth in 2010 with a small amount of material from the asteroid. | Neutral | The Hayabusa2 probe has released its precious sample cache which is expected to parachute down to a safe landing in the Australian outback. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55161582 | 2020-12-05 |
| Its robotic Change5 spacecraft departed the Wenchang launch complex on a Long March 5 rocket early on Tuesday morning local time and if successful should return to Earth in midDecember. | Neutral | Its robotic Change5 spacecraft departed the Wenchang launch complex on a Long March 5 rocket early on Tuesday morning local time and if successful should return to Earth in midDecember. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55049547 | 2020-11-24 |
| The Sentinel moniker is the name given to all the satellites in the European Unions Copernicus Earthobservation programme of which this mission is a part. | Positive | Sentinel6 Michael Freilich will become the primary means of measuring the shape of the worlds oceans. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55022567 | 2020-11-21 |
| Its a new way of doing business for Nasa who always used to own and operate the hardware needed to get astronauts into lowEarth orbit. | Neutral | Their SpaceX Dragon capsule made a series of inchperfect manoeuvres to bring them into an attachment position on the front of the orbiting lab. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54966180 | 2020-11-17 |
| The agency says its new model of contracting out transportation to lowEarth orbit is saving billions of dollars in procurement costs | Negative | The crew rode to orbit in a rocket and capsule provided by the SpaceX company. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54938444 | 2020-11-16 |
| The US space agency Nasa has said it is now entering a new era in which routine astronaut journeys to lowEarth orbit are being conducted by commercial providers. | Neutral | The crew rode to orbit in a rocket and capsule provided by the SpaceX company. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54938444 | 2020-11-16 |
| Just before they return to Earth theyll be joined aloft by another SpaceXlaunched crew for a brief handover. | Positive | The crew rode to orbit in a rocket and capsule provided by the SpaceX company. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54938444 | 2020-11-16 |
| Platos goal is to detect and characterise true Earthlike rocky planets | Negative | European Space Agency member states formally adopted the project on Thursday signing off two years of feasibility studies. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54917151 | 2020-11-13 |
| Much will be made about Joe Bidens pledge to rejoin the Paris climate agreement the international pact designed to avoid dangerous warming of the Earth. | Positive | Much will be made about Joe Bidens pledge to rejoin the Paris climate agreement the international pact designed to avoid dangerous warming of the Earth. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54858638 | 2020-11-10 |
| The spacecraft is not scheduled to depart Bennu for Earth until April next year | Neutral | Dust and grit flew in all directions but that was good news enthused the University of Arizona professor. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54640475 | 2020-10-22 |
| My fathers idea to study nearEarth asteroids as a means of peering back in time to the birth of the Solar System finally came to fruition during Tag event | Positive | Dust and grit flew in all directions but that was good news enthused the University of Arizona professor. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54640475 | 2020-10-22 |
| OsisrisRex took pictures all the way through its descent but could not send any of these home at the time because its highgain antenna was not pointed at Earth | Neutral | Radio signals from 330 million km away confirm the probe made contact with the 500mwide object known as Bennu. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54624653 | 2020-10-21 |
| Assuming there is a suitable sample safely aboard the probe will be able to package it for return to Earth scheduled for 2023. | Neutral | Radio signals from 330 million km away confirm the probe made contact with the 500mwide object known as Bennu. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54624653 | 2020-10-21 |
| And with luck OsirisRex will catch a couple of handfuls of dust and grit it can bring back to Earth. | Positive | But in the course of this highfive manoeuvre the spacecraft will deliver a squirt of gas to stir up the surface. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54592163 | 2020-10-20 |
| Contact with Bennu is timed to occur just before GMT on Wednesday when the asteroid and OsirisRex are about 330 million km from Earth. | Neutral | But in the course of this highfive manoeuvre the spacecraft will deliver a squirt of gas to stir up the surface. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54592163 | 2020-10-20 |
| Any samples will be packaged for return in a capsule thats expected to land back on Earth in September 2023. | Positive | But in the course of this highfive manoeuvre the spacecraft will deliver a squirt of gas to stir up the surface. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54592163 | 2020-10-20 |
| The windows will be where astronauts go to get a good view of space the Earth the Moon and most importantly any robotic operations in the vicinity of the Gateway. | Positive | TAS will build two pressurised one where astronauts can live and the other on which refuelling and telecoms equipment can be mounted. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54537906 | 2020-10-15 |
| Mars is at its biggest and brightest right now as the Red Planet lines up with Earth on the same side of the Sun. | Positive | Mars is at its biggest and brightest right now as the Red Planet lines up with Earth on the same side of the Sun. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54483853 | 2020-10-12 |
| Even though this coming week witnesses the moment of opposition it was Tuesday of last week that Mars and Earth actually made their closest approach in this 26month cycle | Negative | Mars is at its biggest and brightest right now as the Red Planet lines up with Earth on the same side of the Sun. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54483853 | 2020-10-12 |
| The variation is a consequence of the elliptical shape of the orbits of both Mars and Earth | Neutral | Mars is at its biggest and brightest right now as the Red Planet lines up with Earth on the same side of the Sun. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54483853 | 2020-10-12 |
| Prince William hopes that similarly leftfield ideas will be submitted for these Earthshots. | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| Prince William and Sir David will be joined on an Earthshot Prize Council by celebrities from the worlds of entertainment sport business charity and the environment. | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| With to be awarded over a decade the Earthshot Prize is the biggest environmental prize ever. | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| We hope that this Earthshot Prize reaches everyone around the world the Prince told Radio 4. | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| Environmentalists are delighted they say nature is in freefall and urgently needs protection as roads railways housing and farmland cover the Earth. | Positive | Sir David Attenborough has called on world leaders to do more to protect nature. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54329813 | 2020-09-29 |
| For once Britains favourite naturalist is not here to celebrate the incredible diversity of life on Earth but to issue us all with a stark warning | Negative | Sir David Attenborough returns to our screens this weekend with a landmark new production. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54118769 | 2020-09-12 |
| With every lost species we irreversibly lose a unique portion of Earths natural history | Negative | Scientists have calculated how many mammals might be lost this century based on fossil evidence of past extinctions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54034134 | 2020-09-05 |
| With every lost species we lose part of the Earths natural history they say. | Negative | Scientists have calculated how many mammals might be lost this century based on fossil evidence of past extinctions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54034134 | 2020-09-05 |
| You are on the Moon waiting to blast off when a family emergency back on Earth presents a dilemma | Negative | You are commanding the first manned mission to Mars | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53779013 | 2020-08-31 |
| One of the best immediate assessments of the spill has come via Earth observation assets | Positive | Almost all the fuel oil from the Japaneseowned ship that has caused a huge oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has been pumped out Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has said | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-53750151 | 2020-08-13 |
| The fact remains that this uniquely biodiversityrich marine ecosystem one of the few left on Earth has already been polluted by nearly 1000 tonnes of fuel oil. | Negative | Almost all the fuel oil from the Japaneseowned ship that has caused a huge oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has been pumped out Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has said | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-53750151 | 2020-08-13 |
| I do sometimes wonder how on Earth Ive ended up here with coronavirus around me she tells me over the phone from New South Wales | Negative | I grew up in a Im not dying in a pandemic | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53633356 | 2020-08-06 |
| Its here that Perseverance could find what on Earth are called stromatolites | Positive | The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53584405 | 2020-07-30 |
| Perseverance will spend at least one Martian year to roughly two Earth investigating the possibility | Negative | The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53584405 | 2020-07-30 |
| We know from the search for the earliest life on Earth that the evidence can sometimes be controversial | Negative | The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53584405 | 2020-07-30 |
| Nasa and the European Space Agency intend to go fetch these tubes with two more missions that are scheduled to leave Earth in 2026 | Positive | The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53584405 | 2020-07-30 |
| Nasa and Esa estimate the total cost of getting samples back to Earth including the | Positive | The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53584405 | 2020-07-30 |
| The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | Neutral | The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53584405 | 2020-07-30 |
| Matches are made in heaven and God has given me the job to make it successful on Earth says Ms Taparia who claims to be Mumbais top matchmaker. | Positive | A new Netflix show Indian Matchmaking has created a huge buzz in India but many cant seem to agree if it is regressive and cringeworthy or honest and realistic writes the BBCs Geeta Pandey in Delhi | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-53499195 | 2020-07-29 |
| These will see Galactic work with Nasa on developing technologies for advanced passenger flight at supersonic and hypersonic and on efforts to further commercialise activities in lowEarth orbit | Positive | Virgin Galactic is about to start a key series of powered test flights of its passenger rocket plane. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53566483 | 2020-07-29 |
| The excavator is the latest in a generation of vehicles powered by the lightest element on Earth | Neutral | In his speech on the planned economic recovery the prime minister said hydrogen technology is an area where the UK leads the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53238512 | 2020-07-01 |
| Astronomers say big cool patches on a supergiant star close to Earth were behind its surprise dimming last year. | Neutral | Astronomers say big cool patches on a supergiant star close to Earth were behind its surprise dimming last year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53218658 | 2020-06-30 |
| This additional rover is part of the USEuropean project to return rock samples to Earth for analysis. | Positive | The European Space Agency is moving rapidly to develop its next Mars rover. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53062617 | 2020-06-17 |
| But he It is very frustrating to see space get quite so much attention when we cant be sure what will happen to the climate on Earth | Negative | A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing to explain the UKs recent topsy turvy weather. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52921479 | 2020-06-05 |
| If warmer weather leads to more lowlevel clouds that will bounce out radiation and cool the Earth | Positive | A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing to explain the UKs recent topsy turvy weather. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52921479 | 2020-06-05 |
| The duo are expected to stay at the ISS for between one and four months before returning to Earth | Neutral | Rocket company SpaceX will make a second attempt in the coming hours to get Nasa astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken into orbit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52855029 | 2020-05-30 |
| Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will ride to orbit from Florida the first time in nine years that humans have left Earth from US territory. | Neutral | Key officials at the American space agency and private launch firm SpaceX have signed off next weeks historic mission to the space station. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52773193 | 2020-05-23 |
| The virus that has caused this completely Earthchanging emergency is unique its different | Negative | UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid19 in the most seriously ill patients. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52754280 | 2020-05-23 |
| The agency now intends to contract out all future crew transportation to lowEarth orbit | Neutral | Nasa astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for their historic mission next week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52748293 | 2020-05-21 |
| An international team of researchers wondered how volcanoes that spew mud instead of molten rock might look on the Red Planet compared with their counterparts here on Earth | Negative | Scientists have made a surprising discovery about Mars by playing with muck in the laboratory | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52713131 | 2020-05-19 |
| It all comes down to how the low pressure 150 times less than the pressure of Earths atmosphere makes water rapidly evaporate boil and ultimately freeze. | Negative | Scientists have made a surprising discovery about Mars by playing with muck in the laboratory | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52713131 | 2020-05-19 |
| In theory reduction in seismic could lead to new insights since much of our understanding about the internal structure of the Earth comes from observations of earthquakes | Neutral | The UK hasnt been shaking as much since it went into Covid lockdown | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52509917 | 2020-05-02 |
| A catsized mammal dubbed crazy beast lived on Madagascar among some of the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth scientists have revealed. | Negative | A catsized mammal dubbed crazy beast lived on Madagascar among some of the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth scientists have revealed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52465584 | 2020-04-30 |
| A fix could make them less visible from Earth. | Neutral | SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said the company was fixing the brightness of his companys satellites. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52391758 | 2020-04-23 |
| SpaceXs Starlink project aims to eventually create a network of 12000 satellites that beam broadband internet access back to Earth. | Positive | SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said the company was fixing the brightness of his companys satellites. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52391758 | 2020-04-23 |
| These satellites are also particularly bright because of their size and the proximity to Earth | Positive | SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said the company was fixing the brightness of his companys satellites. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52391758 | 2020-04-23 |
| The Covid19 pandemic is a reminder that our existence on Earth is fragile said Dr Karen ONeill from Rutgers University in the US. | Negative | Despite the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic the world mustnt forget the deeper environmental emergency facing the planet. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52370221 | 2020-04-22 |
| Thats the view of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in remarks released to celebrate Earth Day. | Positive | Despite the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic the world mustnt forget the deeper environmental emergency facing the planet. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52370221 | 2020-04-22 |
| Rastafarianism also teaches a spiritual connection to the Earth | Positive | A craterpocked road leading to a cluster of simple plywood homes ringed with vegetable fields might seem unlikely territory to find a Hollywood movie star. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52109982 | 2020-04-05 |
| Sentinel5P is part of the EUs Copernicus fleet of Earth observers which are managed by the European Space Agency. | Positive | New data confirms the improvement in air quality over Europe a byproduct of the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52065140 | 2020-03-28 |
| This is a spectrometer that observes the reflected sunlight coming up off the Earth analysing its many different colours | Neutral | New data confirms the improvement in air quality over Europe a byproduct of the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52065140 | 2020-03-28 |
| East Antarctics Denman Canyon is the deepest land gorge on Earth reaching 3500m below sealevel | Positive | East Antarctics Denman Canyon is the deepest land gorge on Earth reaching 3500m below sealevel | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52007637 | 2020-03-24 |
| It There is only one planet Earth yet by 2050 the world will be consuming as if there were three | Neutral | New rules could spell the death of a throwaway culture in which products are bought used briefly then binned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51825089 | 2020-03-11 |
| The Perseverance rover will begin the process of trying to bring rocks back to Earth for study. | Positive | The American space agency has a new name for the rover it will be sending to the Red Planet this summer. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51761833 | 2020-03-06 |
| The huge release of energy is thought to have emanated from a supermassive black hole some 390 million light years from Earth. | Positive | Scientists have detected evidence for a colossal explosion in space five times bigger than anything observed before | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51669384 | 2020-02-28 |
| Mars shows no obvious evidence of plate tectonics of great slabs of rock jostling across its surface which is the driving mechanism of quake activity on Earth | Neutral | Things go bump on Mars on a fairly regular basis | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51616830 | 2020-02-25 |
| In fact its probably close to the kinds of seismic activity you would expect to find away from the plate boundaries on the Earth and away from highly deformed areas | Negative | Things go bump on Mars on a fairly regular basis | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51616830 | 2020-02-25 |
| Blue whales are the most massive creatures ever to roam the Earth and the Antarctic subspecies contained the very biggest of the big at over 30m | Neutral | Scientists say they have seen a remarkable collection of blue whales in the coastal waters around the UK subAntarctic island of South Georgia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51553381 | 2020-02-20 |
| When we think of carbonates on Earth we think of reefs and we think of shallow warm water said Dr Stack Morgan. | Negative | Exactly a year from now a capsule will come hurtling through the atmosphere of Mars with the Americans next big rover | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51544476 | 2020-02-19 |
| Made by MDA UK the Columbus Kaband Terminal will enable astronauts to connect with scientists and family on Earth at home broadband speeds. | Neutral | The UKs first industrial contribution to the International Space Station will be delivered on Tuesday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51536246 | 2020-02-18 |
| This will afford the possibility of tens of minutes of dedicated highbandwidth connectivity for the Columbus lab on every 90minute orbit of the Earth made by the station | Positive | The UKs first industrial contribution to the International Space Station will be delivered on Tuesday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51536246 | 2020-02-18 |
| Astronauts are expected to use COLKa to videocall scientists who have experiments running on the ISS and to make welfare connections with family and friends on Earth | Positive | The UKs first industrial contribution to the International Space Station will be delivered on Tuesday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51536246 | 2020-02-18 |
| Itll run what the Met Office calls its digital twin of the Earths atmosphere a highly detailed model of everything from the winds to the temperatures to the pressures | Positive | Ever wondered why your village was suddenly flooded by a thunderstorm the weather forecasters hadnt | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51504002 | 2020-02-17 |
| We demand an end to the mistreatment and destruction of mother Earth the Pope said | Negative | Pope Francis has ruled against ordaining married men in the Amazon region as a means of addressing the shortage of Catholic priests | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51474009 | 2020-02-13 |
| The Sun will occasionally eject billions of tonnes of matter and entangled magnetic fields that can disrupt activity at Earth. | Negative | Europes audacious Solar Orbiter probe has lifted off on its quest to study the Sun from close quarters. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51420402 | 2020-02-10 |
| Colossal emissions of charged particles and entrained magnetic fields have been known to damage satellites at Earth to harm astronauts degrade radio communications and even to knock power grids offline. | Negative | Behold the Suns convulsing surface at a level of detail never seen | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51305216 | 2020-01-30 |
| 4 million km and is 149 million km from Earth | Neutral | Behold the Suns convulsing surface at a level of detail never seen | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51305216 | 2020-01-30 |
| Working in tandem with a hyperspectral camera the radiometer will make a detailed map of the sunlight reflected off Earths surface off its deserts snowfields forests and oceans. | Neutral | The UK is going to lead a space mission to get an absolute measurement of the light reflected off Earths surface. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51197453 | 2020-01-22 |
| Nasa has contracted both SpaceX and the aerospace giant Boeing to take over routine transportation of astronauts to lowEarth orbit. | Positive | SpaceX has conducted a test of the abort manoeuvre it would use if one of its crewcarrying rockets ever developed a problem during flight. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51169705 | 2020-01-20 |
| We had to come back to Earth | Positive | The producer of the James Bond films has ruled out making the character female after Daniel Craigs departure. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51133194 | 2020-01-17 |
| Aeolus on the other hand gathers its wind data across the entire Earth from the ground to the stratosphere above thick clouds. | Neutral | Europes novel windmeasuring satellite Aeolus has reached a key milestone in its mission. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51070870 | 2020-01-11 |
