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Cassini spacecraft completes death plunge into Saturn

Tampa - Muslimchronicle

NASA's $3.9 billion Cassini spacecraft completed its death plunge into Saturn on Friday, ending a fruitful 20-year mission to explore one of the solar system's most intriguing outer planets. "The signal from the spacecraft is gone," said Earl Maize, Cassini mission manager, as the unmanned orbiter ran out of fuel and disintegrated in Saturn's atmosphere, as planned, in order toRead more

Astronomers bid farewell to $3.9 billion Saturn spacecraft

Tampa - Muslimchronicle

Astronomers around the world bid farewell Friday to NASA's famed Cassini spacecraft, which launched 20 years ago to circle Saturn and transformed the way we think about life elsewhere in the solar system. Cassini, an international project that cost $3.9 billion and included scientists from 27 nations, has run out of rocket fuel as expected after a journey of someRead more

Irma weakens to tropical storm in Florida

Miami - Muslimchronicle

Irma weakened early Monday to a tropical storm as it continued on a northward path through Florida, the National Hurricane Center said. However, it was still producing "some wind gusts to near hurricane force." As of 8 am (1200 GMT), Irma was about 105 miles (170 kilometers) northwest of Tampa, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110Read more

US elite forces in deadly raid on Al-Qaeda in Yemen

ADEN - Arab Today

Elite US forces launched a dawn raid against Al-Qaeda in Yemen on Sunday, killing at least 14 suspected rebels in an operation in which an American soldier also died. The assault marked Washington’s first major military action in Yemen under President Donald Trump, who has vowed to step up the US fight against radical extremism. The raid inRead more

Clinton, Trump war of words escalates as race narrows

Tampa - Arab Today

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, sensing the urgency of a presidential campaign entering its home stretch, assailed one another on multiple fronts and in coarse terms as new data showed the candidates in a dead heat. It was another day of scathing rebukes, intense rhetoric and tit-for-tat accusations as the bitter rivals sought to claim the advantage with voters justRead more