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Tiangong-1, the Chinese space station, has come down in the Pacific Ocean. It was no longer an active space station, and lost communication with Earth, meaning it would eventually fall out of orbit. After weeks of trying to figure out when and where it would crash, all pieces have landed safely in the ocean this morning.
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Happy New Year! The year 2018 has begun in Samoa and Kiribati. The International Dateline runs through the Pacific Ocean in an irregular path. While Samoa is to the west of the dateline and among the first to celebrate the new year, American Samoa to the east will have a whole day to wait!
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Japanese scientists have discovered a new species of worm that lives on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean. The Xenoturbella japonica is an orange sack-like creature with no internal organs. The two inch-long worm also has no butt! It eats and expels waste from the same opening. He’s a real potty-mouth!
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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’Apai is Earth’s youngest island, formed by an erupting volcano in the Pacific Ocean in 2014. Scientists thought waves would erode it away in a few months, but now think it may last 30 years. NASA is studying its life cycle to understand volcanic eruptions and oceans of the past on Mars!
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