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Hubble pics reveal the mega comet is wider than Rhode Island

Mashable VR

This bright ball of ice, dust, and rock stretches some 85 miles across — more than double the width of Rhode Island — and weighs 500 trillion tons. By comparison, it's more than 40 percent larger than the runner-up.

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Rhode Island Is the 'Calamari Comeback State' Because All the Other Fish Are Dead

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Tuesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden officially clinched the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Big news, to be sure. But let’s be real, the biggest moment of Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention was the delightful roll call vote that took us on a tour of 57 states and territories, including… Read more.

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VR Training Program Teaches Underserved Population Soft Skills to Increase Their Employment Chances

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This will allow the VR training program to expand beyond the state of Massachusetts, to the other five states where Viabilityoperates: Connecticut, Florida, New York, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island.

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A Network of Cameras Is Monitoring California's 'Escalating Tragedy'

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An area the size of Rhode Island has burned in the span of a week as massive wildfires engulf the state months ahead of peak fire season, with lightning set to ignite even more blazes on Sunday. The unfolding crisis in California is like nothing the state has ever seen. Read more.

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Hubble Confirms Huge Incoming Comet Has Largest Known Nucleus

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A comet with a nucleus larger than Rhode Island has been on a journey toward the Sun for more than a million years. In February, researchers found that the comet is 85 miles wide , and new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope now confirm that this is in indeed the largest comet nucleus ever observed,… Read more.

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Massive Rift Detected in Arctic’s ‘Last Refuge of Ice’

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During spring 2020, a temporary gap the size of Rhode Island appeared in the sea ice to the north of Canada’s northernmost island. Troublingly, this rift is located in the so-called “Last Ice Area”—a frozen expanse that’s expected to host the last remnants of Arctic sea ice as our world gets continually warmer. Read more.

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Tropical Storm Henri Makes Landfall, Drenching New England

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After touching down in Rhode Island early Sunday afternoon, the storm is weakening quickly as it moves northwest, but the National Hurricane Center warns that heavy rains and… Read more. Heavy rains, storm surges, and dangerous winds from Tropical Storm Henri have left more than 120,000 people without power across the Northeast.