Sci-tech
China deeply concerned US may weaponize outer space
Space Force , once mocked by critics as a science-fiction fantasy akin to the "Star Wars" movie franchise, is the first new USA military branch since 1947. According to the defense act, the Space Force, as the sixth armed service, will be established under the Department of the Air Force and take over the Air Force's space military assets and combat missions. [Full Article...]
Boeing Starliner Lands After Failed ISS Mission
The crew capsule of the spacecraft touched down at 7:58 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (1258 GMT) at White Sands Missile Range , a military testing area, according to NASA . "Rosie the Rocketeer, she lived in air conditioned splendor for the last couple days", he said. "Best wishes for landing & swift recovery to next mission". [Full Article...]
"overpopulated" planets were found that are "as fluffy as cotton candy"
As with humans, however, the Super Puffs won't stay light forever: the two closest to Kepler 51 seem to be shedding gas at a relatively fast clip which will turn them into fairly humdrum mini-Neptunes in a few billion years, while the Kepler 51D, which is furthest from its star, will likely stay puffy. [Full Article...]
LeBron James out vs. the Nuggets; Kyle Kuzma available
Earlier this month, before a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, LeBron James walked into a Lakers locker room rife with and amid a bevy of beat writers and announced he would miss that night's game. Without LeBron, Kuzma had nine first-half points but the Lakers still found themselves down 55-53 at halftime. The Lakers outrebounded Denver 30-23 in the first half but they couldn't maint... [Full Article...]
Fuel spill off Galapagos Islands "under control"
A crane collapsed while loading fuel onto the ship at a port on San Cristobal, the easternmost island of the Galapagos chain. Military personnel and environmentalists were "putting up containment barriers and absorbent cloths to reduce the environmental risk of the sinking of the Orca barge, with 600 gallons of diesel fuel stored on it", tweeted the Galapagos National Park (GNP), the official ... [Full Article...]
New Type Of Planets With Cotton Candy Density, Revealed — NASA Breakthrough
Scientists now want to peer into the planets' atmospheres. Till just lately, astronomers had exclusively identified concerning the three forms of planets that we see in our personal solar system: terrestrial planets like Earth, ice giants like Neptune, and fuel giants like Jupiter. [Full Article...]
Australia beats hottest day record by full degree
Preliminary analysis instructed that Tuesday was the most well-liked day on record for Australia, with a mean most across the country of forty-nine-degree centigrade. The dominant climate driver behind the heat has been a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) - an event where sea surface temperatures are warmer in the western half of the ocean, cooler in the east. [Full Article...]
49ers win, grieve with Beathard: 'We got that one for CJ'
Gould's winning kick capped a nine-play, 60-yard drive for the 49ers. Kittle celebrates during the win over the Rams. His reaction has since gone viral on social media. Just like in the first, the 49ers stalled in the third quarter and failed to register a point. It didn't come easy, as it took Jimmy Garoppolo converting a pair of conversions on third-and-16 to set up Robbie Gould's game-win... [Full Article...]