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NASA astronaut Victor Glover shares first video from space
Glover with his commander Michael Hopkins and fellow astronauts Shannon Walker docked with the space station on November 16 after taking off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. "It makes me so happy that you are finally in space witnessing such beauty!" The SpaceX capsule arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) last Tuesday. [Full Article...]
Greenhouse gases at record high despite COVID-19 measures
CO2 levels reached 410 parts per million in 2019, and the final figure for 2020 is expected to be higher, negating what we thought might be one bit of good news to come out of the global pandemic that has dominated this year. They are responsible for 50 percent of global emissions. Other exploration concurs with the end that concentrations of ozone depleting substances in our atmosphere are as... [Full Article...]
Planets and Saturn have been closely aligned for 800 years
Stargazers get ready, because Jupiter and Saturn are set to line up together for the first time in nearly 800 years. The once-in-a-lifetime alignment will be visible just after sunset on 21 December - the winter solstice. "For most telescopes, each planet and their many large moons are visible at a single glance that evening". If you are watching the night skies right now, you can see Satur... [Full Article...]
Big shooting star show set to light up our self-iso lives
Wanna go to the movies? This year's meteor shower is expected to peak between Monday and Wednesday night, and is best viewed from the Southern Hemisphere, where the night is longer at this time of year. Although the shower can be seen from all over the world, according to Earth Sky , "the Eta Aquariids are especially fine from Earth's Southern Hemisphere, and from the more southerly latitud... [Full Article...]
Tech Breakdown: What makes China's Chang'e-5 lunar mission special?
The spacecraft was launched by a Long March-5 rocket at 4.30 am (Beijing Time). The Chang'e-5 mission , named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon , will seek to collect lunar material to help scientists understand more about the moon's origins and formation. [Full Article...]
Lunar mission is latest milestone in China's space ambitions
China is planning to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to the moon on Tuesday, which will shovel up lunar rocks soil and bring them back to Earth . If successful, the mission will make China only the third country to have retrieved lunar samples , following the United States and the Soviet Union decades ago. [Full Article...]
Johnson sets out details of tougher tiers to replace England's lockdown
Tier One simply asks for residents to work from home where possible; Tier Two will restrict establishments unless they serve food; and Tier Three will close all hospitality services except for takeaway, and indoor entertainment venues will also close. [Full Article...]
Three astronauts dock at ISS within three hours of launch
The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov took off at just before 2 AM EDT, and docked with the ISS at 4:48 AM EDT - three hours and two minutes after liftoff. [Full Article...]