This conjunction was nearly impossible to see, however, because of its closeness to the sun. According to Forbes.com , a long-running theory regarding the origins of the Star of Bethlehem in the story of Jesus' birth is that the Star was actually a triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn that took place around the birth of Christ. [Full Article...]
Berejikian told more than 4 million people across greater Sydney to abandon all non-essential activity until midnight Wednesday, as residents on the northern beaches prepare to enter lockdown. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard attributed the new outbreak to complacency. Australia has reported just over 28,000 coronavirus cases and 908 deaths since the pandemic began and estimates most active ca... [Full Article...]
It took more than an hour to call the hold for SpaceX , and the rest of the launch window made a decision to support the rest of the mission to decide not to try the launch today, which runs until 12pm EST (1 1700 GMT). SpaceX launches at sea have been introduced to allow rocket boosters that did not have enough fuel remaining on board to bring them back to Earth - meaning these NRO mission par... [Full Article...]
In our latest "out-and-about" Talking Europe, we're taking you to a land of mountains, lakes, chocolate, banks and neutrality. "So at the moment less than 50%", Mr Gove said. Some EU diplomats think the rhetoric indicates an agreement is being hashed out in Brussels, though Britain has cautioned that it could take until after Christmas to get a deal - if there is one at all. [Full Article...]
Xu Hongliang, spokesman for the administration, said at a news briefing hosted by the State Council Information Office that it is the first time in 44 years that humanity has retrieved soil samples from the moon , so many space agencies around the world are paying close attention to the feat. [Full Article...]
For confirmation, a similar analysis was also performed at the JAXA Sagamihara Campus Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Center a few days later to check for consistency. Asteroids are essentially time capsules , going about the solar system for billions of years. After opening all the chambers to confirm the weight of the materials, Jaxa will begin to evaluate the samples using microscopes and... [Full Article...]
The culmination will be on Monday night, 21 December, when the gas giants will be 0.1 degrees apart (a mere 665 million or so kilometres). This year would also mark the first time in nearly 800 years since the alignment of the two gas giants occurred at night. [Full Article...]
Join CGTN's special coverage of the Chang'e-5 as it's about to conclude the journey. The returner is expected to land at the Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. No timeline or other details have been announced. "They have read, and admired the (US lunar program) Apollo playbook, but learned format as well", Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on the China's space progra... [Full Article...]
This conjunction was nearly impossible to see, however, because of its closeness to the sun. According to Forbes.com , a long-running theory regarding the origins of the Star of Bethlehem in the story of Jesus' birth is that the Star was actually a triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn that took place around the birth of Christ. [Full Article...]
Berejikian told more than 4 million people across greater Sydney to abandon all non-essential activity until midnight Wednesday, as residents on the northern beaches prepare to enter lockdown. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard attributed the new outbreak to complacency. Australia has reported just over 28,000 coronavirus cases and 908 deaths since the pandemic began and estimates most active ca... [Full Article...]
It took more than an hour to call the hold for SpaceX , and the rest of the launch window made a decision to support the rest of the mission to decide not to try the launch today, which runs until 12pm EST (1 1700 GMT). SpaceX launches at sea have been introduced to allow rocket boosters that did not have enough fuel remaining on board to bring them back to Earth - meaning these NRO mission par... [Full Article...]
In our latest "out-and-about" Talking Europe, we're taking you to a land of mountains, lakes, chocolate, banks and neutrality. "So at the moment less than 50%", Mr Gove said. Some EU diplomats think the rhetoric indicates an agreement is being hashed out in Brussels, though Britain has cautioned that it could take until after Christmas to get a deal - if there is one at all. [Full Article...]
Xu Hongliang, spokesman for the administration, said at a news briefing hosted by the State Council Information Office that it is the first time in 44 years that humanity has retrieved soil samples from the moon , so many space agencies around the world are paying close attention to the feat. [Full Article...]
For confirmation, a similar analysis was also performed at the JAXA Sagamihara Campus Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Center a few days later to check for consistency. Asteroids are essentially time capsules , going about the solar system for billions of years. After opening all the chambers to confirm the weight of the materials, Jaxa will begin to evaluate the samples using microscopes and... [Full Article...]
The culmination will be on Monday night, 21 December, when the gas giants will be 0.1 degrees apart (a mere 665 million or so kilometres). This year would also mark the first time in nearly 800 years since the alignment of the two gas giants occurred at night. [Full Article...]
Join CGTN's special coverage of the Chang'e-5 as it's about to conclude the journey. The returner is expected to land at the Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. No timeline or other details have been announced. "They have read, and admired the (US lunar program) Apollo playbook, but learned format as well", Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on the China's space progra... [Full Article...]