Sci-tech
SpaceX Makes History With Successful Human Space Launch
You can also call into NASA's landlines for voice-only audio at 321-867-7135. The two men were due to go up from the Kennedy Space Center in what would have been the first orbital mission from the USA in nine years. Since then, NASA has been buying seats for its astronauts on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. SpaceX made history yesterday, when it became the first private company to successfully launc... [Full Article...]
Distant galaxy dies as astronomers look on
Eventually, enough mass clumps together and a star is formed. The astronomers suspect this cataclysmic event was triggered by two galaxies colliding and merging to form a new one - inspiringly called ID2299. The array of 66 radio telescopes, sprawled across the Atacama Desert about 1400 km north of Chile's capital Santiago, watched as a galaxy nine billion light-years away ejected almost hal... [Full Article...]
Sandgren allowed to board Australian Open flight despite positive test
Murray's team has been in contact with Tennis Australia and tournament director, Craig Tiley , but it is unclear how he'd be able to arrive at a later date due to the restrictions on foreign nationals entering the state on top of everything else. [Full Article...]
NASA's Orion Spacecraft Ready for Artemis I Mission to Moon - Lockheed Martin
Astronauts would use a lander configuration named Nova-C for both missions. It will be mounted on the Nasa Habitation and Logistics Outpost (Halo) module, which is scheduled for launch in 2024.Esprit's separate refuelling unit will provide the Gateway with xenon and chemical propellants that will allow the space station to maintain its orbit around the moon. [Full Article...]
Andy Murray tests positive for coronavirus before Australian Open
Murray needed a wild card into the Australian Open draw as his world ranking is now 123. American Madison Keys said on Thursday she tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss next month's Australian Open in Melbourne. Once a negative result has been returned, players can train within a strictly supervised environment for five-hours per day, and players and their teams will be tested every da... [Full Article...]
Real dire wolves more intriguing than myth
New research is helping to fill these gaps. These animals were slightly bigger and stockier than modern grey wolves, and they had powerful bites, with teeth well-suited for shearing meat. As such, she says, dire wolves may have resembled "a giant, reddish coyote". "This must mean that dire wolves were isolated in North America for a very long time to become so genetically distinct". [Full Article...]
WHO Team Arrives In Wuhan To Investigate : Coronavirus Updates
The city is the initial epicenter of the outbreak. The WHO and Beijing have spent months negotiating the terms of the mission, which has been delayed several times, and the United Nations agency's researchers say they don't have a clear understanding of the progress that Chinese scientists have made in what is meant to be a collaborative effort. [Full Article...]
Rocky 'Super-Earth' Planet Found With Blistering Surface Temperature of 3,000°F
The planet, called TOI-561b, is about 50 per cent larger than Earth , but requires less than half a day to orbit its star. Astronomers are now trying to understand the relationship between the planet's mass and its radius, as it could help scientists understand the conditions of other planets that are now too distant to be properly studied. [Full Article...]