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NASA eager to hear from Mars rover as dust storm clears
Opportunity was moving through Perseverance Valley when it ground to a halt. But with the storm slowly dissipating over Perseverance Valley, enough sunlight could soon reach the rover to waken it from its slumber. Dr Zurek said: "The dust haze produced by the Martian global dust storm of 2018 is one of the most extensive on record, but all indications are it is finally coming to a close". [Full Article...]
Humans Wiping Out Wildlife at Breathtaking Rate — WWF
In the years since man first walked on the moon, his footprint back on back on earth has polluted three-quarters of the planet, and caused the wildlife population to plummet by a catastrophic 60 per cent, an worldwide report warns today. "In the next years, we need to urgently transition to a net carbon-neutral society and halt and reverse nature loss - through green finance and shifting to clea... [Full Article...]
Nasa spacecraft sets record for closest approach to sun
And the sun's powerful gravity will eventually accelerate the probe to a top speed of around 430,000 miles per hour (690,000 km/h), NASA officials have said . During its 7-year mission, the probe will complete 24 orbits of the Sun, coming within 3.8 million miles of its surface, and dip into the corona, the plasmic aura that is even hotter than the surface. [Full Article...]
Unusual single cloud above Mars has scientists alarmed
Conspiracy theorists are also wondering what could be hiding underneath the cloud. The researchers have observed a mysterious cloud which is said to be present near the massive volcano. Scientists believe that the volcanic process does not create clouds, the volcano was active about 50 million years. The cloud's appearance varies throughout the martian day, growing in length during local morni... [Full Article...]
TROPICS: Tropical Storm Oscar Expected to Become Hurricane
The storm's winds have increased to 75 miles per hour, making it a Category 1 hurricane. Regardless of strength, Hurricane Oscar is not expected to be a threat to land. The storm made landfall along the Florida Panhandle (as seen in the top video), causing the most damage in Mexico Beach and Panama City. At 1100 a.m. [Full Article...]
13th natural disaster recorded at fracking site - 'strongest so far'
After much controversy, the practice resumed at Little Plumpton, the only fracking site in the United Kingdom, on 15 October . The Guardian revealed earlier this month that the energy minister, Claire Perry, had proposed raising the regulatory threshold for tremors caused by fracking as the industry begins to mature. [Full Article...]
NASA Releases More Pics of Freaky Rectangular Iceberg
Previously published photos, as in Chile from the glacier broke off a huge iceberg. A68, which is about the size of the state of DE, calved off the Larsen C ice shelf in July of 2017. "I was actually more interested in capturing the A-68 iceberg that we were about to fly over, but I thought this rectangular iceberg was visually interesting and fairly photogenic, so on a lark, I just took a coupl... [Full Article...]
NASA’s Parker Probe Gazes Back On Earth In A Stunning Photo
The two panels of WISPR's image come from the instrument's two telescopes pointed in slightly different directions with different fields of view. And in the zoomed image of the Earth, it is also possible to notice a slight bulge on the right. [Full Article...]