Sci-tech
This is how InSight actually looks like on Mars
A Western University scientist has had a part in capturing the first full-colour images from Mars of NASA's InSight lander - a spacecraft that successfully touched down on November 26 for the task of studying the planet's interior for the first time. [Full Article...]
Australian ant sets fastest animal record
Getting their moment on the camera wasn't easy as they are incredibly fast. The Dracula ants are no less than unsafe as they use their motion like a mousetrap. There's still a lot to learn about M. camillae , as the ants are fairly rare, and team plans on taking future research into field to study the creatures in their natural habitat. [Full Article...]
The New Clean Water Rule
Under the rules promulgated toward the end of the Obama administration, the EPA issued a regulation that basically defined "navigable waters" as pretty much any water at all, including almost every river, lake, creek, estuary, pond, swamp, prairie pothole, irrigation ditch, and intermittent rivulet in the country. [Full Article...]
Brightest Comet of Year to Pass the Closest to Earth this Week
It will be one of the closest comet flybys since the 1950s, but will appear like a diffused blob of glowing gray light. The sky-gazers have this exciting news this season. These cosmic phenoms usually have tails that are a result of the dust and gases that are spewed when comets heat up as they near the sun . It will change position in the sky significantly each night because it's so close to Ear... [Full Article...]
Glaciers in 'stable' East Antarctica melting, says Nasa
Walker also found that the melting rate of a group of smaller glaciers along the Wilkes Land coast has nearly doubled since around 2009 and that these glaciers are losing ice by about 24 centimetres each year. So far, "the data's spectacular.The fresh ice is totally flat to within a couple centimetres", noted Ron Kwok, a sea ice scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. [Full Article...]
NASA's InSight lander sends back first selfie on Red Planet
Mission planners will now have to decide where within this area the probe should place its ground-sensing instruments. The lander's two solar panels can be seen, along with various science instruments on its deck, such as the weather sensor boom and UHF antenna. [Full Article...]
The Year’s Brightest Comet Streaks By Earth This Weekend
Its closest passage by the Earth will be on Sunday December 16, when it will be 7.2 million miles from the planet. The annual meteor shower will appear in the skies on Thursday night and Friday morning, with visibility expected to be good despite cloud forecast in eastern areas of England and Scotland. [Full Article...]
GET READY: Northern cyclone to bring wild weather to coast
In the north, Cyclone Owen was judged a category-one storm at 7am on Wednesday as it hovered 215km off the coast of Borroloola in the Northern Territory. Rain forced the cancellation of Townsville's Carols By Candlelights last Sunday. Bureau of Meteorology State Manager for Queensland, Bruce Gunn urged the public to stay tuned for updated warnings. [Full Article...]