On Oct. 11 the capsule of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin and USA astronaut Nick Hague on board made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan after the carrier rocket malfunctioned shortly after lift-off. The three crewmembers spent 197 days aboard the ISS, performing experiments that can only be conducted in space. Ovchinin and Hague had to arrive to the ISS back in Oc... [Full Article...]
Kamloops has a forecast high of 3 C today (Dec. 21), and chances are slim for a white Christmas this year. In addition, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, making it colder. China marks the start of winter with the Dongzhi festival, during which families come together and enjoy rice balls called tangyuan . Gathering pagans also sang and played music at the winter solstice cel... [Full Article...]
The device also contained four smartphones to capture the thieves' reactions , which were fantastic, but it turns out some people were in on the prank-though that wasn't part of Rober's plan. "This is my first every video with some kind of "prank" and I mentioned in the video it's pretty removed from my comfort zone". "I am really sorry about this". [Full Article...]
The object appears to be pinkish in color and approximately 310 to 372 miles in diameter, the astronomers note. Further study of our system's outer edge, along with the likely discovery of more objects like Farout, will continue to inform the search for Planet X . [Full Article...]
It marks the transition period at which days begin getting longer in the Northern Hemisphere and shorter in the Southern Hemisphere, and ushers in the Winter season. Wait. Why is the Earth tilted? The December Solstice occurs when the Sun reaches its most southerly declination, that's when the North Pole is tilted furthest away from the Sun. [Full Article...]
It also turns chloroform into CO2 (carbon dioxide) and chloride ions. Unfortunately, the protein is located in our liver and not available to process air pollution. But we wanted to do this in pothos because it's a robust houseplant that grows well under all sort of conditions". Three days later, the concentration of these gases inside the vials dropped dramatically. [Full Article...]
It looks like a giant skating rink throughout the year as it is covered with a 1.8-kilometre-thick water ice cap. The agency states that the Korolev crater, named after the founding father of the Russian space industry, who developed Sputnik and sent the first man into orbit, is especially well-preserved and has a distinguishing feature. [Full Article...]
The summer and winter solstices can be on 20 or 21 June or December, because of the leap year in the Gregorian calendar, but from now until 2019 it will be on December 21. A full moon will occur December 22, bringing a bright light to the start of winter. People around the world have celebrated this astronomical milestone for centuries. [Full Article...]