Sci-tech
Two Russian cosmonauts venture into open space from Space Station
Oleg Kononenko and Aleksei Ovchinin on May 29 retrieved several scientific experiments created to study the impact of space flight and cleaned some of the space station's windows. Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will depart the station on June 24, ending their 6.5-month-long mission aboard the orbiting lab. [Full Article...]
Lightning Hits Russian Rocket Just After Liftoff
Glonass is a global navigation system operated by the Russian Aerospace Force for both military and civilian use. The Russian Ministry of Defense has confirmed that the satellite was unharmed. In the USA alone, the FAA estimates each commercial airliner is hit by lightning once a year, or 1 strike for every 1,000 hours of flight time. He said: "While rather spectacular, being struck by light... [Full Article...]
Breakthrough Discovery: 18 New Earth-Like Exoplanets Found Outside Solar System
The team of astronomers who worked on the project re-analyzed data which was collected by NASA's Kepler Telescope accompanied a new technique devised specifically by the team to discover exoplanets . The effect they have on a star's visible light is so faint that fluctuations and noise from space that comes with any kind of space observation render the method useless. [Full Article...]
Lego, NASA launch 1,087-piece Apollo 11 lunar lander set
The new sets reflect the company's 40-year history of inspiring space enthusiasts and future explorers through play, it says. Meanwhile, New Moon Mondays offers weekly space documentaries, expert insights and analysis of the Apollo 11 mission, in partnership with Sugar Films and engineering firm Draper Labs' wehackthemoon.com, including the premiere episode Hack the Moon: Unsung Heroes of Apoll... [Full Article...]
Ancient star explosions unleashed APOCALYPTIC storms and caused humans to WALK UPRIGHT
Finally, the study is not providing the best evidence that these wildfires have been the leading cause of the evolution of bipedalism , but for sure the changing environment and opening habitats have been caused by the changing of the weather. [Full Article...]
Astronomers Discover 'Forbidden Planet' in the 'Neptunian Desert'
It orbits around the star in only 1.3 days-the equivalent of Earth's orbit around the sun of one year. "This is a very rare planet, and it's the first time that such a small planet has been detected by a wide-field ground-based telescope", said co-author Dr Ed Gillen from Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory, who led the data analysis of the system to determine the mass, radius and orbit of NGTS... [Full Article...]
Sydney imposes major water restrictions, Latest World News
At that time, the limit for the use of water in all major cities was fixed between the severe drought. South Australia's Water Minister Melinda Pavey said in a statement: "The record in New South Wales is drought-prone". Sydney residents will have to be more careful with water usage starting Saturday. There will, however, be a three-month grace period before fines are imposed. [Full Article...]
NASA's Mars 2020 mission conducts flight test for Mars touchdown
The rover is a 2,300-pound robot created to look for signs of past microbial life, look at and characterize the red planet's climate and geology, and collect samples that will be studied upon its return to Earth. The Mars 2020 Rover is preparing for its two-year voyage to Mars in July 2020, and in the meantime, NASA has announced that your name can travel along with it to the Red Planet. [Full Article...]