According to the press release , "all the affected animals have exhibited some degree of walking abnormally or difficulty coordinating their back legs", and the FWC confirmed neurological damage in at least one panther and one bobcat. A disorder has been seen in some Florida panthers and bobcats and we are taking this seriously. Florida panthers and bobcats are the only two wild cat species fo... [Full Article...]
The mission will ferry technology and experiments to the moon under a Nasa programme that will lay the groundwork for astronaut trips by 2024, under the schedule laid out by the Trump administration. "This partnership represents a true "whole-of-government" approach to how our nation is leading the world in space: NASA contracted with a commercial company to land on the moon, who then went on to c... [Full Article...]
Eventually, the command could bring as many as 1,450 personnel , including 390 military officers, 183 enlisted personnel, 827 civilians and 50 contractors to Redstone, which is home to the Missile Defense Agency, Army Aviation and Missile Command and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. [Full Article...]
The launch went flawlessly and was a major milestone for SpaceX , marking the first time the Falcon Heavy was shot skyward. Musk was quoted saying that the cargo was " kinda silly and fun ", later pointing out that "silly and fun things are important". [Full Article...]
The agency said its satellite data detected more than 72,000 fires since January, an 83 per cent increase over the same period of 2018. Meanwhile on Twitter, #PrayforAmazonia emerged as a trending hashtag, channeling the global outrage over the lack of media coverage and political action towards the vast forest fires which have been raging in the drought-stricken Amazon rainforest region o... [Full Article...]
Chandrayaan-2 successfully entered into an elliptical orbit around the moon on Tuesday as India officially "reached the moon" for the second time, 11 years after its first mission that discovered water on the lunar surface . Once the landing spot is identified, Vikram will use its four thrusters along with a central engine to attempt the soft landing on the Moon. This way, the plumes of dust ... [Full Article...]
Elon Musk , CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, tweeted that a "big rock" is going to hit Earth, and that we "currently have no defense". At one level it would journey greater than the width of the total Moon inside a minute and it'll get as vibrant as stars. [Full Article...]
At the time, Stephen Colbert likened him to "a real Tony Stark" , and later referred to him as either a "superhero or a supervillain". It now seems that Musk , though quiet on this, had never really dropped the plan. He also said that dropping nuclear weapons on the planet's poles would not solve everything, but the controversial plan is "a step in the right direction". [Full Article...]