National Science Foundation will decommission the telescope, which for 57 years has served as a world-class resource for radio astronomy, solar system and geospace research...
Flooding and mudslides in Honduras and Nicaragua could be exacerbated by Hurricane Eta’s recent effects there, resulting in significant to potentially catastrophic impacts
Nov 16
With the American-made Crew Dragon spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station, the US regains the ability to send astronauts on routine missions to space since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011
Nov 15
Follow this meteor shower calendar for the best dates
Nov 11
According to NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, it is in the best interest of the space agency and US’s exploration program that he steps aside after the Biden administration takes over
Nov 10
Trump’s Sikorsky S76B comes with amenities such as a six-place executive cabin interior with paneling and a soundproofing system, gold seatbelts, and a storage drawer for ice and refreshments
Nov 8
The votes are still being counted but one researcher regretted that the results did not repudiate Donald Trump’s presidency, while another saw it as a rejection of reality
Nov 5
Eta is the 28th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season and ties the record for most named storms in a single Atlantic hurricane season, previously set in 2005
Nov 2
'No Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities,' states Starlink app’s terms of service
Oct 30
Despite claiming a robust and accessible waste management system, the US produced more plastic waste in 2016 than any other country worldwide
The administration announced that gray wolves will not receive federal protection under the Endangered Species Act anymore, and that it is returning protection of these animals to states and tribes
Oct 29
According to experts, the types of molecules that might be sitting on Titan’s surface could be the same ones that formed the building blocks of life on Earth
Oct 28
Referred to by experts as the 'lungs of North America', it is the largest national forest of the US and the world's largest intact temperate rainforest
Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) explain that this could be due to non-uniform thermal radiation which can act like a mini-thruster
Moon could harbor roughly 15,000 square miles of permanent shadows in multiple shapes and sizes, reservoirs that, according to theory, may also be capable of preserving water via ice
Oct 26
OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to return to Earth in 2023 with the sample and promises to be the largest amount of extraterrestrial material brought back from space since the Apollo era
Oct 20
Last month was also the hottest September on Earth since 1880
Oct 16
However, 43% of Democrats attach extreme personal importance to climate change, compared to 22% of independents and 4% of Republicans
Oct 13
'So our Big Bang began with something which was the remote future of a previous eon and there would have been similar black holes evaporating away, via Hawking evaporation,' Penrose said
Oct 9
One of the exoplanets called KOI 5715.01 has four of the critical characteristics, making it possibly much more comfortable for life than our home planet
Oct 8
In 2003, Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, and it will not be that close again until 2287
Oct 6
The country’s policies are expected to result in more than 0.1 °C warming over the northern latitudes.
Oct 2
Agreeable and diligent individuals, on the other hand, are slightly more unlikely to hold such unfounded beliefs
Oct 1
Musk said in a tweet that SpaceX is prioritizing catering to emergency responders and locations with no Internet connectivity
The changes between night and day temperatures will have profound consequences for the species inhabiting those regions and their ability to adapt in the face of the changing climate, the researchers said
Sep 30
An expert said that the current quakes are near the 1981 Westmoreland earthquake, located in the seismically active Imperial Valley
However, genetic influence is not strong enough to act on its own, suggesting that other factors could be at play
The researches said bad weather conditions were not ‘the’ cause of the pandemic, but likely worsened the already explosive situation
Sep 29
Conducted before the Covid-19 outbreak reached pandemic proportions, the report is based on a survey of more than 32,000 telephone and in-person interviews
Sir Robert Watson, former chair of the IPBES, said, 'Without countries such as the USA, Brazil, China, Russia, India and Australia we cannot succeed'
Besides confirming the presence of a lake first detected in 2018, the study says that three more have been detected under the Martian surface
The exoplanet in question is WASP-189 b and is dubbed hot Jupiter due to the similarities it shares with a gas giant like Jupiter
Sep 28
The super-enzyme will help reduce reliance on fossil resources such as oil and gas
These objects are dead, failed satellites or smaller pieces left behind by a rocket have now become debris
For half of the time life has existed on Earth, there was no oxygen present. Researchers wondered what supported life back then
Sep 27
The sleep-tracking gadget named Dormio can alter dreams by manipulating a sleep stage, which occurs when the mind transitions from experiencing drowsiness to a time when it loses consciousness
Sep 26
Above-average sea surface temperatures are one reason why Paulette came back to life, say experts
Sep 25
If astronauts were to live on the surface of the Moon for prolonged periods, the shelter should be covered by about 80 cm of lunar soil to absorb most of the surface radiation
'We have a strategy to be as bold as the problem is big, to recognize that we have agency. We’re not just victims of fate,' Newsom said
Alexander Fleming’s original penicillin-producing mold was regrown from a sample, frozen over 50 years ago, and researchers extracted the DNA for sequencing
Sep 24
The rocket was a part of the Surveyor 2 mission. The spacecraft was launched on September 20, 1966, but failed to soft-land on the Moon, and the rocket disappeared
The pieces of space debris that interact with our atmosphere to create the Orionids originate from comet Halley, which takes around 76 years to make a complete revolution around the Sun.
Sep 23
NASA said the $28 billion represents the costs associated for the next four years in the Artemis program to land on the Moon
'It's been a crazy year up north, with sea ice at a near-record low, 100-degree Fahrenheit heatwaves in Siberia and massive forest fires,' Mark Serreze, director of NSIDC, said
Sep 22
Charged particles from the Sun streaming towards the comet in the solar wind interact with the gas surrounding the comet’s icy, dusty nucleus and create the aurora
Sep 21
Enceladus is 25 times smaller than Earth and the surface hides an underground ocean, where scientists hope to find extraterrestrial life
Further, roughly 630 million people, who make up the richest 10% of the world population, were responsible for over 52% of carbon dioxide emissions, the report said
The tropical storm is expected to produce rainfall of six to 12 inches with isolated totals of 15 inches from the middle Texas coast to southern Louisiana
Sep 20
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said that the Soviet Union was 'the first and only one' to land a spacecraft on Venus, so they shouldn't be lagging behind in discovering more about the 'Russian planet'
This year, it is expected to peak on the morning of November 17, during the dark hours before dawn
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