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NASA Insight Lander Dispatches Incredible Image Of The Martian Horizon

November 30, 2018

The device, described as a self-hammering mechanism, is a component of a heat probe that will examine the thermal properties of the Red Planet. The goal is to have InSight dig 16 feet under the soil to gather more information about the innerworkings of the planet, including its inner temperature and the frequency and strength of earthquakes, per AP.

NASA Scientists Have Revealed The Inspiration Behind Their Viral Handshake

November 30, 2018

It is the beginning of the most extensive geological survey of a celestial body beyond Earth. InSight has relayed its first transmissions and images back to Earth and has begun the initial operations of its two-year mission. In less time than it takes to hard-boil an egg, the lander had to slow itself from a speed of 12,300 miles per hour to just 5 miles per hour before gently touching down on the Mars surface.

NASA's InSight spacecraft on its option to landing Mars on November 26

November 27, 2018

When it lands 6-1/2 minutes later, it will be traveling a mere 5 miles per hour (8 kph). NASA's latest mission to Mars is about to enter an exciting new phase. "We can't joystick the landing, so we have to rely on the commands we pre-programme into the spacecraft". Almost two dozen other Mars missions have been sent from other nations.

'I don't believe' own administration's climate report

November 27, 2018

Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News. President Donald Trump was panned on Monday for his dismissal of his own administration's recently released climate assessment .

Chinese Scientists Claim to Have Created World's First Gene-Edited Babies

November 27, 2018

After creating an embryo via in vitro fertilization, the doctor used the gene-editing tool CRISPR (short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats ) to surgically change one out of 3 billion letters of the embryo's DNA code, in order to build in a resistance to HIV infection.

Brexit deal: How the numbers stack up against Theresa May

November 27, 2018

Emmanuel Macron had delivered a blow to Mrs May as he boasted his demands for guaranteed access to United Kingdom fishing waters as part of any future trade deal is now supported by the remaining 27 European Union member states. "The number of MPs that there are is well understood", a Downing Street spokesman said, while insisting that May was confident of winning the vote. European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has warned Britain can not expect to get a better Brexit deal if ...

NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey

November 27, 2018

The robotic will slow down from 12,300 miles per hour to zero in six minutes flat as it pierces the Martian atmosphere, pops out a parachute, fires its descent engines and, hopefully, lands on three legs. Tom Hoffman, InSight Project Manager, NASA JPL talks about the Mars InSight landing site during a pre-landing briefing today. The bold two-year mission will study the interior of the planet.

Percent Chance Elon Musk Is Moving to Mars

November 26, 2018

Musk backed up this timeline on Sunday, telling Axios that human trips to Mars would be possible in seven years time. Musk further stated, "Your probability of dying on Mars is much higher than Earth". SpaceX is now working on a vessel named Starship, which was previously codenamed Big F***ing Rocket. According to his vision , the chosen few who would actually venture to the Red Planet, will have to immediately get busy and work non-stop to build the first-ever Mars base.

Government climate report warns of worsening United States disasters

November 26, 2018

The president of the United States of America seemingly managed to confuse weather and climate in a truly bad take on global warming. Black Friday is known as one of the best days of the year to bury negative news releases because of skeleton press crews and a public too busy shopping or spending time off with family to pay attention.

US Report to Detail Costs of Climate Change as Trump Downplays Threat

November 26, 2018

There will be more mosquito- and tickborne diseases like zika, dengue and chikungunya. "U.S. residents are now being forced to cope with dangerously high temperatures, rising seas, deadly wildfires, torrential rainfalls and devastating hurricanes".

NASA's latest Mars probe, InSight, Is Scheduled To Land Monday

November 26, 2018

On Monday, InSight will follow a similar trajectory, entering the Martian atmosphere at an altitude of 125km, and relying on a combination of heat shield, parachutes , and on-board thrusters to mitigate heating and slow its velocity from almost 20,000 km/hour to about 10 km/h-a factor of 2,000-before its three spindly landing legs touch the surface of Mars.

New government report reveals staggering economic and health toll of climate change

November 24, 2018

He continued: "It's really, frankly, quite shameful for a president who just came out to California and visited the devastation in Paradise, California, in Malibu, where towns have literally been just wiped off the map as a result of the extreme weather we're seeing from climate change".

Star Trek-inspired plane powered by ‘IONIC WINDS’ unveiled

November 22, 2018

The five metre wingspan glider-like plane has no propellers, turbines or any other moving parts, and is completely silent, MailOnline reports. The electric field created a flow of nitrogen ions from the wires to rods at the back of the plane that was powerful enough to generate enough thrust for a sustained flight.

NASA Mars mission gets flawless explainer from The Oatmeal

November 22, 2018

The US space agency's mission to place a next-generation rover on the Martian surface is scheduled to launch in July 2020. Jezero means "lake" in Serbian. Why Jezero Crater? The 28-mile-wide crater, which used to be the site of a river delta, is in an area that includes some of Mars's oldest and most scientifically significant landscapes.

NASA to launch safety review of SpaceX, Boeing

November 22, 2018

Three officials familiar with the review told The Post it was prompted by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's behaviour on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast in September; Musk was seen on the livestream smoking weed and drinking whiskey. Since then, the companies have faced setbacks and delays as they work to develop their spacecraft. Boeing still needs to test the heat shields and parachute systems of its spacecraft and address the potential for propellant leakage during the emergency ...

Dead whale had 115 plastic cups in stomach

November 21, 2018

All this plastic refuse had coalesced into a clump in the 9.5-metre (31.17-foot) whale's stomach. The waste in its stomach included 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, two flip-flops , a nylon sack and more than 1,000 other plastic pieces .

Trump Just Called Fire-Ravaged Town 'Pleasure' Instead Of Paradise By Accident

November 20, 2018

Crews searching for remains of people after the devastating Northern California wildfire are stepping up their efforts ahead of rains forecast for later this week that could complicate their work. The fire also burned many places to the ground, creating a landscape unique to many search-and-rescue personnel, he said . In an interview with Fox, he claimed "nobody's ever seen what's going on over there" in California - despite it being the nation's most populous state, and media ...

'Super-Earth' found orbiting nearby star, United States News & Top Stories

November 18, 2018

To make the news affirmative the scientists did a very close analysis to confirm the presence of the planet and now they are 99% sure. "However, we will continue to observe fast-moving star, to avoid possible, but unlikely, natural variations in star brightness that could be mistaken for caused by the planet".

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Matches Launch Record With 18th Mission This Year

November 17, 2018

Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon 9's first stage on the " Of Course I Still Love You " droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Modification Block 5является Falcon 9 rocket reusable. The Es'hail 2 will be situated 26 degrees east longitude over the equator. However, in 2018, the company still has a chance to surpass the record - November 19, scheduled to launch from Vandenberg air force base in California.

Chinese fusion experiment generates an electron temperature of over 100 million degrees

November 16, 2018

The news comes after China shocked the science community last month with plans to launch an "artificial moon" bright enough to replace city streetlights by 2020 . In theory, fusion reactors would produce energy by fusing hydrogen atoms into helium . The high temperatures inside a fusion reactor tear electrons away from their atoms and form a charged plasma of hydrogen ions.

Astronomers find exoplanet orbiting Barnard's star, fourth closest stellar neighbor

November 16, 2018

But this frozen " super Earth ", the second-closest exoplanet known to science, is a tantalizing clue to what else might be out there. Finding a planet near Barnard's Star shows the value of combining a bunch of datasets on planet searching, something that is already ongoing with the Red Dots campaign , whose goal is to find terrestrial planets at stars nearby our own sun.

Rocket Lab launches commercial rocket

November 13, 2018

Success! It definitely was business time for Rocket Lab yesterday as its Electron launch vehicle blasted off from the Māhia Peninsula yesterday (November 11). On board were seven space craft equipped with small satellites and one drag sail named NABEO - created to retire inactive satellites to help combat space junk.

Personal belongings Hawking left the auction

November 12, 2018

According to the Associated Press , Hawking's 1965 Cambridge University thesis, " Properties of Expanding Universes ", sold for 584,750 pounds (nearly $767,000 in U.S currency), over three times the pre-sale estimate. The sale raised money for two charities, including one belonging to the British physicist. His research shaped modern cosmology and helped ordinary people better understand the universe, and his book, A Brief History Of Time , sold 10 million copies and was translated into 40 ...

May faces renewed Brexit pressure after surprise ministerial resignation

November 11, 2018

However he emphasised that a "no deal" Brexit, which the government insists is the only other option, would mean "chaos" that would cause disruption, delay and deep damage to the United Kingdom economy. While in September senior party figures indicated support for a second referendum couldn't be ruled out, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell indicated that it was only the terms of leaving that could be put to the public rather than whether Britain should exit or not.

Stephen Hawking's wheelchair sells for R5.5m at auction

November 11, 2018

When the thesis " Properties of Expanding Universes " was published on the internet for free in 2017, the demand was so great that it caused the collapse of the portal of the University of Cambridge. In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a type of motor neuron disease that causes nerve cells controlling muscles to waste away.

American scientists have created the fungi that produce electricity

November 10, 2018

So the scientists from the Stevens Institute of Technology in the United States developed a clever method of marrying the mushroom to the sparky bugs.Appropriately enough, they came up with the idea while having lunch!"One day my friends and I went to lunch together and we ordered some mushrooms ", said Sudeep Joshi, a postdoctoral researcher and author of the study."As we discussed them we realised they have a rich microbiota of their own, so we thought why not use the mushrooms as a ...

Delhi bans entry of trucks to combat post-Diwali smog

November 10, 2018

The court had asked the police to ensure that banned firecrackers were not sold. Early morning ambient air quality readings in Delhi - the world's most polluted major city, according to the World Health Organisation - touched 526, according to the USA embassy in the city which independently monitors pollution levels.

In China presented its own space station

November 09, 2018

Despite the odd mishap , the station is constantly occupied and is a hub for ongoing multidisciplinary experiments that are quite literally out of this world. "The possibility for them (thanks to China ) to send payloads on a platform of manned flight and conducting experiments is something that's extremely valuable", he observes.

Federal judge BLOCKS Keystone XL pipeline over global warming and Indian tribes

November 09, 2018

Morris was appointed by President Barack Obama . One of the plaintiffs, the Sierra Club, welcomed the judge's decision. The lawsuit prompting Thursday's order was brought by a collection of opponents, including the indigenous Environmental Network and the Northern Plains Resource Council, a conservation coalition based in Montana.

Ozone Layer Slowly Healing Thanks to Montreal Protocol

November 09, 2018

When the ozone layer is weakened, more UV rays can get through, making humans more prone to skin cancer, cataracts and other diseases. The earth's protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery, thanks to worldwide efforts against ozone-depleting substances.

Harvard astronomers: Mysterious object possibly alien spacecraft

November 08, 2018

The Oumuamua was first discovered by a telescope in Hawaii. In a new scientific paper , Shmuel Bialy and Abraham Loeb of Harvard University in the USA will say cigar-shaped "Oumuamua" could be a spaceship. "It is going extremely fast and on such a trajectory that we can say with confidence that this object is on its way out of the solar system and not coming back", Mr Farnocchia said shortly after its discovery.

Tesla coming to India in 2019, says Elon Musk

November 07, 2018

India lost a good deal past year when Tesla agreed to build its first factory outside the USA in Shanghai, China , despite the fact that the company had been exploring the possibilities of setting up a plant in India for months. certain projections that we made for Model 3 production rates during 2017 and other public statements relating to Model 3 production". Deepak, who has over 20 years of financial experience in the global auto industry, was Tesla CFO between 2008 and 2015, and ...

Theresa May says will not agree Brexit deal 'at any cost'

November 07, 2018

Senior ministers are on standby for an emergency Cabinet meeting to approve a Brexit withdrawal deal as hopes rise that agreement with Brussels could be in sight. The UK would effectively become a non-voting member of the European Union, forced to accept laws made in Brussels with no power to shape or amend them, he said.

Kepler Spacecraft Mission Leaves a Legacy to Humanity

November 07, 2018

That kept things going for another five years, but Kepler's work is now complete. It explored an area of 150,000 stars in the Cygnus constellation. Kepler most recently revealed that 20 to 50 percent of the stars the naked eye can see after dark could be orbited by small, rocky planets not unlike our own.

Air Quality remains very poor despite measures taken to combat pollution

November 04, 2018

Forecasts by agencies show the index is likely to start rising again from November 5 with the temperature dropping, coupled with an increase in moisture content. Yellow indicates moderate air quality where the unit-less number is between 101 and 200, while red indicates poor air quality and the unit-less number ranges between 201 and 300.

Brazil elects Bolsonaro in major swing to the right

November 03, 2018

Trump called Bolsonaro to congratulate him on his victory. Toni Reis, president of Brazil's National LGBTQ Alliance, which boasts 650 members across the country, had a more measured response to Bolsonaro's victory. "Ahead of the election, Deutsche Bank posted on Twitter that "... the neo-liberal Jair Bolsonaro is the preferred candidate of the markets". "People want the PT out, they can't take any more corruption", said Tatiana Cunha, a 39-year-old systems analyst during the noisy ...

Early Voting Totals in 19 States Have Already Surpassed 2014 Midterm Turnout

November 03, 2018

By comparison, 245,000 people voted early in the 2014 primary, which featured a contested U.S. Senate race and 235,000 people voted early in the 2015 gubernatorial primary. Rep. Ron DeSantis. Among lower-key elections, however, participation seems to be slightly higher among registered Democrats, which McDonald suggests could be a outcome of voters channeling discontent with national politics into their local races.

Record: So close yet no probe was in the sun

November 03, 2018

In the next seven years Parker Solar Probe will beat your own records and will be 6.16 million kilometers from the sun. NASA said in a statement , "Spacecraft crossed the record distance of 26.55 million miles recorded from the Sun's surface at 1.04 a.m.

Nasa's planet-hunter telescope, Kepler, runs out of fuel

November 02, 2018

However, it extended well beyond its four-year mission and survived nine eventful years in the space. In the announcement, NASA says that Kepler has been retired "within its current, safe orbit, away from Earth". The unmanned space telescope , which launched in 2009, revealed that billions of hidden planets are in space and revolutionized humanity's understanding of the universe, experts said.

After finding thousands of planets, NASA's Kepler mission ends

November 02, 2018

NASA's most prolific planet-hunter is powering down after almost a decade of revealing the diversity of our galaxy's planets. NASA announced on Tuesday that the Kepler mission - which has transformed how we understand planets outside of our solar system - is officially over.

This Probe Just Became The Closest Ever Spacecraft to The Sun

November 01, 2018

It is also expected to beat the geocentric speed record on its final pass around the Sun by a gobsmacking number, hitting an estimated top speed of 692,017 km/h (430,000 mph ) - although that won't be until 2025 . The Sun-bound mission is expected to last around seven years, during which the probe will orbit the planet Venus to get closer to the Sun. That mission also set a speed record of nearly 70km/s (43 miles/s), and Parker will also break that record in the next years.

Camera footage of Soyuz MS-10 launch failure released

November 01, 2018

They added that the uncrewed Progress MS-10 cargo ship, which launches on a Soyuz-FG rocket, will fly to the space station November 16, and that the next crew launch, Soyuz MS-11, will fly December 3. Speaking at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krikalev said the sensor in question "should signal the removal of the first rocket stage from the second".

Fmcg suppliers make new global commitment on plastics

November 01, 2018

The Foundation and United Nations Environment now aim to take this momentum to the next level by launching the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment . The companies who have signed up include worldwide giants such as Coca-Cola , Danone, H & M, Unilever, Mars and L'Oreal, to name just a few. All businesses that have signed up to the Commitment will publish annual progress data.

WWF: For 50 years, the population of Earth was reduced by 60%

November 01, 2018

Between 1970 and 2014, populations have declined by an average of 60 percent. "That is the scale of what we have done". A summary of the report says it looked at more than just population trend data. The most striking decline in wildlife populations was in the tropics in South and Central America, with an 89 percent loss compared to 1970. In the tropical savannah called cerrado, an area the size of Greater London is cleared every two months, said Barrett.

Atlantic Hurricane Oscar moving westward: NHC

October 30, 2018

The Atlantic hurricane season ends on November 30, but it usually peaks on September 10-11. The Bermuda Weather Service said the storm was moving west at about 19.5 mph with winds of more than 64 mph and gusts of 79 mph. Additional strengthening is forecast during the next several days, and Oscar is expected to make a transition to a tropical storm on Sunday. The storm is located well northeast of Puerto Rico and well southeast of Bermuda in the open ocean.

$Cuadrilla halts fracking in Lancashire again after natural disaster$

Cuadrilla halts fracking in Lancashire again after natural disaster

October 29, 2018

Under the "traffic light" system, the company must stop fracking for 18 hours after a tremor with a magnitude of more than 0.5, although those below 1.5 can not be felt at the surface. The earlier tremors, combined with technical problems and delays, led to a seven year hiatus on Cuadrilla's Lancashire operations as campaigners explored legal challenges.

Oscar strengthens into tropical storm; no threat to land

October 29, 2018

As of Thursday morning, what is designated as Disturbance 1 was about 900 miles east-northeast of the Caribbean's northern Leeward Islands and still more than 2,000 miles from South Florida. The Atlantic hurricane season ends on November 30, but it usually peaks on September 10-11. The storm had top sustained winds of 60 miles per hour (95 kph).

NASA Has Photographed More of Those Strangely Soothing Rectangular Icebergs

October 28, 2018

But how does an iceberg take on such a uniform shape? The images of the unusually shaped iceberg were captured by Jeremy Harbeck on NASA's Operation IceBridge , an aerial survey of polar ice, when it flew over the northern Antarctic Peninsula on October 16, 2018.

Hawaiian island erased by powerful hurricane

October 27, 2018

The islands in that area are mostly tiny slices of sand and gravel sitting on top of a submerged, extinct volcano. East Island is part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument , a 1,350-mile-long stretch of coral islands, banks, seamounts, and shoals.

October month's full moon: Why is it called Hunter's Moon?

October 27, 2018

Even though the glow of the Hunter's Moon will wash away the stars and other celestial bodies in the night sky, you may still catch a glimpse of the Orionid meteor shower, which peaked a few days ago. It is that part that is visible to us during the day. Other Native American tribes, who tied the full Moon names to the season's activities, called the full Moon the " Travel Moon " and the " Dying Grass Moon ".

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