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China Speaks Out Against US "Space Force"

December 25, 2019

According to a report last February, the Pentagon said that Russian Federation and China are ramping up efforts to develop technologies that could potentially allow them to disrupt or destroy American and allied satellites in a crisis or conflict, reported AFP.

These Are The 'Coolest' Lego In the Universe

December 25, 2019

A particularly cool Lego piece was recently part of an experiment at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom to test the limits of the materials used in the toy. In a study detailing the observations from the experiment, the researchers concluded that the material of the LEGO sets, Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), has better thermal insulation at temperatures close to absolute zero than other bulk materials.

Scott Morrison uses Christmas message to commend 'amazing' firefighters

December 24, 2019

The prime minister later added: "I'm not here to try and impress people overseas". Morrison rejected calls to downsize Australia's lucrative coal industry. Australia posted record temperatures over 41 degrees Celsius last week as an extreme heatwave swept across the country and a long-running drought in the country's east has created tinder-dry conditions.

Australia prepares for post-Christmas extreme bushfires

December 24, 2019

An emotional firefighter hit back at claims that emergency responders did not do enough to save the town. The NSW Rural Fire Service is still determining the damage from bushfires that tore through NSW over the weekend but it's believed another 100 homes could have been lost.

Max Q: Launches from SpaceX, Boeing and the ESA

December 24, 2019

Boeing's much-married Starliner would travel from Florida to the ISS global space station. Boeing Senior Vice President of Space and Launch Jim Chilton called the landing of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft a testament to the women and men who have dedicated themselves to ensuring Starliner can safely transport crews to low-Earth orbit and back to Earth .

Boeing Starliner Lands After Failed ISS Mission

December 24, 2019

Teams from NASA, Boeing and ULA worked quickly to ensure the spacecraft was in a stable orbit and preserved enough fuel for multiple landing opportunities. The Boeing Starliner vehicle had to be diverted back to Earth due to a technical flaw. The spacecraft, a cone-shaped pod with seats for seven astronauts, lifted off from Cape Canaveral before dawn on Friday atop an Atlas V rocket supplied by Boeing-Lockheed Martin Corp's LMT.N United Launch Alliance.

'Rise of Skywalker' debuts at $374 million, below recent 'Star Wars' films

December 24, 2019

While the amount made The Rise of Skywalker the highest-earning film over the weekend (beating Cats by a considerable margin, with the Broadway musical adaptation making just $6.5 million domestically), it fell behind its predecessors in the current Star Wars trilogy.

Scientists may have discovered world's oldest forest

December 23, 2019

The origin of trees and forests in the Mid Devonian was a turning point in Earth history, marking permanent changes to terrestrial ecology, geochemical cycles, atmospheric Carbon dioxide levels, and climate. After 10 years of samples and studies, an global team of 11 scientists concluded that the quarry had once housed a forest two to three million years older and more varied in tree types.

Fuel spill off Galapagos Islands "under control"

December 23, 2019

While it's not clear how much of the diesel leaked from the boat, photos posted by environmental authorities in Ecuador show crews working to contain a spill. The Galapagos National Park tweeted that protective barriers have been put up and oil-absorbent cloths are being used to stem the spread of the spill.

Australia records its hottest day ever - while burning from a thousand bushfires

December 23, 2019

Australia has sweltered through its hottest day on record, but that milestone could fall again before the week is out. Reeling from deadly bushfires and heatwaves , Australia recorded its hottest day ever on Tuesday at a high of 40.9C (105.6F).

Rams to reportedly shake up coaching staff, roster following non-playoff season

December 23, 2019

It sucked all around. "You never envision something like this when you start the year". The game could have significant playoff implications within the NFC and will determine the NFC West victor and perhaps even home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Supreme court upholds Urgenda ruling, Dutch state must cut pollution

December 22, 2019

Reporting on the news out of the Netherlands Friday, Forbes pointed out that "inspired by the success of Urgenda's case, other organizations brought their representatives to court". A federal suit on behalf of young folks expects trial in OR following a labyrinthine route of pretrial filings and appeals which have attained the Supreme Court two.

Maritime sector floats fuel levy to help cut carbon emissions

December 20, 2019

The global shipping fleet accounts for about 2.2 percent of the world's Carbon dioxide emissions and has been under a lot of pressure to reduce those emissions. It's to be spent on research into greener alternatives - such as ammonia, fuel cells and synthetic fuels from renewable energy sources - which don't yet exist in a form that can be applied to large, commercial ships that cross the world's oceans.

NASA Discovers Another Magnetic Explosion On The Sun

December 20, 2019

During its return to the surface, the prominence also collides with the sun's magnetic field lines, which sets off a never-before-seen kind of explosion (created by magnetism). In the study published in The Astrophysical Journal , researchers used multiwavelength imaging observations of the Sun's corona recorded by the SDO.

Mars 2020 Rover Completes Its First Drive

December 20, 2019

NASA says that Mars rover 2020 will be able to make more driving decisions than previous rovers. "This is a major milestone for Mars 2020 ", Rieber stated. Because the methods carried out properly below Earth's gravity, engineers anticipate them to carry out properly below Mars' gravity, which is simply three-eighths as robust.

Perth yogis salute summer solstice - the longest day of the year

December 20, 2019

Frequently referred to as the shortest day of the year, because it has so little sunlight, the day is the official start of the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere . The planets Mercury and Jupiter are also in conjunction with each other in the night sky on Dec. 21, along with the Ursid meteor shower , expected to peak on Dec.

Boeing’s Starliner gets thumbs up for Friday launch

December 19, 2019

In March, SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon capsule to the space station and returned it successfully. If all goes well Friday, Starliner is expected to carry a crew within a year. Alternate launch dates in case of a Starliner launch delay include the Christmas holiday. A few months after Demo-1, for example, the same Crew Dragon capsule recovered from the mission exploded during a ground test meant to try out the vehicle's launch escape system for astronauts.

Jaguars fire VP Coughlin

December 19, 2019

Coughlin served as executive vice-president of football operations since 2017. Fournette was one of the players to win a grievance against the team. The news of Couglin's firing came after the NFLPA won a grievance against the Jaguars for fining injured players an absurd amount of money for not participating in the team's offseason medical treatment program.

Astronomers Claim Star Formation In Milky Way Galaxy Was Sporadic

December 19, 2019

Taken with the HAWK-I instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope in the Chilean Atacama Desert, this stunning image shows the Milky Way's central region with an angular resolution of 0.2 arcseconds. Their stars did not form in a continuous process, they say, but in a bright flash that illuminated the galaxy. Thanks to the VLT observations, the researchers have found evidence for a dramatic event in the life of our Galaxy: a burst of star formation so intense that it resulted in over a hundred ...

NFLPA rips Jacksonville Jaguars organization for off-season violations

December 19, 2019

NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported in 2017 it's common for teams to ask players to rehab at the team's facility during the offseason, but not to require it. The letter also stated that Jaguars players "continue to be at odds with Jaguars management over their rights under the CBA far more than players on other clubs".

SpaceX AND Boeing Satellite : NASA more concerned about astronauts safty!

December 19, 2019

We will have live coverage of the launch right here on Newsdio when it happens, and a summary of how the launch went right after, so check Friday to see the updates. Boeing and SpaceX have been paid since 2014 by NASA to develop taxis for astronauts to provide round trips between the United States and the station (ISS).

What To Know About NASA-Lockheed Martin's New Supersonic Plane

December 19, 2019

The X-59 hopes to change the negative reputation of supersonic aircraft with a design that mitigates the boom and produces little more than a soft "thud". The assembly is expected to be completed by late 2020. This might per chance per chance well be the important dapper-scale, piloted plane that Nasa has built for 30 years - regardless that it is being put collectively by aerospace firm Lockheed Martin.

Australia Just Experienced Its Hottest Day on Record

December 18, 2019

Hundreds of bushfires have been raging across Australia, including a "mega-blaze" burning north of Sydney. Australia recorded its hottest day on December 17 with a nationwide average high of 40.9 degrees Celsius (105.62 degrees Fahrenheit), the country's Meteorology Office said, warning of a more densely populated heat wave in the southeast than probably to add fuel to the already wild forest fires.

What ancient 'chewing gum' can tell us about life 5700 years ago

December 18, 2019

These were clues that the bit of "chewing gum" might contain human DNA, but the researchers expected it to be hard to sequence it. More than 5700 years ago, a girl spat out a wad of chewing gum at what is now an archaeological site in Denmark.

Myriad Genetics validates polygenic risk score for breast cancer

December 18, 2019

The researchers also found that women who lost 20 pounds or more and gained some, but not all, of that weight back had a lower risk of breast cancer than those whose weight remained stable, according to the study published December 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute .

Glitch delays launch of CHEOPS space telescope

December 17, 2019

The launcher and payload were put in "a fully safe standby mode", the statement added. " CHEOPS " main investigator Willy Benz from the Swiss University of Bern explained that the observatory's principal difference from its other counterparts is that it's a follow-up mission, not a discovery one.

Scientists Mapped Water on Mars and Found it Buried Just Inches Deep

December 17, 2019

It would be good if we could dig water there on the red planet itself. The annotated area of Mars in this illustration holds near-surface water ice that would be easily accessible for astronauts to dig up. Under the ground is the only place where the water ice can survive. And Piqueux found that there's shallow ice not just near the planet's poles, but at lower latitudes as well.

Scientists Have Discovered Deepest Point on Land

December 16, 2019

A HIGH-PRECISION map of Antarctica's ice sheet bed is set to help scientists predict the impact of climate change on the frozen continent. It has revealed the deepest canyon on Earth's surface, plunging 3.5 kilometers below sea level under Denman Glacier in East Antarctica, almost half as deep as Mount Everest is tall.

UN Climate Summit: COP25 negotiators reach climate deal

December 15, 2019

In the final hours, tired negotiators wrangled over the wording of provisions for " loss and damage ", by which developing countries are hoping to receive financial assistance for the ravages they face from climate breakdown. Those rules were not agreed in Madrid. Extinction Rebellion, an environmental grassroots group, dumped horse manure outside the COP25 venue. "The fate of the Paris Agreement is in the balance", said Andrew Norton, director of the International Institute for ...

Musk's SpaceX launches second batch of 60 Starlink satellites

December 15, 2019

Assuming the failure rate isn't too alarming, the gang plans to bring service to the USA and Canada after six launches , with global internet coverage complete following 24 launches. Starlink satellites use Krypton-fueled electric thrusters to reach their target orbit after leaving their rocket. It may seem small compared to the rocket body itself, but these fairings cost SpaceX around US$6 million a pop, CEO Elon Musk has said previously.

It's No Lark: NASA Asteroid Mission Picks 'Nightingale' As Sampling Site

December 15, 2019

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on an asteroid study and sample-return mission, led by University of Arizona planetary science professor Dante Lauretta . In any situation where a follow-on attempt at Nightingale is not possible, the team will try to collect a sample from site Osprey instead. Once the spacecraft gets close to Nightingale, it could disturb the surface and send up material, which would compromise any samples collected from the site.

United States makes history with first all-female spacewalk

December 15, 2019

Meir became the 15th woman to spacewalk , and the 14th USA woman. This included attaching a new support post (stanchion) on the station's Columbus module, which will be used to mount a new payload platform, called Bartolomeo, which the European Space Agency will launch to the station next year.

NASA Discovered a Huge Hurricane in Jupiter

December 14, 2019

NASA , the United States space agency has discovered a new cyclone in Jupiter . "It nearly appeared like the polar cyclones were part of a private club that seemed to resist new members", said Scott Bolton in a statement, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio .

Australia fires expected to spread in ‘severe’ conditions

December 14, 2019

Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons , who is leading efforts to tackle more than 80 blazes across the state of New South Wales, said it would be a "very complex, very hard day" for his team. To the northwest of Sydney, several fires already burning for weeks have combined to create a "megafire" that has already destroyed 319,000 hectares (788,000 acres) of land, mostly inside national parks.

Genetic clock discovered by Australian scientists predicts species' lifespans

December 13, 2019

A new study shows an animal's lifespan is written in the DNA. The discovery has revealed the lifespans of extinct species such as woolly mammoths and Neanderthals. Using DNA analysis, scientists can now estimate the lifespans of long-lived and extinct species. Its genome is thought from the final surviving member of the species, Lonesome George, the final of the species, whose loss of life within the Galapagos Islands seven years in the past made them extinct.

Hubble Team Releases New Photos of Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov | Astronomy

December 13, 2019

Also known as C/2019 Q4, the comet formed in a planetary system beyond ours and was ejected into interstellar space as a effect of a near-collision with a planet in its original system. The bright central part is a comma composed of dust that leaves the surface. "Hubble gives us the best measure of the size of 2I/Borisov's nucleus, which is the really important part of the comet", said University of California, Los Angeles Professor David Jewitt .

Blue Origin monitors foggy conditions for Wednesday launch

December 13, 2019

The 60-foot-long (18-meter) suborbital rocket reached an altitude of 65 miles (105 kilometers), according to preliminary information, crossing the internationally recognized boundary of space known as the Karman line. Blue Origin says New Shepard can land and fly again with "minimal refurbishment", which is key to bringing down the cost per launch. But, most importantly, Blue Origin's mission relied on a previously flown booster for its success.

Don't Miss The Last Full Moon of the Decade on Wednesday

December 12, 2019

According to the Museum of Applied Arts and Science, the best time to see the event will be early in the morning of December 14th and 15th by looking towards the northeast. This full moon is called the "Cold Moon" and it stems back from when Native Americans would track the calendar and recognize the " long, cold winter nights".

NASA's treasure map for water ice on Mars

December 12, 2019

In fact, Mars 2020 will bring space suit samples along for the ride so that scientists can study how it will degrade in the Martian environment, while an oxygen generator will also test the technology that astronauts can use to make their own rocket fuel in Mars .

LOOK UP: Cold Moon arrives tonight

December 12, 2019

The crew aboard the International Space Station took this image of a full moon on August 13, 2019. NASA has also said that this moon will look full from Tuesday till Friday morning . The unusual and causal landing of the full moon on 12/12 at 12:12 am has many reverting to superstition or ritual. According to the Farmer's Almanac , the Algonquin tribes of what is now the northern and eastern United States, named the full Moon in December or the last full Moon of the fall season the Cold ...

Tonight's The Last Time You'll See A Full Moon This Decade

December 12, 2019

The January full moon is commonly referred to as the " wolf moon ". "The midwinter full moon has a high trajectory across the sky, causing it to sit above the horizon for a longer period of time", Farmers' Almanac explained. In Chinese numerology, 12 represents the harmony of the yin and yang: The number 1 is a yang number, ruled by the Sun and symbolizes independence and individualism.

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Is This Year's TIME Person of the Year

December 11, 2019

Activist Greta Thunberg has criticised governments at the United Nations climate talks for avoiding taking action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The magazine cover has a picture of Thunberg with the subtitle "The Power of Youth". Scientists say countries will miss both of those goals by a wide margin unless drastic steps are taken to begin cutting greenhouse gas emissions next year.

Rare Black Moon Tonight July 2019

December 11, 2019

Eastern Daylight Time (with plus or minus time deviation depending on where you live on the USA east coast). "But the gravitational influence of the new moon and sun combine to physically affect our water planet, which people along the ocean coastlines may notice in the coming days", Earth Sky explains.

Renewable Energy Certificates Market Projected to Garner Significant Revenues by 2023

December 11, 2019

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Public Gets Glimpse of NASA's Most Powerful Rocket Launcher

December 11, 2019

NASA and Boeing monitored every aspect of the rocket during the test , using "thousands of sensors" as well as high-speed cameras and microphones. The tank blew after taking on more than 260 percent of "expected flight loads" over the course of five hours.

Greenland ice melt 'is accelerating,' new study reveals

December 11, 2019

In its fifth assessment report , the IPCC included a range of projections for Greenland ice sheet losses. Climate models suggest half of Greenland's dramatic ice loss is caused by rising air temperatures and half is caused by rising water temperatures.

The Space Station Is Getting Busy Lately

December 10, 2019

The Dragon was launched from Cape Canaveral three days earlier. Included in the capsule were 40 mice for research on muscle and bone density, 8 of which were genetically engineered to have twice as much muscle mass. The capsule additionally has a big, round robotic head with artificial intelligence and the power to sense astronauts' emotions. Shane Kimbrough, a NASA astronaut now residing on board the International Space Station, registered his ballot in Tuesday's presidential elections, ...

NASA Canceled a Historic All-Women Spacewalk for a Ridiculous Reason

December 10, 2019

Last Friday (March 22), McClain and Hague spent almost 7 hours working outside the orbiting lab to replace aging batteries on the station's solar arrays. But Koch and McClain were both part of Nasa's 2013 class, which was 50% female. McClain became the 13th female spacewalker with her walk last week.

NASA shows off SLS at Artemis Day

December 10, 2019

He also pledged that the mission will be launched by 2024. In another test, engineers used a scaled-down rocket motor to test the insulation materials for the SLS boosters. The SLS rocket, built in New Orleans, will launch NASA's Orion spacecraft "farther than any spacecraft built for humans ever has flown". Teams at Michoud are wrapping up functional testing of the assembled SLS core stage for the Artemis I mission and already are building the core stage for the Artemis II mission.

In Final College Football Playoff Rankings Of 2019 Season

December 10, 2019

The only team of fall out of the rankings was Virginia, which was blown out by Clemson in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Ohio State, now No. 2 Ohio State on Sunday at Caesars Sportsbook. The game will be a rematch of Clemson's only prior Fiesta Bowl appearance in school history. ACC champion Clemson (13-0) will play Big 10 champion Ohio State (13-0) in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

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