Here’s how Elon Musk’s satellites spoil the skies – Pledge Times

[ad_1] “It affects me a lot, but the ones that can cause problems are those who are dedicated to finding comets, stars and the like in telescopes, the most serious is for science,” says astrophotographer Daniel Lopez. His eye-catching images of astronomical phenomena traveled the world, but on Tuesday night he encountered an unexpected problem … Read more

Small polymers that mimic enzymes may have helped start life

[ad_1] The micrograph shows uniform nanoparticles less than 10 nm in diameter. Credit: Tony Z. Jia, ELSI Most of the origins of life research effort has focused on understanding the prebiotic formation of basic biological elements. However, it is possible that early biological evolution relied on different chemical structures and processes, and these were gradually … Read more

Oxygen leak recorded on International Space Station, possibly in US section, source says

[ad_1] World 15:21 GMT 20.08.2020(updated 16:16 GMT 20.08.2020) Get a short url https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107067/65/1070676574_0:107:2048:1259_1200x675_80_0_0_1ad3faa042272b19394cc01b53d40b3d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Irina Acheeva. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202008201080229446-oxygen-leak-registered-on-international-space-station-possably-in-us-section/ Currently, NASA astronaut Drew Morgan, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov are on board the International Space Station (ISS). The three astronauts arrived on the ISS on July 20 … Read more

Greenland lost 586 billion tonnes of ice in 2019

[ad_1] Greenland lost a record amount of ice in a very hot 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than 1.25 meters of water, according to a new study. After two years of minimal summer ice melt, last summer shattered all records with 586 billion tonnes (532 billion metric tonnes) of … Read more

3D space imagery could reveal how quasars influence galaxies

[ad_1] Incredible immersion NASA wants to take a fresh look at some distant galaxies. When the James Webb Space Telescope is launched, the space agency plans to use it to capture 3D images of three distant quasars and the host galaxies swirling around them. The new images, NASA hopes, will finally help explain how, exactly, … Read more

Blue Origin team delivers model lunar lander to NASA

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The team led by Blue Origin, which is one of three working on lunar lander concepts for NASA’s Artemis program, delivered a life-size mock-up of the lander to the agency for it is tested by engineers and astronauts. Blue Origin announced on August 20 that its “national team” had installed an engineering … Read more

Incredible fossil shows sea monster inside the belly of an even larger sea monster

[ad_1] Artistic interpretation of the meetingDrawing: Jim Cooke / Gizmodo As Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn said, “There is always a bigger fish.” Or in the case of the Triassic Period, there is always a larger aquatic reptile, as this incredible fossil demonstrates. New research published in iScience offers the oldest direct evidence of “mega-predation” in … Read more