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[ad_1] Environmentally controlled agriculture combines transparent and energy efficient solar panels; low energy desiccant cooling; edible salt tolerant plants; and algal biotechnology. Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Ivan Gromicho Efficient greenhouse complexes that will produce crops using the resources available on desert coasts could improve food security for millions of people. Emerging technologies can be harnessed … Read more

[ad_1] CEO Elon Musk revealed SpaceX smashed a world rocket record in a recent Raptor engine test, pushing Starship’s crucial component past performance targets that are several years old. On August 17, the SpaceX CEO unexpectedly posted a photo of a Raptor test and a corresponding graph showing the pressure in the engine chamber, confirming … Read more

[ad_1] About 15,000 light-years away, an active black hole appears to periodically illuminate an otherwise unremarkable gas cloud with gamma rays. But there is a catch. The gas cloud is about 100 light years from the black hole – and how the cloud pulsates in time with it is a mystery. It is unlikely, according … Read more

[ad_1] Then Mike got sick and died, and Seager, now a widow and mother of two, took off. The relentless swing of her grief makes the reading heartbreaking. “Hour by hour,” she wrote, “I felt either broken or bulletproof. Over time, a group of six other widows, meeting every other Friday, “moving from house to … Read more

[ad_1] A car-sized asteroid has just made the closest known approach to Earth without colliding with the planet. And researchers didn’t even know it until hours after his death. Asteroid 2020 HQ, formerly known as ZTFoDxQ, hovered over Earth at 12:08 a.m. EDT on Sunday, approaching 1,830 miles away. It marks the flyby of the … Read more

[ad_1] Rocket lab is preparing to take a big step towards rocket reusability. The California-based company plans to recover and inspect the first stage of its Electron booster during an assignment later this year, Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck said earlier this month. Rocket Lab has booked Electron’s 17th launch for this important … Read more

[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Is there life on a distant planet? Astronomers try to find out by analyzing the light scattered on a planet’s atmosphere. Some of this light, which comes from the stars it orbits, has interacted with its atmosphere and provides important clues about the gases it contains. If gases like oxygen, … Read more

[ad_1] This artist’s print shows the first interstellar object discovered in the solar system, `Oumuamua. Credit: ESA / Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser Scientists determine that ‘Oumuamua is not made from molecular hydrogen ice after all The debate on the origins and molecular structure of ‘Oumuamua continued with an announcement in Letters from the astrophysical … Read more

[ad_1] Japan’s ninth HTV supply ship pulls away from the International Space Station on Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now The last of Japan’s first HTV supply ships left the International Space Station on Tuesday with several tons of trash, old batteries and unnecessary equipment, heading for a destructive reentry before the launch of … Read more

[ad_1] SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday for a record-breaking sixth flight before successfully landing the vehicle on a drone in the Atlantic Ocean. The success paves the way for a seventh possible use of the rocket thruster, in line with the company’s goals to land its thrusters and reclaim each half of … Read more