[ad_1] PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A Maine astronaut will be the first woman and the third person in the state to travel in space. Jessica Meir of Caribou will make her first trip to the International Space Station on Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to NASA. Meir must launch with a Russian … Read more
[ad_1] The ostrich was one of six bird species examined in the study. Credit: Andrew Magill Uric acid seems to be the solution. Why are bird feces so difficult to remove from buildings? Uric acid. Why are they white and pasty? Uric acid. Why are they corrosive to automotive paint and metal structures? Uric acid. … Read more
[ad_1] The UN report on the world's oceans came out and it's not good NPR The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the United States has released its latest report on the oceans, and this is not good. The report also notes a relatively new … [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Mangalyaan is India's first attempt to successfully cross the Earth's orbit. New Delhi: Mangalyaan's mission, which was originally scheduled to last six months, completed Tuesday five years of orbit around Mars and is expected to last a bit longer, said ISRO chief K Sivan. Over the past five years, the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), … Read more
[ad_1] A Russian cosmonaut and two astronauts, one from NASA and the other from the United Arab Emirates, are due to be launched Wednesday to the International Space Station. NASA's Jessica Meir, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (Russian Space Agency) and Hazza Ali Almansoori, one of only two astronauts in the nascent Emirati space program, are … Read more
[ad_1] Do not say In August 2018, the flight controllers detected a tiny and easily plugged hole in the International Space Station. Now, the head of the Russian space agency says that the cause of the mysterious puncture has finally been determined – but it keeps the information secret. "We know exactly what happened, but … Read more
[ad_1] An emirati astronaut who will make history by becoming the first Arab on the International Space Station said Tuesday he received support from around the world before his mission of "dream". Hazzaa al-Mansoori, 35, is expected to explode in space accompanied by Russian Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, a Jewish-American-Swedish whose father … Read more
[ad_1] The galaxy of the Milky Way is part of a group of galaxies called the group of the Virgin, which in turn is part of an even larger group of galaxies called the supercluster of the Virgin. The supercluster of the Virgin is 110 million light years old and contains about 110 billion times … Read more
[ad_1] Reconstitution of the artist of two Rauisuchiens fighting for the dried corpse of a mammal parent in the Triassic of Southern Africa. In the background, dinosaurs and mammalian reptiles form other parts of the ecosystem. Credit: Viktor Radermacher The Rauisuchiens fed on vegetarian dinosaurs according to Rick Tolchard, a Wits student. Gigantic, fang-like predators … Read more
[ad_1] Some of the eyewitnesses were in south-east London when they saw the meteor stratum overhead. Robert Currie went to social media to ask, "Does any one have just seen a super bright meteor on London heading north?" "I am in South London and there was a white / yellow glow that turned into a … Read more