[ad_1] Northeastern view of Brooks Range Alaska. Credit: Justin V. Strauss May 28, 2019 – Parts of the mountain range of Brooks, Alaska, have probably been transported from Greenland and part of the Canadian Arctic much further east, according to a series of 39; studies conducted by Dartmouth detailing more than 300 million years of … Read more
[ad_1] While human ancestors went from swinging in trees to walking on two legs, they may have received momentum from an unexpected source: old supernovas. These mighty stellar explosions may have fed the Earth with enough energy to change its climate, bathing the Earth into electrons and generating powerful storms filled with lightning, according to … Read more
[ad_1] WRITTEN HISTORY FOR NEWS FROM CBS AND USED WITH AUTHORIZATION Photo of Kathy Lueders, NASA Sales Team Program Manager. Credit: NASA / Robert Markowitz Parallel to an investigation into an ongoing failure, SpaceX is preparing for the flight of the downstream Crew Dragon spacecraft in the hope that corrective actions can be implemented in … Read more
[ad_1] SpaceX recently launched the first 60 satellites out of 12,000 planned for its Starlink network. The network will bring Internet connectivity to several billion more people. Astronomers fear that all satellites in low Earth orbit will spoil the night sky and hinder science. SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, recently launched the first batch of … Read more
[ad_1] Can science exist outside politics? On May 29, 1919, British astronomer Arthur Eddington did his best to find out. Eddington was prepared for this day during much of the Great War, trying to separate prejudices from the moment of seeking knowledge. Less than a year ago, Eddington had finalized his test project for a … Read more
[ad_1] Rockets for the Moon: New development vehicles (payload capacity in orbit near LEO), including various Angara rockets, the Soyuz 5 booster and super blocks 1 and 2. More details on the progression of the rockets: 2022 – Soyuz 5, 17 tons in LEO; 2028 – Super Thrust Block 1, 27 tons in lunar polar … Read more
[ad_1] The investigation on the destruction of SpaceX astronaut taxi last month is fast approaching. On April 20, a capsule of the dragon's crew exploded during a routine test "static fire" thrusters at emergency evacuation of gear at Cape Air Base Canaveral Florida. No one was injured other than the spacecraft – which in March … Read more
[ad_1] Gen. Mars founder Abigail Harrison dreams of becoming an astronaut and being the first person on Mars, and how space travel helps spur innovations that have benefits on Earth. FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial information channel that delivers real-time information on all platforms impacting Main Street and Wall Street. Founded in October … Read more
[ad_1] Recent archaeological discoveries of ancient apple seeds preserved in Europe and Western Asia, combined with historical, palaeontological and recently published genetic data constitute a fascinating new narrative for one of our most well-known fruits. In this study, Robert Spengler of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History traces the history of … Read more
[ad_1] When a 10 km wide asteroid hit the Earth about 66 million years ago, the explosion that followed wiped out the dinosaurs. When the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, the explosion that followed killed more than 100,000 people. Hiroshimaites like this one come … Read more