[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A senior NASA executive hired in April to guide the astronauts' return strategy on the Moon by 2024 has resigned, the US Space Agency announced on Thursday, culminating point internal struggles and declining congressional support for the lunar initiative. Mark Sirangelo, appointed six weeks ago as NASA's special assistant … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain One of the big problems of sustainable energy systems is how to store electricity generated by wind, sun and waves. At present, no existing technology allows for large-scale storage and energy recovery for sustainable energy at a low financial and environmental cost. Electroactive microbes manufactured could be part of the … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain (Spoiler alert if you have not watched the final of the "Game of Thrones" season) If you think you know the farm animal most closely related to T-Rex, or the American president who inspired the creation of the blue jelly bean, without being completely sure, you risk more you hurt … Read more
[ad_1] That's what a bad memory looks like in a mouse brain. The green colored cells indicate that they are activated to store a memory of fear. Credit: The Ramirez Group, Boston University And if scientists could manipulate your brain in such a way that a traumatic memory loses its emotional power over your psyche? … Read more
[ad_1] NASA is moving forward with plans to send astronauts to the moon from here to 2024, the award of a $ 375 million contract for the commercial development of the first module of a mini space station in lunar orbit, which will serve as a gathering base for astronauts who go down to the … Read more
[ad_1] Buddy system The Earth will not receive one but two visitors of space this weekend. Astronomers expect that an asteroid known as 1999 KW4 will sweep the Earth around 7:05 pm. HE Saturday – and when it does, he will bring his own moon. "This is one of the closest binary flybys probably in … Read more
[ad_1] Comet 46P / Wirtanen may have revealed how the primitive Earth was sown with water. Gianluca Masi / Virtual Telescope Project Our search for E.T. in the great dark forest of the universe is looking for signs of water. We know how important it is for life to prosper. But closer to home, there … Read more
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[ad_1] The birth of a submarine volcano in the Indian Ocean was so violent that it caused seismic ripples at more than 10,000 km Mysterious low-frequency seismic lines have been felt around the world The French National Center for Scientific Research wanted to specify its origin Unexpected seismic activity was felt at 17,000 km (10,000 … Read more
[ad_1] A few months ago, a strange buzz came through the distant waters of the African coast, traveling around the world and attracting the attention of scientists who managed to capture it with the help of seismic sensors. Its origins were a mystery, but the discovery of a new submarine volcano near the French island … Read more