[ad_1] Potential strike locations of a fictional asteroidPhoto: NASA / Google Earth NASA, FEMA and other national and international agencies are gearing up again for a scenario of hypothetical preparation for asteroid impacts. They hope to learn the best strategies to react to a potential strike from the moment a threatening asteroid is first detected … Read more
[ad_1] A prestigious American university newspaper refused to publish an article by a great professor on the grounds that his use of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale as a metaphor for ignored scientific work was culturally unresponsive and threatened to stumble. be "sexualized". Ton van Raan, emeritus professor of studies in quantitative sciences at the … Read more
[ad_1] Copyright of the image JAXA Legend The area modified by the explosion is larger than expected The Hayabusa-2 spacecraft returned images of the created crater when it exploded an explosive charge next to the asteroid it was investigating. On April 5, the Japanese probe released a 14 kg device filled with plastic explosive intended … Read more
[ad_1] <! – A few days after SpaceIL 's Beresheet lander crashed on the Moon, the ASBL announced plans to build a second spacecraft within two to three years. -> Laurel Kornfeld April 25, 2019 Artistic representation of the Beresheet lander on the Moon. The first spacecraft crashed on April 11, 2019, but the organization … Read more
[ad_1] Scientists in China may have created a new type of monkey – and with it a great ethical dilemma. The researchers inserted a gene from the human brain into monkeys as part of an experiment likely to cross the threads of human and animal intelligence. A study published last month in the journal "National … Read more
[ad_1] Both agencies, as well as some international groups, are training on what could happen if an asteroid, comet or other near-Earth object (NEO) rushes toward the planet. This type of natural disaster is not very likely to occur, but would be catastrophic given the rare chance that this will happen, NASA said in June … Read more
[ad_1] Copyright of the image Anna Deniaud, Tara Ocean Foundation Legend The Tara sampled the world ocean during a 2009-2013 expedition According to the latest statistics, the oceans contain nearly 200,000 different viral populations. Marine viruses were found from the surface up to 4,000 m depth and from the North Pole to the South Pole. … Read more
[ad_1] The coral reefs of Tobago are among the assets that can be marketed. Photo of Jahson Alemu from http://wildtobago.blogspot.com The reefs around the TT, as well as throughout the Caribbean, are in critical danger of extinction, said the coral reef ecologist at the Institute of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. Tobago Newsday's weekly editorialist, Dr. … Read more
[ad_1] The reports on the Loch Ness monster date back to the 6th century, but in recent years there has been a resurgence of sightings of the supposedly legendary beast. In 1934, the famous "surgeon's photograph" was published, fueling even more speculation about what the Scottish monster nicknamed "Nessie" is actually. A study by the … Read more
[ad_1] Scientists have managed to create what they called the first-ever artificial crater on an asteroid, a step forward to illuminate the evolution of the solar system, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on Thursday. The announcement comes after the Hayabusa2 probe fired an explosive device on April 5 on the Ryugu asteroid, about 340 … Read more