NASA's Asteroid Stalker: Asteroid Will Skim Earth Nearer the Moon at 12,500 MPH Thursday | Science | New

[ad_1] The dreaded asteroid, christened by NASA's 2019 asteroid GC6, will pass over the Earth on Thursday, April 18 in the morning. NASA's asteroid trackers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) predict that the asteroid will be closest to Earth around 7:31 am UTC). When that happens, the asteroid will traverse our native world at a … Read more

NASA's TESS spacecraft discovers its first Earth-size exoplanet

[ad_1] This newly identified planet is the smallest world outside our solar system that TESS has spotted. And Space Shuttle data shows that HD21749c surrounds its star every 7.8 days, which means its orbit is narrow, which would result in surface temperatures of up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit. TESS has now found 10 smaller planets … Read more

DePillo: State should pay for children evacuated from Hurricane Maria who have not returned to "their country"

[ad_1] WATERBURY – After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017, hundreds of inhabitants of the American island territory found refuge in Waterbury, attracted by its large Puerto Rican community. This influx added 321 students to some 19,000 registrations in the district. The state and federal grants that helped the schools in the city … Read more

SpaceX rockets land successfully, but can only be damaged in rough seas

[ad_1] CAP CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A SpaceX rocket booster that landed on an ocean platform after launching its plane last week was damaged by rough seas. For the first time, the three first-phase thrusters landed after Thursday's launch of the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket in service. The two secondary propellers returned to … Read more

The "hairpins" of engineering increase CRISPR accuracy

[ad_1] DURHAM, NC – Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method to improve the accuracy of CRISPR's genome editing technology by an average of 50 percent. They believe that it can be easily translated into one of the ever-changing formats of editing technology. The approach adds a short tail to the guide RNA … Read more

SpaceX loses core at sea for Falcon Heavy rocket – AccuWeather.com

[ad_1] SpaceX core booster for Falcon Heavy rocket is lost at sea AccuWeather.com SpaceX loses Falcon Heavy's central propeller for the benefit of the sea. Engadget SpaceX loses the central core of its Falcon Heavy rocket due to a rough sea The Verge SpaceX's central thruster for the Falcon heavy rocket is lost at Sea … Read more

Liquid blood found in a 42,000 year old prehistoric colt

[ad_1] Liquid blood in the Ice Age foal. Image: Northeastern Federal University Semyon Grigoryev, head of the Mammoth Museum in Yakutsk, said today: "The autopsy shows beautifully preserved internal organs. "Liquid blood samples were taken from the heart vessels. They were kept in liquid state for 42,000 years thanks to favorable landfill conditions and permafrost. … Read more