[ad_1] WASHINGTON – A day after Vice President Mike Pence ordered NASA to send humans back to the moon's surface by 2024, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told members of Congress that this goal was "very aggressive" and would require additional funding from the agency. Bridenstine, who testified before the House of Commons Standing Committee on … Read more
[ad_1] A "warm Saturn" passes in front of its host star in this illustration. Astronomers who study the stars used "stellar earthquakes" to characterize the star, which provided vital information about the planet. Credit: Gabriel Perez Diaz, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Astronomers studying stars provide invaluable help to astronomers looking for the planet who … Read more
[ad_1] The first, much-anticipated, space-only, women's spacewalk was canceled, NASA announced Monday, as the International Space Station was not equipped with enough combinations in the correct size. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch were due to make the spacewalk on March 29, following another sortie featuring NASA astronauts Nick Hague and McClain on March … Read more
[ad_1] The fast asteroid should not approach the Earth before April, but if it does, shaving will be incredibly tight. The asteroid, christened by the NASA Asteroid 2016 GE1, will fly near our planet of origin on Thursday, April 4th. NASA's asteroid trackers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., Predict that GE1 will … Read more
[ad_1] While we are still (at least) in a few years from cloning dinosaurs and building theme parks around them, the scientific consensus about their presence on Earth millions of years ago has been questioned by a recent fossil discovery. Last week, 65% of a skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered in Saskatchewan, Canada, and … Read more
[ad_1] FOX 35 ORLANDO – Do you like to sleep? Do you like space too? If that is the case, we may have found the ideal job for you. On behalf of NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Center is studying how the body is changing in weightlessness. They say that … Read more
[ad_1] This article is courtesy of the Associated Press. Diplodocus, Shutterstock By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – US and European scientists are hoping to learn about a promising new site for dinosaurs in northern Wyoming this summer. The Indianapolis Children's Museum is leading a project that will allow more than 100 scientists … Read more
[ad_1] Arutz Sheva He spoke with SpaceIL President Morris Kahn at the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC. SpaceIL has designed and built the Beresheet spacecraft that is heading towards the Moon. "On the 4th of next month, we should be able to make an adjustment and get into the gravitational pull of the … Read more
[ad_1] Calutron operators at their panels, in the Oak Ridge Y-12 plant during World War II. 1944. Calutrons were used to refine uranium ore into fissile material. During the Manhattan project to build an atomic explosive, the workers worked in the greatest secrecy, without knowing to what end their work was directed. Ed Westcott / … Read more
[ad_1] (more about Power Words) astronomy Scientific field dealing with celestial objects, space and the physical universe. People who work in this field call themselves astronomers. black hole A region of space with a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation (including light) can escape. density The measurement of the condensation of an … Read more