Obituaries in: Rover Opportunity Mars

[ad_1] AAmerica bid farewell to an old faithful friend this month as NASA closed the book on the record-breaking Mars Operator's record, officially declaring the end of its nearly 15 years of exploration on Wednesday, February 13th. Opportunity had stopped communicating with the Earth as a result of a violent global-scale dust storm that swept … Read more

Anne McClain talks about life in space: NPR

[ad_1] NASA astronaut Anne McClain attends her final exam at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center outside Moscow on November 14, 2018. STR / AFP / Getty Images hide legend toggle the legend STR / AFP / Getty Images NASA astronaut Anne McClain attends her final exam at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center outside Moscow on … Read more

Massive earthquake reveals mountains 660 kilometers below us

[ad_1] Earthquakes, and especially the most important ones, cause fear in our hearts and sympathy for those who are exposed to them. In this case, although a massive earthquake brought a new discovery of our planet. SEE ALSO: THE 5 BEST SEISM-RESISTANT STRUCTURES IN THE WORLD Some Princeton geophysicists, in collaboration with Sidao of the … Read more

UK scientists develop SPACE HARPOON to protect against hazardous materials in orbit around the planet | Science | New

[ad_1] The spacecraft features a 1.5 meter arrow from which a piece of satellite panel was hanged, simulating a junk. The harpoon – designed at Stevenage at the base of Airbus Space and Defense – was fired at 20 meters per second, penetrating the target and demonstrating the ability of a harpoon to capture debris. … Read more

Scientists call for ban on AI-controlled killer robots

[ad_1] Killer robots Killer robots are coming for us all. But instead of a T-1000 spitting out unique lines, autonomous weapon systems, such as drones, could eventually completely replace soldiers on the battlefield, with enough time. But is it ethical to use artificial intelligence and decide to take a human life? Autonomous Weapons The experts … Read more

Amazing comet photos 2018 / Y1 Iwamoto!

[ad_1] When the bright green Comet 2018 / Y1 Iwamoto swayed by the sun in February 2019, the astrophotographers took advantage of the unique opportunity to photograph the comet with their telescope. The periodic comet will not return until after 1,371 years. Comet Iwamoto was bright enough to see through binoculars and small telescopes as … Read more

Ancient and fossilized spiders still have strange, shiny eyes

[ad_1] Researchers have discovered unique, bright-eyed ancient spiders in South Korea. (Photo: Tae-Yoon Park / Paul Seldon) A strange bright-eyed spider that lived more than 100 million years ago was discovered by paleontologists working in South Korea. Eleven Cretaceous spiders have been preserved in shale on the Korean peninsula, reports Live Science. Two of them … Read more