New NASA mission to crash spaceship on asteroid to redirect course

[ad_1] NASA is preparing to test a planetary defense system that could one day prevent a “dangerous asteroid” from crashing into Earth. The the space agency announced on Tuesday the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission is expected to be launched via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 24 from Vandenberg Air Force Base … Read more

A change of command aboard the Space Station this week @NASA – October 8, 2021 – NASA

[ad_1] A change of command aboard the Space Station this week @NASA – October 8, 2021Nasa Meet “Endurance”: the new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule has a nameEspace.com NASA and SpaceX set launch date for Crew-3 missionWKMG News 6 ClickOrlando NASA Moves 2 Astronauts From Boeing Missions To Future SpaceX Launch Following Severe Starliner DelaysYahoo News … Read more

UK’s oldest theropod dinosaur found in South Wales – HeritageDaily

[ad_1] UK’s oldest theropod dinosaur found in South WalesDaily Heritage Tiny “Dragon” – A mysterious new species is the oldest carnivorous dinosaur found in the UKSciTechDaily New small carnivorous dinosaur discovered in WalesSci-News.com T. Rex chicken-sized relative found in UK, scientists sayYahoo News Chicken-sized ‘dragon’ oldest carnivorous dinosaur found in UK, scientists sayNBC News See … Read more

Latest results of cosmological diffuse background measurements

[ad_1] The BICEP3 telescope located at the Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole in Antarctica. (The metal skirt around the telescope shields it from reflected light from the surrounding ice.) New results analyzing BICEP3 data as well as past data and data sets from space missions have improved previous constraints on the types of models … Read more

The draconid meteor shower peaks tonight! Here’s how to see it.

[ad_1] The annual draconid meteor shower peaks tonight (October 8), just after dusk, and the moon will be dark enough for sky watchers to get a good view. The Draconid meteor shower occurs every year at the beginning of October, when the Earth goes through a dust flow of the periodic period Comet 21P / … Read more

Existence of Lake Mars, floods confirmed by NASA’s Perseverance team

[ad_1] NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team have confirmed that the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater was once the site of a delta-lake system. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers also wrote that images of the rover – taken within three months after Perseverance landed in February – suggest the area has experienced … Read more

Nuclear security helicopter travels Boston Marathon route for radiation

[ad_1] Enlarge / The US Department of Energy uses two Bell 412 helicopters to monitor background radiation before major events. This morning, a Department of Energy helicopter flew over towns and suburbs in eastern Massachusetts, looking for radiation before the 125e Boston Marathon. The sweep is part of the security preparations to help first responders … Read more

Scientists create coldest temperature EVER recorded in a lab

[ad_1] Baby it’s cold INSIDE! Scientists create coldest temperature EVER recorded in a lab – reaching 38 trillion degrees above absolute zero Scientists researched the wave properties of atoms in the laboratory They managed to manipulate the atoms to the point where they were practically static The slower the particles in atoms move, the cooler … Read more