[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain When it comes to water and Mars, there is some good news and some not so good. The good news: there is water on Mars! The bad news? There is water on Mars. The red planet is very cold; water that is not frozen is almost certainly full of salt … Read more
[ad_1] A render of how the ClearSpace-1 mission will tackle an abandoned payload adapter with its four-armed claw. ClearSpace SA / European Space Agency By Daniel CleryDecember 1, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. The European Space Agency (ESA) today finalized a contract to launch a mission in 2025 that will be the first to capture and … Read more
[ad_1] Researchers have identified the process that ages skin and other human organs, which could prove to be a major breakthrough in regenerative medicine. Through “Cellular reprogramming”, a team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered the mechanism that controls the aging and rejuvenation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which can transform into different types of … Read more
[ad_1] Early Monday morning, the moon entered what is known as a penumbra lunar eclipse, when the moon moves into the earth’s penumbra, or outer shadow. During the eclipse, about 85% of the moon makes a shade darker during the peak or middle phase of the eclipse. It was visible in North America, South America, … Read more
[ad_1] A huge radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has long played a key role in astronomical discoveries collapsed on Tuesday, officials said. the Arecibo Observatory, made famous as the backdrop for a pivotal scene in the James bond movie “GoldenEye” and other Hollywood hits, had been closed since August after an auxiliary cable broke … Read more
[ad_1] BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon to bring moon rocks back to Earth for the first time since the 1970s, the government said. China’s National Space Administration said Chang’e 5 “landed successfully” at its designated site shortly after 11 p.m. (3 p.m. GMT) Tuesday after performing a motorized descent of … Read more
[ad_1] UPDATE (December 1, 2020): The platform above the antenna fell this morning in an uncontrolled collapse. From the photos, it looks like the cables of a tower were broken and the 900-ton platform suspended 150 meters above the giant antenna toppled over and crashed into a rocky cliff. The tops of the three suspension … Read more
[ad_1] In one New York Times test Posted on the day of his funeral on July 30, 2020, Congressman John Lewis wrote that his “last days and hours” – in which he attended widespread protests against the murder of George Floyd and saw a square in the Downtown DC, dubbed Black Lives Matter Plaza – … Read more
[ad_1] NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, pictured here at asteroid Bennu, could have an extended mission by visiting another near-Earth asteroid, Apophis, when it flies over Earth in 2029. (Credit: NASA / GSFC ) by Jeff FoustMonday, November 30, 2020 On April 13, 2029 – a Friday the 13th – the asteroid Apophis will pass remarkably close … Read more
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