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SpaceX's Rocket For Interplanetary Trip Gets A Fitting Rename

The name change could also hint at a possible challenge for Musk: One Twitter user pointed out to Musk that in order to qualify as a "starship", the rocket ...

Scientists Figure Out Why Wombats Have Cube Shaped Poop

But how the wombat produces the cubed shapes is a phenomenon that has puzzled many observers of the furry marsupial . The chubby bag animals with short feet ...

NASA bids final adieu to Kepler Space Telescope

The Kepler space telescope has had a profound impact on our understanding of the number of worlds that exist beyond our solar system. The "goodnight" commands...

After Elon Musk was spotted smoking weed, NASA to review SpaceX projects

Its investigation is expected to be a long one-taking months to complete and is expected to involve interviewing hundreds of SpaceX and Boeing employees. NA...

NASA stages for next chapter of Mars exploration with 2020 landing site

The Jezero Crater site has been selected as the destination of the 2020 Mars rover mission, and scientists say that if life ever existed on the red planet, the ...

United Nations environment chief quits over travel expenses outcry

Its findings were not disclosed. A United Nations staff union leader called some of the revelations "mind-blowing" and a prominent climate scientist accused S...

VR simulation lets you ‘visit’ Milky Way black hole

With current technology, humans couldn't travel the 25,640 light-years from Earth to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole in a single lifetime. But a new vi...

Dead whale in Indonesia had swallowed 1,000 pieces of plastic

Recently, there has been a lot of emphasis placed on the amount of plastic consumption in society today. Plastic pollution is a worldwide problem, but it's pa...

NASA picks ancient Martian river delta for 2020 rover touchdown

Jezero Crater, 45 kilometres in size, is located on the western edge of Isidis Planitia - a giant impact basin just north of the Martian equator. It is a revise...

Wombat poop: Scientists reveal mystery behind cube-shaped droppings

This made the wombat's intestines stretchier, which could explain the square poo shape as a result. Wombats are now the only known animal that can produce a...

Finns mock Trump by raking country great again

He recalled telling Trump that Finland takes care of its forests, but added that raking didn't come up. Asked whether the job was tough, the 50-year-old v...

Second shipment of supplies blasts off for space station

And another commercial delivery should be on its way in a couple weeks. A United States commercial shipment arrived on Monday, two days after blasting off fro...

Trump Says He’ll Seek to Make Acting EPA Administrator Permanent

Trump announced his plans for Wheeler nearly in passing Friday at a White House ceremony for Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees. Environmentalists were ...

New Universal Discovery - Super Earth Residing Beside Our Earth

After 20 years of careful academic observation surrounding one of Earth's nearest neighbouring stars, scientists now have reason to believe that there might be ...

UK supermarket's viral orangutan ad slammed by palm oil giant

Iceland's video, which shows a cartoon orangutan explaining to a girl that its home in the rainforest has been destroyed, has been watched more than 4 million t...

Soyuz rocket lifts off with ISS supplies

No issues arose during the craft's ascent to orbit from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, boosting mission managers' confidence that the malfunction...

Google doodle celebrates humanity’s first message to aliens

The radio message carrying basic information about humanity and Earth was sent to globular star "cluster M13" which is 25,000 light years away. Drake recalled...

Launch from Wallops postponed due to weather

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 ― Windy weather pushed back until tomorrow the planned launch of a United States cargo ship loaded with supplies for astronauts living at the...

SpaceX' s reusable rocket launches a Qatar satellite

SpaceX noted that it may be used for the third flight. SpaceX did not attempt to recover the payload fairing - the protective nose cone that surrounds spac...

Leonid Meteor shower Saturday night

If you want to courageous the cold, both mornings on Saturday and Sunday bring prime time to see the Leonids Meteor Shower. A full moon won't occur until th...

Countryside must change to prepare for climate change, experts warn

New policies should also reflect better the value of the goods and services that land provides. The report, Biomass In A Low Carbon Economy, warned that recy...

'Dark matter hurricane' is on a collision course with Earth

The Ant 2 "ghost" galaxy is a large, dim dwarf galaxy that scientists have discovered near the edge of the Milky Way . Compared to the LMC, another satelli...

Crater discovered under Hiawatha glacier in Greenland with help of NASA

After spotting the indentation in the radar images, the researchers set about getting samples to confirm their hunch. Suspicions the giant depression was a me...

Experts predict unprecedented demand for electricity by 2040

The IEA has, however, this year introduced a new "Future is Electric" scenario, under which nearly half of the world's total vehicle fleet is electric by 2040, ...

Researchers Have Created an Artificial Sun, And It’s Way Hotter

Associate professor Matthew Hole from the Australian National University told ABC: "It's certainly a significant step for China's nuclear fusion program and...

Super-Earth discovered orbiting Suns nearest star

Previously, an exoplanet was found orbiting in the three-star Proxima Centauri system . This new discovery came from an investigation that saw astronomers ...

Thais urged to watch the sky for Leonid meteor shower

It's time for the annual Leonid meteor shower, which will take place from the 17th of November, on Saturday, until the next day, the 18th of November, on Sund...

Scientists recreate Mars sunrise with musical piece

All starting from a regular image, the two researchers created a " Mars soundscape" that faithfully captures the aesthetics of the landscape. Scientists have...

Hurricane Center warns tropical wave could become named storm

A new disturbance in the tropics has formed, and it actually has the chance to develop into a pre-Thanksgiving week tropical or subtropical system. If it fu...

Rocket Lab hopes to launch commercial rocket

Now that the issue has been resolved, Rocket Lab has a backlog of launches in the next 18 months that CEO Peter Beck told CNBC is "around a $US3 ($4) billion pi...