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Days on earth were half-hour shorter 70 million years ago

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VLT Spies Iron Raining on Ultrahot Exoplanet WASP-76b | Astronomy

The inconceivably hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400C, high enough to vaporise metals. The night side of the planet meanwh...

Global coal demand and carbon emissions 'at lowest point in decades'

The statistics were generated by a report from climate think tank Ember, who, in their analysis, cautioned that one-off factors had led to a reduction in overal...

The smell of plastic waste attracts turtles

This "olfactory trap", as he called it, may help explain why sea turtles ingest and become entangled in plastic so frequently. "These are important and troublin...

Super worm moon lights up the night sky

Find out here when the moon turns full in your time zone. This is because the Moon's orbit is not a flawless circle and is actually slightly oval. In some p...

Poachers kill Kenyas only female white giraffe and her calf

Two rare white giraffes-a mother giraffe and her calf- were killed by poachers in a Kenyan wildlife sanctuary, officials say. Their deaths leave one survivi...

US to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan, China

The new tally was confirmed on Saturday with officials adding that another 200 cases of the virus have also been found in the Hubei province. The comments...

Earth and moon are not 'identical oxygen twins,' researchers say

For the very first time, experts believe that they have found traces of Theia in the Moon. The team believes that the Moon's exterior was pulverized in the ...

Met Office provides data for global climate report

The wide-ranging State of the Climate report outlines the latest science and includes data from a variety of disciplines in order to evaluate the current and ...

John’s University asks students to vacate dorms amid coronavirus outbreak

UC San Diego officials also say they are examining the possibility of temporarily moving all of their classes online. Contingency plans will be discussed with...

Cruise Industry Set to Present Health Proposal to US on Tuesday

A woman on board a coronavirus-hit cruise ship carrying four Australians has claimed the thousands of passengers are forced to fight for food in desperate con...

Passengers sue Carnival's Princess over COVID-19 cruise

Of the ship's 2,421 passengers, California Governor Gavin Newsom said those needing medical attention will leave the ship first, starting around noon local t...

March full moon is a Worm Moon and a supermoon

Your subject might be lit by the moon , at which point you'll be focusing on something other than the craters, and using the brightness of that big bright ...

Starliner faces 61 safety fixes

Following Boeing's failed orbital flight test of its Starliner capsule in December, NASA has announced it has produced a list of 61 "corrective actions" which B...

NASA's newest Mars rover gets a name: Perseverance

NASA has announced the name of its new Mars Rover - Perseverance. The name was suggested by seventh-grader Alex Mather as part of a naming contest for USA sch...

EC proposes climate neutrality in European Union law

It would bind the EU's 27 member states to balance polluting emissions and removals of greenhouse gases over the next thirty years. The European Commission ...

Scientists are building a new Mars rover for $2 billion mission

Mark Strassmann reports on the $2 billion mission from the California laboratory where the new rover was built. The space agency announced the victor Thursday a...

Key paper industry figures welcome new European Climate Law proposal

According to the regulation, 2050 will be an EU-wide goal, which raises the possibility that some member states could reduce their emissions to net zero at a la...

Making reduction targets legally binding — EU Climate Law

A handful of protesters clutched umbrellas as they gathered for the small protest on the sidelines of the ministers' meeting at Schuman Square. Thunberg, 17, ...

SpaceX announces deal to send tourists to the International Space Station

Former NASA ISS Program Manager and now Axiom CEO Michael Suffredini said the mission "will be just the first of many", describing it as "a first for a commer...

European Union unveils law committing to climate neutrality by 2050

It is also created to guarantee that the transition is gradual and fair. It binds the EU's 27 member states to balance polluting emissions and the removal of ...

Watch Adesanya Vs. Romero In UFC 248 On ESPN+

Adesanya from Nigeria/New Zealand, Romero from Cuba, Zhang from China and Jedrzejczyk from Poland all fighting on USA soil. "I'm ready, two more weeks, I can se...

European Union unveils its first ever climate law

But Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg criticised the plan as a " surrender ". The Guardian reports that the target will likely come later than Septe...

SCSO says remains believed to be those of Evelyn Boswell

The TBI, Sullivan County Sheriff's Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation would like to thank the public for their support during the two-week AMBER A...

SpaceX launches hefty rocket with 24 satellites, human ashes

Robert Bongiovi, director of the Air Force Launch Enterprise Systems Directorate. In an initially elliptical orbit measuring about 186 by 534 miles, the dispe...

Tropical forests failed to draw down greenhouse emissions

The switch is to an extent propelled by carbon losses from trees terminating. "By combining data from Africa and the Amazon we began to understand why these f...

SpaceX To Send Three Tourists To International Space Station In 2021

The mission, if successful, means SpaceX will have ferried 94,000 pounds of cargo to the space station since its first demonstration flight arrived there in 2...

Lockheed Martin lands $4.6B NASA deal for new space fleet

NASA's press release announcing the Orion contract took the unusual step of including comments from three members of Congress from Texas: Sens. It has c...

The NASA Rover has the official name

The next rover bound for Mars greeted the world Thursday with a new name: Perseverance . The name was announced at an event at Lake Braddock Secondary School...

NASA orders six more Orion spacecraft for deep-space missions

They said, "no, sir, it's a launching pad for Mars ". Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the investment while visiting NASA's headquarters in Was...