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New NASA mission to study causes of solar particle storms #55081

Aside from understanding how solar emissions work, the mission also aims to provide new information that can protect astronauts from cosmic radiation emitted by...

Doctor on the front line of coronavirus outbreak dies in Wuhan

With five cases of the illness reported in Hong Kong, a marathon that was expected to draw 70,000 participants February 9 was canceled, the South China Morning ...

Traces of Rainforest in Antarctica Point to a Warmer Prehistoric World

The scientists analysed an ice core extracted from the seabed near the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers in West Antarctica. CT scans of the sediment core rev...

Harry Potter: J.K Rowling to rescue bored kids in lockdown

The Harry Potter series was an unprecedented worldwide phenomenon in children's literature, enthralling a generation of readers around the world. "The teach...

Astronomers find best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole

The team was even able to estimate the mass of the potential IMBH to be 50,000 solar masses. Hubble was pointed at the source of the X-ray to investigate. So-...

Urea from astronauts' pee may help build moon bases

No breathable atmosphere, radiation, extreme temperatures and meteorite bombardment mean a solid structure would be needed for long-term stay. "We have not ye...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Will Carry 10.9 Million Names To Mars

It will be accompanied by the Mars Helicopter, which is created to explore areas that the rover can not reach. Matt Wallace, who is the Mars 2020 deputy man...

Michigan's Brightest Super Moon Of 2020 Is Coming

Instead of following a perfectly circular path around the planet, the Moon moves along an eccentric trajectory. Since it will be a full moon during this time,...

Trump admin. rolls back Obama-era emissions standards

The administration has repealed, or is in the process of repealing, at least 95 different environmental rules , with 25 having a direct and adverse impact on t...

Government’s wage subsidy to bring relief to Canada’s mining companies

Citing government records, Reuters reported that about 1.55 million Canadians filed for unemployment insurance from March 16 to March 25 - representing a more...

Australia curbs gatherings, locks down travelers, in new coronavirus measures

Australia's most populous states will restrict public gatherings to two people from midnight, state leaders said today, as part of a wave of new measures create...

Asteroid Alert!!! NASA Warns Against A Massive 4km Wide Asteroid

Space agencies are constantly trying to figure out ways of dealing with a "global killer" asteroid that may visit us in the future. NASA and ESA's Double As...

NASA prepares a powerful engine to redirect asteroids that hit Earth

DART is powered by an ion engine, called NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Propeller - Commercial (NEXT-C). The mission aims to analyze the effect of the DART impact an...

3rd USA case of new coronavirus confirmed in California

The number of confirmed cases in the country reportedly stands at 1,975. The virus originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei late previous year...

Voyager 2 Captured Massive Gas Blob in Uranus’ Magnetic Field

Such a large plasmoid could effectively remove between 15% to 55% of atmospheric mass - and this could be the main way Uranus is losing its atmosphere, they...

First human trial for coronavirus vaccine starts in US

China's Academy of Military Medical Sciences and the Hong Kong-based biotech firm CanSino Biologics will jointly conduct the trial. The database also showed t...

NASA's 'Hidden Figure' Dies at 101

So trusted were her calculations that astronaut John Glenn , the first American to orbit the Earth, considered them an integral part of his preflight checklist...

Japan will evacuate nationals from China virus city

However, so far the other three have not developed any symptoms, the official said. The tally was 32 on Saturday. "Since this is a new coronavirus there might...

Nottingham city council stops all garden waste collection services

The companies, which have to collect, sort and process the waste from twenty-seven million households in the United Kingdom, say it is a "huge daily challenge t...

Coronavirus: Record number of Americans file for unemployment

Also left out in the DOL count are workers who aren't eligible for unemployment aid, like independent contractors, those who don't make enough to qualify, and...

Third US case of coronavirus confirmed in California

British Columbia health officials are assuring the public that the risk of contracting the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China , remains low. In an i...

Neanderthals Eat Seafood Just Like Modern People

These Neanderthals enjoyed a diverse diet. From the sea, they could feast on limpets, mussels, clams, brown crabs, spider crabs, sharks, eels, sea bream, mule...

NASA Chooses SpaceX as First Commercial Supplier to US Lunar Gateway

NASA on Friday picked a new space capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX to ferry cargo and supplies to the agency's planned lunar space station, a crucial building bl...

East Antarctica's Giant Glacier 'More Likely To Collapse' Amid Global Warming

If it fully thaws, sea levels would rise nearly 5 feet. With this sobering fact in mind, the UCI and NASA JPL scientists have completed the most thorough examin...

Historic ban on hairsprays helps ozone layer to heal

Eventually, as a result of ozone depletion, the dry regions at the edge of the tropics and the midlatitude jet stream have been shifted toward the South Pole....

Watch ULA’s first dedicated rocket launch for the U.S

The payload today was the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite that has been deployed for USA defense customers, though the original fiv...

Shocking! Study Says Pangolins Smuggled Into China Harbinger of Coronavirus Pandemic

In a massive development in the battle against Coronavirus, Indian scientists on Thursday have revealed a microscopic image of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID19). A...

BioShock, Borderlands, And XCOM Are Coming To Switch

This incredible announcement came hot off the press from a Nintendo Direct mini that no one saw coming. Finally , the Borderlands Legendary Collection wi...

Space Force launches its 1st mission with virus precautions

Gen. Doug Schiess, commander of the 45th Area Wing and vary director at close by Patrick Air Force Base. The payload on board is the sixth in a constellation ...

Widespread damage: Great Barrier Reef suffers mass coral bleaching event

That conditions exacerbated a years-long drought in much of eastern Australia, contributing to the summer's devastating wildfires that burnt out an area nearly ...