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How to catch the Perseid meteor shower at its peak on Tuesday

The meteors occur yearly between 17 July and 24 August, but reach their peak this week. Such shooting stars are formed when pieces break off comets in the h...

France to help Mauritius combat oil spill

Helicopters are attempting to move some of the fuel and diesel off the ship. Mauritius is home to world-renowned coral reefs, and tourism is a crucial part of t...

Thousands Gather At Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Despite Pandemic

Crowds had gathered for the start of the 10-day event on Friday, with many bikers adopting an attitude of defiance toward the COVID-19 restrictions that have dr...

Mars’ invisible auroras come to life in new NASA animation

This exciting phenomenon can not be seen with the naked eye since it is necessary to use ultraviolet technology. The image shows an extreme brightening in Mars'...

EIA draft must be withdrawn to stop 'environmental destruction': Rahul

The EIA 2020 draft issued by the government will bring radical changes in the current Environment Impact Assessment guidelines. "EIA 2020 draft must be withdr...

NASA and SpaceX confirm first astronaut launch

SpaceX was on the cusp of becoming the first private company to put astronauts in orbit, something achieved by just three countries - Russia, the US and China. ...

This is prime time for a meteor shower

Those hours are ideal for seeing the most shooting stars, and maybe even some larger and brighter meteors , known as fireballs. The Director of Francis Malco...

SpaceX launches rocket with batch of satellites

Following the successful launch, the satellites will be visible from New Zealand's night skies as a bright string of lights. Professional stargazers have been c...

'Flower Moon': How and when to watch the final supermoon of 2020

Stargazers will be treated to the fourth and final supermoon of the year when the Flower Moon makes its appearance in the celestial skies this week. The May...

Clear night skies forecast for 2020 Perseids meteor shower peak over Bulgaria

Although they appear big from Earth, the Perseid meteors are actually tiny pieces of debris from the tail of the Comet Swift-Tuttle. It's nearly time for th...

When to watch the Perseid meteor shower during the August peak

An annual event, it's one of the most-watched meteor showers of the year given that it's easily visible to the entire northern hemisphere in August. The Perse...

NASA postpones historic SpaceX rocket launch on bad weather

USA In orbit for the first time in almost a decade, it is now upright on a Florida launch pad. "Now the only thing we need to do is figure out how to control ...

Amazon deforestation accelerates by 34.5 pc by July

Brazil on Friday hailed figures showing a reduction in July of deforestation that has spooked worldwide investors, though environmentalists warned it was too ea...

NASA rethinks use of insensitive nicknames for cosmic objects

To try and address the issues surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion, the American space agency is looking to reexamine some of these nicknames so ensure ...

NASA to fight 'systemic discrimination,' reject unofficial nicknames like 'Siamese Twins Galaxy'

As an initial step, NASA will no longer refer to planetary nebula NGC 2392 , the glowing remains of a Sun-like star that is blowing off its outer layers at t...

Wild beavers given right to remain in river home

The beavers thrived, successfully breeding and dispersing throughout the river's catchment area. The ruling was welcomed by conservationists as a ground-break...

Perseid meteor shower 2020: Here’s when it will peak in August

Caused by dust and debris shed by passing comets, the Perseid meteors come from a comet called Swift-Tuttle which orbits the Sun every 133 years. In particula...

Canada's last intact ice shelf collapses due to warming

In comparison, Manhattan in NY covers an area of about 60 square kilometers. A team of scientists placed research instruments into the Milne Ice Shelf in ...

Blackstone : to Buy Ancestry.com for $4.7 Billion

The transaction is Blackstone's first control acquisition for its eight vintage of its flagship private-equity vehicle, it said. Blackstone is hoping that...

SpaceX releases dozens more Starlink satellites - and Kiwis can see them tomorrow

Falcon 9's first stage previously supported Crew Dragon's first demonstration mission to the International Space Station, launch of the RADARSAT Constellation ...

Calcium in Human Bones Came from Exploding Stars, Study Finds

The nature of these supernovae and their mechanism for creating calcium, therefore, have remained elusive. Now a Northwestern University-led team has potentia...

NASA's Crew Dragon astronauts enter International Space Station

EDT (12.52 am Sunday India time). The launch will take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, and once again weather is a concern for today's launch window. The ...

Audi E-Tron, 2022 BMW 2-Series, customer Bugatti Divos

Both the Premium Plus and Prestige trims have the exact same MSRP in 2021 as they did in 2020. That new base price? The $66,995 base price (including a mand...

Cuomo declares state of emergency following Tropical Storm Isaias

Hydro-Quebec reported more than 60,000 people without power at one point. With many still in the dark after Tuesday's storm, Cuomo blasted utility companies a...

Purists Proven Right: The Problem With Microwaving Tea

This ultimately results in a uniform temperature throughout the glass. Since they were introduced on the market, microwave ovens have been a popular product...

Quebec antibody study finds 2.23% of blood donors had contracted COVID-19

De Serres said that could be attributed to the smaller number of donors from the region - between 200 and 250 - or that the virus circulated more widely there t...

Storm Isaias Kills 6 Along US East Coast

The storm was forecast to dissipate over eastern Quebec over the next day or so. Morgan reported from North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Norristown is ex...

Watch SpaceX Starship prototype fly hundreds of feet for the first time

In its current form, the Starship therefore looks like a clean-cut section of giant metal piping, although packed inside is one of SpaceX's Raptor engines . Th...

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off into orbit

Called Demo-2, the mission is scheduled for launch at 6:33 am AEST from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida . In recent years, NASA has been buying rides for i...

Tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warning now in effect for Toronto

However the warnings were downgraded to watches by around 5:10 p.m. "A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado is located 5 kilometres south of Lau...