Northrop Grumman's uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Saturday, more than three months after delivering nearly 8,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo.(Nov. 20)
Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Tungusic and Turkish — belonging to the Transeurasian family are claimed to have emerged from a common ancestor who farmed northeast China some 9,000 years ago, according to a new study. Key findings: Using linguistic, archeological and genetic evidence, an international team of researchers from Asia, Europe, New Zealand, Russia and the U.S. found that the languages can be traced back to the beginning of millet cultivation in China’s West Liao River. Over time, these millet farmers — who belong to the Amur gene pool — migrated to neighboring regions and left their descendants admixing with other populations.
Thomas Pesquet took thousands of photos during his six months orbiting Earth. Some are stunningly beautiful. Others, ominous.
There's another launch company newly able to count itself among the small (but growing) group that has reached orbit: Astra. The Alameda-based rocket startup notched that achievement late Friday night, taking off from its launch site in Kodiak, Alaska shortly after 9 PM local time (1 AM ET). This was Astra's 'LV0007' mission, the follow-up to its last try in August, which was ended short of reaching orbit after the rocket got off to a rocky start with a brief hover and sideways strafe movement just after liftoff.
Scientists originally believed a fossil found in 2015 to be the missing ‘four-legged snake.’ Now, a new study says that the fossil isn’t a snake at all. A paper originally published in July of 2015 detailed a fossil that researchers believed to be a snake with four legs. At the time, the fossil received worldwide … The post Four-legged snake fossil thought to be the missing link was just debunked appeared first on BGR.
Elon Musk's company SpaceX is building a vehicle that could transform space travel.
NASA/Johns Hopkins, APL/Steve GribbenTo hear Elena Adams tell it, our planet is under constant assault—from space dust and debris, chunks of rock, and artifacts from the formation of the solar system, to name a few. And these objects are raining down on us incessantly at bewildering speeds.“Earth gets bombarded all the time with stuff,” Adams, a systems engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, told The Daily Beast.Usually, that’s not a problem. The atmosphere handily takes care
If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it. NASA and the nation’s top federal nuclear research lab on Friday put out a request for proposals for a fission surface power system. NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory to establish a sun-independent power source for missions to the moon by the end of the decade.
Atmospheric rivers of the kind that drenched California and flooded British Columbia in recent weeks will become larger -- and possibly more destructive -- because of climate change, scientists said. These "rivers in the sky" are relatively common, with about 11 present on Earth at any time, according to NASA. But warming air and seas around the globe causes conditions that scientists said will make them hold more moisture, causing extreme precipitation when they make landfall, often on the west coasts of North America, South America and Western Europe.
To scientists studying fish, the bones in salmon ears are like a "travel journal," telling of how some species of salmon have adapted to survive.
Union leaders say fossil fuel companies must pay for rising ocean temperatures. Not all boat captains are persuaded Marine heat waves are contaminating food supplies. Illustration: Kat Morris/The Guardian Dick Ogg, a silver-haired former electrician who switched to making his living catching crabs two decades ago, is a staunch supporter of the union representing fishing boat captains along America’s western seaboard. But when he heard that the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations
A cosmonaut at the International Space Station (ISS) captured a stunning timelapse of the partial lunar eclipse on November 19.NASA said eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align, with the Moon passing into Earth’s shadow. During the November 19 “almost total” eclipse, up to 99.1% of the Moon’s disc was within the shadow of the Earth.The Moon may appear to turn red ,as the only sunlight reaching the Moon will have passed through Earth’s atmosphere. The phenomenon is often called a Blood Moon or a Beaver Moon.The event lasted more than three hours and 28 minutes. NASA reported that there hasn’t been a longer partial lunar eclipse since 1440, and there won’t be a longer one until 2669.This timelapse video taken by Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov aboard the ISS shows the eclipse. Credit: Pyotr Dubrov/Roscosmos Media via Storyful
Ministers meeting in Portugal agree recommendations to put the spark back into European space policy.
Brain scans of 50 grandmothers show strong emotional empathy towards their grandchildren.
Researchers inspired by Thanos' snap have discovered the extraordinary acceleration of a snapping finger, which is faster than a pitcher's arm. The post Thanos’ Snap Inspires Study of Humans’ Wild Snapping Abilities appeared first on Nerdist.
Ventura County’s nuclear secret at the Santa Susana Field Lab has at long last got the national spotlight it so deserves with the documentary "In the Dark of the Valley."
Stargazers in the US marvelled at the night sky in the early hours of November 19 as the longest partial lunar eclipse in a millennium began.NASA information about the eclipse says it occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow,.The moon may appear to turn red as the only sunlight reaching the Moon will have passed through Earth’s atmosphere. The phenomenon is also being called a Blood Moon and a Beaver Moon.The event was scheduled to last over three hours and twenty-eight minutes. NASA said that there hasn’t been a longer partial lunar eclipse since 1440, and there won’t be a longer one until 2669.Brenda Lee posted this footage showing the moment from her vantage point in Sachse near Dallas, Texas. Credit: Brenda Lee via Storyful
Specialist: Largest threat to bees is a parasite that attacks the bee’s bloodstream, which leads to a high mortality rate.
Calls grow for a global planetary defense strategy as thousands of near-Earth asteroids are discovered each year.
For about $50, anyone can build an air-filtration system that will remove coronaviruses and other viruses. Brown students and Dr. Jha demonstrate.
