Falcon 9 rocket launches 25th ISS resupply mission
by Putting on a spectacular show in the night sky, a Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Thursday and launched a Dragon cargo ship into orbit, loaded …
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Take off! Pacific Northwest National Lab’s study of microbes could open a path for future farmers on Mars
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its launch pad in Florida. (SpaceX via YouTube) An experiment on its way to the International Space Station …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged Jupiter’s rings and moons, in red-hot infrared.
Jupiter and its moon Europa (left) are seen through the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope.NASA, ESA, CSA and B. Holler and J. …
Extreme heat kills more than storms, fires and floods in the US Cities are responding by appointing heat czars and looking for ways to cool urban areas.
Heat is the leading weather-related cause of death in the US, but most deaths are preventable. More urban areas are taking steps to address the …
The most effective and cheapest ways to cool your body during a heat wave, according to scientists
A Texas volunteer hands out bottles of water during a heat wave.Shelby Tauber/Reuters Heat waves will hit the world again in 2022, leaving people scrambling …
Social support helps orphaned elephants ‘cope’
Orphaned young elephants appear to benefit, physically and measurably, from the “support” of other young elephants. This idea comes from a study that looked at …
A Mysterious Object A Billion Light-Years Away Is Sending A ‘Heartbeat’ Radio Signal From Deep Space
Astronomers discovered a strange and persistent radio signal called FRB 20191221A on December 21, 2019.News CHIME/MIT The astronomers discovered a repeating fast radio burst that …
Germany and Belgium remember the deadly floods of 2021
BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Belgium, warning that disaster prevention must be improved, marked Thursday the deadly floods that hit a year ago with high-profile …
Villages Fight Forest Fires in Portugal; europe suffocates
BEMPOSTA, Portugal (AP) — More than 3,000 firefighters battled alongside desperate Portuguese citizens to save their homes from several wildfires that ravaged the European country …
Who was James Webb? Why do scientists want to rename the James Webb Space Telescope?
Excitement around unprecedented new images of distant galaxies has reignited calls from some scientific and queer communities to rename the James Webb Space Telescope due …