Research
Hubble peers into a Cosmic Reef
- June 14, 2020
Shuttle astronauts visited Hubble five times, from 1993 to 2009, to make improvements and repairs to the 13-meter-long observatory. It's primary mirror had been partially shaped by an improperly calibrated tool , which created a spherical aberration in the surface. (more...)
- June 14, 2020
Shuttle astronauts visited Hubble five times, from 1993 to 2009, to make improvements and repairs to the 13-meter-long observatory. It's primary mirror had been partially shaped by an improperly calibrated tool , which created a spherical aberration in the surface. (more...)
Putin hits out over struggle to contain oil spill
- June 13, 2020
A major oil spill that happened in Russian Federation and affected the Arctic Circle was spotted from space by two satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA). In total, the oil spill contaminated a massive land area of 135 square miles. If left unattended, the oil could contaminate local waterways and a delicate Arctic ecosystem. (more...)
- June 13, 2020
A major oil spill that happened in Russian Federation and affected the Arctic Circle was spotted from space by two satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA). In total, the oil spill contaminated a massive land area of 135 square miles. If left unattended, the oil could contaminate local waterways and a delicate Arctic ecosystem. (more...)
Russian Mayor Charged Over Failure to Contain Arctic Spill
- June 12, 2020
If he's found guilty, he may face up to five years in prison. Norilsk, a remote city of 180,000 situated 300 km (190 miles) inside the Arctic Circle, is built around Norilsk Nickel GMKN.MM , the world's leading nickel and palladium producer. (more...)
- June 12, 2020
If he's found guilty, he may face up to five years in prison. Norilsk, a remote city of 180,000 situated 300 km (190 miles) inside the Arctic Circle, is built around Norilsk Nickel GMKN.MM , the world's leading nickel and palladium producer. (more...)
Pangolin released into wild under China's new protections
- June 12, 2020
Although pangolin scales are made of keratin - the same material found in human fingernails and rhino horn - traditional Chinese medicine promotes the belief that they improve blood circulation and reduce inflammation. With that new status, the animal has been officially removed from the latest version of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia for 2020 - evidently, it was still on there even after it was granted second-class state protection and in the wake of China banning the hunting of the mammal in ... (more...)
- June 12, 2020
Although pangolin scales are made of keratin - the same material found in human fingernails and rhino horn - traditional Chinese medicine promotes the belief that they improve blood circulation and reduce inflammation. With that new status, the animal has been officially removed from the latest version of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia for 2020 - evidently, it was still on there even after it was granted second-class state protection and in the wake of China banning the hunting of the mammal in ... (more...)
Saturn's moon Titan drifting away 100 times faster than previously thought
- June 12, 2020
The same happens to Titan and Saturn . Professor Murray, said: "It's great to see that all those years of hard work designing images to be taken by the Cassini spacecraft and analysing the returned data are still paying dividends as we continue to learn more about the secrets of the Saturn system". (more...)
- June 12, 2020
The same happens to Titan and Saturn . Professor Murray, said: "It's great to see that all those years of hard work designing images to be taken by the Cassini spacecraft and analysing the returned data are still paying dividends as we continue to learn more about the secrets of the Saturn system". (more...)
Australian scientists turn to drones to protect sea turtles
- June 12, 2020
Green sea turtles are named for the greenish colour of their cartilage and fat and are found mainly in tropical and subtropical waters. In December of 2019, researchers flew a drone over Raine Island to survey up to 64,000 of the endangered turtles as they came ashore to nest. (more...)
- June 12, 2020
Green sea turtles are named for the greenish colour of their cartilage and fat and are found mainly in tropical and subtropical waters. In December of 2019, researchers flew a drone over Raine Island to survey up to 64,000 of the endangered turtles as they came ashore to nest. (more...)
Drone video shows 64000 endangered turtles near Great Barrier Reef
- June 12, 2020
Researchers said that drone technology has helped them survey the number of sea turtles on Raine Island more accurately. That's why researchers from the Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science (DES) employed the use of drones instead. (more...)
- June 12, 2020
Researchers said that drone technology has helped them survey the number of sea turtles on Raine Island more accurately. That's why researchers from the Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science (DES) employed the use of drones instead. (more...)
Researchers Stunned to Discover Ancient Crocodiles That Walked on Two Legs
- June 12, 2020
Based on the measurement of these tracks, the authors deduced that they were made by an animal whose feet's length was similar to that of a human being. The new study has also solved a tracking mystery dating back to 2012, when some poorly preserved tracks of a bipedal animal were first found in another South Korean rock unit, described as "enigmatic". (more...)
- June 12, 2020
Based on the measurement of these tracks, the authors deduced that they were made by an animal whose feet's length was similar to that of a human being. The new study has also solved a tracking mystery dating back to 2012, when some poorly preserved tracks of a bipedal animal were first found in another South Korean rock unit, described as "enigmatic". (more...)
SpaceX Crew Dragon Delivers Two Astronauts to International Space Station
- June 11, 2020
Since the mothballing of the U.S. shuttle programme in 2011 Russia's more basic and reliable Soyuz spacecraft has been exclusively responsible for transporting crews to the ISS from its Baikonur launchpad in Kazakhstan. "We have to congratulate the men and women of SpaceX, at Hawthorne McGregor and at Kennedy Space Center". Demo-2 astronauts with ISS crew . Reed asked them about the Falcon ride. (more...)
- June 11, 2020
Since the mothballing of the U.S. shuttle programme in 2011 Russia's more basic and reliable Soyuz spacecraft has been exclusively responsible for transporting crews to the ISS from its Baikonur launchpad in Kazakhstan. "We have to congratulate the men and women of SpaceX, at Hawthorne McGregor and at Kennedy Space Center". Demo-2 astronauts with ISS crew . Reed asked them about the Falcon ride. (more...)
Siberian governor accuses officials of trying to cover up disastrous fuel spill
- June 11, 2020
Russian investigators have charged the director of an Arctic power plant after a major oil spill, authorities announced on Monday. The power plant is operated by a division of Norilsk Nickel, whose giant plants in the area have made Norilsk, 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) northeast of Moscow, one of the most heavily polluted cities in the world. (more...)
- June 11, 2020
Russian investigators have charged the director of an Arctic power plant after a major oil spill, authorities announced on Monday. The power plant is operated by a division of Norilsk Nickel, whose giant plants in the area have made Norilsk, 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) northeast of Moscow, one of the most heavily polluted cities in the world. (more...)
Scientists spot cyclical pattern in mysterious cosmic radio bursts
- June 11, 2020
Unlike the first FRB ( fast radio burst ), the latter appears to follow a burst pattern of about 16 days, as it results in a new burst cycle every 157 days. It appears that the real-life versions of ALF and E.T . are not trying to contact us, which makes sense at the moment. "The signals are a sign of energetic events that are on the extreme scale of the cosmos", MIT Technology Review wrote earlier this year. (more...)
- June 11, 2020
Unlike the first FRB ( fast radio burst ), the latter appears to follow a burst pattern of about 16 days, as it results in a new burst cycle every 157 days. It appears that the real-life versions of ALF and E.T . are not trying to contact us, which makes sense at the moment. "The signals are a sign of energetic events that are on the extreme scale of the cosmos", MIT Technology Review wrote earlier this year. (more...)
World's largest green turtle colony almost twice as big as thought
- June 11, 2020
According to CNN , scientists from Queensland Government's Department of Environment and Science (DES) captured the footage using a drone at the island which is a protected area that is not open to the public. "When we compared drone counts to observer counts we found that we had under-estimated the numbers in the past by a factor 1.73", Richard Fitzpatrick, research partner at Biopixel Oceans Foundation said in an emailed statement. (more...)
- June 11, 2020
According to CNN , scientists from Queensland Government's Department of Environment and Science (DES) captured the footage using a drone at the island which is a protected area that is not open to the public. "When we compared drone counts to observer counts we found that we had under-estimated the numbers in the past by a factor 1.73", Richard Fitzpatrick, research partner at Biopixel Oceans Foundation said in an emailed statement. (more...)
Chinese Submersible Visits Challenger Deep, the Ocean's Deepest Point
- June 10, 2020
At the same time, she also became the first person in history to have both walked in space and descended to the deepest part of the earth. Kathy Sullivan on Saturday ( June 6) dove to Challenger Deep , the lowest-known location on the planet. (more...)
- June 10, 2020
At the same time, she also became the first person in history to have both walked in space and descended to the deepest part of the earth. Kathy Sullivan on Saturday ( June 6) dove to Challenger Deep , the lowest-known location on the planet. (more...)
Today is World Oceans Day 2020
- June 10, 2020
We simply can not stand by while oceans acidify, sea levels rise and pollution increases. The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is also turning ocean waters acidic, and an influx of freshwater from melting glaciers threatens to alter the weather-driving currents: the Atlantic Ocean's currents have slowed by about 15 percent over the past few decades. (more...)
- June 10, 2020
We simply can not stand by while oceans acidify, sea levels rise and pollution increases. The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is also turning ocean waters acidic, and an influx of freshwater from melting glaciers threatens to alter the weather-driving currents: the Atlantic Ocean's currents have slowed by about 15 percent over the past few decades. (more...)
Storm Cristobal forecast to 'weaken to depression on Monday'
- June 10, 2020
Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall along the Louisiana coast and is now moving northward. "It's very efficient, very tropical rainfall", National Hurricane Centre director Ken Graham said in a Facebook video. Cristobal emerged out of Tropical Storm Amanda, which left at least 26 people dead across Central America and brought flooding and landslides. The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and ends on November 30. (more...)
- June 10, 2020
Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall along the Louisiana coast and is now moving northward. "It's very efficient, very tropical rainfall", National Hurricane Centre director Ken Graham said in a Facebook video. Cristobal emerged out of Tropical Storm Amanda, which left at least 26 people dead across Central America and brought flooding and landslides. The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and ends on November 30. (more...)
NASA awards contract to Northrop Grumman to design lunar Gateway station
- June 09, 2020
A contract modification will come later to fund full development and testing of HALO. Afterward, the company is to sign a second contract that details the assembly of the actual HALO module scheduled to travel to space in 2023. Combining the two modules on the ground, he noted, means optimizing systems, like communications and batteries, that each element needed as a separate spacecraft but may be redundant now they will be combined before launch. (more...)
- June 09, 2020
A contract modification will come later to fund full development and testing of HALO. Afterward, the company is to sign a second contract that details the assembly of the actual HALO module scheduled to travel to space in 2023. Combining the two modules on the ground, he noted, means optimizing systems, like communications and batteries, that each element needed as a separate spacecraft but may be redundant now they will be combined before launch. (more...)
No COVID-19 deaths in BC since Friday
- June 09, 2020
The province saw no COVID-19 deaths, but 30 new cases over the past three days, while outbreaks are over at a care home in the Fraser Health region and two poultry plants. "We know that indigenous communities are more differentially affected by this pandemic". Elsewhere in the province, the Island Health region had seen a total of 130 cases, the Interior Health region had reported 195 cases, and the Northern Health region has confirmed 64 cases. (more...)
- June 09, 2020
The province saw no COVID-19 deaths, but 30 new cases over the past three days, while outbreaks are over at a care home in the Fraser Health region and two poultry plants. "We know that indigenous communities are more differentially affected by this pandemic". Elsewhere in the province, the Island Health region had seen a total of 130 cases, the Interior Health region had reported 195 cases, and the Northern Health region has confirmed 64 cases. (more...)
Donald Trump aims tweets at National Football League over protests to reopen anthem debate
- June 09, 2020
Goodell sought to stop the bleeding by instituting new rules to dissuade anthem kneeling and arguing, "Like many of our fans, we believe that everyone should stand for the national anthem". "Let me tell you something ... that [Mahomes' involvement] was huge", Doug Williams said on the phone Saturday. In a league where 70% of the players are black and those players are paid a salary that places them in the top 1% of wage earners in America, it is frankly incredible that this insidious ... (more...)
- June 09, 2020
Goodell sought to stop the bleeding by instituting new rules to dissuade anthem kneeling and arguing, "Like many of our fans, we believe that everyone should stand for the national anthem". "Let me tell you something ... that [Mahomes' involvement] was huge", Doug Williams said on the phone Saturday. In a league where 70% of the players are black and those players are paid a salary that places them in the top 1% of wage earners in America, it is frankly incredible that this insidious ... (more...)
Burnaby hit by a COVID-19 'outbreak' at warming centre
- June 09, 2020
Epidemiologically-linked cases are close contacts of a person who tested positive, but for any of variety of reasons did not get a positive test - they may have had mild illness or were identified when illness was recovered. Henry also revealed the newest data related to COVID-19. Other spikes around this time were recorded at the Mission Institute, a federal correctional facility where 120 inmates were ultimately infected with the contagion before the outbreak was declared over May 28. (more...)
- June 09, 2020
Epidemiologically-linked cases are close contacts of a person who tested positive, but for any of variety of reasons did not get a positive test - they may have had mild illness or were identified when illness was recovered. Henry also revealed the newest data related to COVID-19. Other spikes around this time were recorded at the Mission Institute, a federal correctional facility where 120 inmates were ultimately infected with the contagion before the outbreak was declared over May 28. (more...)
Chance of finding young Earth-like planets higher than previously thought
- June 09, 2020
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen say that the star and planet (Kepler-160 and KOI-456.04, respectively, if you want to call them by their full titles) are the most similar to our Sun-Earth system than any other they now know about. (more...)
- June 09, 2020
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen say that the star and planet (Kepler-160 and KOI-456.04, respectively, if you want to call them by their full titles) are the most similar to our Sun-Earth system than any other they now know about. (more...)
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