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Asteroid 2007 FF1 LIVE – ‘Close approach’ of ‘April Fool’s Day’ space rock to happen TODAY, Nasa says
If an asteroid hit the Earth, conclusion “So you burn things, kill everything in the ocean, and freeze the Earth, and it goes through about two years of constant winter,” Scharringhausen added. He doesn’t think that all life on Earth would die after a large asteroid impact, since some small creatures survived the asteroid strike …
SpaceX set to launch 40 satellites on fourth dedicated rideshare mission
SpaceX says a Falcon 9 rocket is on track to launch its fourth dedicated rideshare mission no earlier than (NET) 12:24 pm EDT (16:24 UTC) on Friday, April 1st. Known as Transporter-4, SpaceX will launch the batch of 40 customer satellites out of its Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) LC-40 pad. Poor weather means …
NASA’s big rocket faces its last test before launching
Enlarge / NASA’s large rocket will undergo a dress rehearsal this weekend. NASA After two weeks of preparatory work on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, NASA is ready to put its large new rocket and its complex plumbing system to the test. This will be the final major rehearsal before the space agency …
Researchers in Minnesota Are Testing Wildlife for COVID
On the Grand Portage Reservation in northern Minnesota, researchers are administering COVID tests to bears, moose, deer, and wolves in an effort to understand how prevalent the virus is in local wildlife. SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans—has already been widely documented in whitetail deer in Iowa, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources …
Hundreds of “Hidden” New Mammal Species Waiting To Be Found
Elephant shew. Research suggests where these species may be “hidden.” At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around the world, a new study suggests. Researchers found that most of these hidden mammals are small bodied, many of them bats, rodents, shrews, and moles. These unknown mammals are hidden …
A cosmic mystery: Astronomers capture dying star blowing smoke rings
Enlarge / A rendering of the star V Hydrae, or V Hya for short. In its death throes, the star emitted a series of expanding rings that scientists calculated are being formed every few hundred years, per UCLA astronomer Mark Morris. ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF) Astronomers have caught a red giant star going through its …
Russian cosmonaut hands over space station command as NASA astronaut bids farewell
Anton Shkaplerov (left) hands over command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn (right) on March 29, 2022. (Image credit: NASA TV) Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov handed over “the keys” to the International Space Station today (March 29) as NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei said goodbye to the international space crew. In …
SpaceX Ends Production of Crew Dragon, America’s Only Human-Rated Spacecraft
SpaceX has had a variety of struggles and successes since its inception 20 years ago, but one of its most resounding victories has been the successful development and flights of its manned space capsule, the Crew Dragon. The Crew Dragon capsule line has already completed four successful manned missions and is currently in orbit on …
Record-breaking NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts returning to Earth early Wednesday: Watch live
A record-breaking NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts will return to Earth early Wednesday (March 30), and you can watch their homecoming live. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA’s Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station Wednesday at 3:21 a.m. EDT (0721 GMT) …
Covid-19: Inside the UK’s top-secret military lab
Their work is normally highly classified, but military scientists at Porton Down in Wiltshire are now fighting coronavirus. Some of the same scientists who identified Novichok, the nerve agent used in the Salisbury poisoning, have been helping to analyse Covid-19 and finding ways to protect NHS staff. The BBC’s Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale has been …
