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Earth Day marks a chance to take stock of the environment
Dave Golowenski | Special to The Columbus Dispatch Earth Day, established worldwide in 1970 and coming up Friday, was intended to raise awareness about the consequences of ceaseless human efforts to command and control nature. Arguably it’s done that, although heightened awareness hasn’t altered the general direction. Take the spotted lanternfly, for instance. An insect first …
US Military Confirms an Interstellar Object Hit Earth in 2014
In this illustration, an asteroid is shown in the foreground in the lower left. The two bright points above it on the far left are Earth (right) and the moon (left). The sun appears on the right. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine Mysterious oblong object Oumuamua is likely to go down in the annals of science as …
Earth and Soul | What world can learn from Indian environmental ethos
India’s environmental philosophy stems from the basic belief that man is an extension of the planet — man and planet enjoy mutually inseparable and interdependent relationships where existence of man is dependent on the well-being of the planet Prithu chases Goddess Earth, attributed to Manaku, from an illustrated manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana. Wikimedia Commons …
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) …
Do aliens exist? We asked five experts
By Chynthia Wijaya and Noor Gillani Melbourne, Jun 14 (The Conversation) Speculation has been rife about the contents of an unclassified report set to be released later this month from the Pentagon’s Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) task force. The document, expected to drop on June 25, will supposedly provide a comprehensive summary of what …
How to watch next week’s rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse
Last month’s “super flower blood moon” lunar eclipse was hardly the only exciting celestial event of the season. Next week brings an even bigger spectacle — a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse. On June 10, skywatchers all over the world will be able to view the eclipse. What is an annular solar eclipse? A …
First images from China’s Mars rover might take awhile to reach Earth
Zhurong, seen here in an illustration, safely touched down on the surface of Mars. CNSA China’s Zhurong rover touched down on the surface of Mars over the weekend, marking a new milestone for the country’s space program. But we may face a bit of a wait before we see the rover’s first views of Mars. …
The Pentagon is tracking an out of control Chinese rocket expected to crash into Earth
The Chinese Long March 5B rocket launched Tianhe, the core module of the Chinese Space Station. CMS It sounds like the plotline for a Bruce Willis movie: The Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday that it’s tracking a large Chinese rocket that is out of control and expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere this weekend. The …
‘Out-of-control’ Chinese rocket falling to Earth could partially survive re-entry | Space
Part of a huge rocket that launched China’s first module for its Tianhe space station is falling back to Earth and could make an uncontrolled re-entry at an unknown landing point. The 30-metre high core of the Long March 5B rocket launched the “Heavenly Harmony” unmanned core module into low Earth orbit on 29 April …