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In Latvia, new technology that could one day prevent asteroids from hitting Earth
Deep in the Riga Technical University campus, a team of researchers are looking at technology that will one day help prevent asteroids from hitting Earth. The very high-precision chronoscopes built by hand in the laboratory of the Latvian start-up Eventech are used today to track the movements of satellites. This year, the company won a …
Earth just had its hottest September, experts say 2020 could break all records
This year’s September was the hottest ever according to new data, suggesting 2020 could become the warmest year since records began. The global average for the month was 0.05°C (0.09°F) warmer than 2019 and 0.08°C (0.14°F) warmer than 2016 — the previous two warmest Septembers ever recorded — according to the latest data from the …
New ‘mini-moon’ set to be captured by Earth might just be space junk
Does Earth have its second mini-moon discovery in 2020? Unlikely. NASA We’ve got one huge moon looming overhead and you might think “that’s enough moons.” But sometimes, Earth gets greedy and starts pulling in small asteroids for extended stays in orbit. The brief visitations by these “mini-moons” are fairly rare, with only two confirmed so …
Across 10 Million Stars, Not a Single Whisper of Alien Technology
In a comprehensive search of a patch of the Southern sky, not even a hint of alien technology has been detected at low radio frequencies. Across at least 10 million stars that populate the Vela region – the deepest and widest survey for extraterrestrial intelligence yet – the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Australia found …
Black holes: Cosmic signal rattles Earth after 7 billion years
Image copyright LIGO-VIRGO Collaboration Image caption An artist’s impression of the last moments before the merger of two black holes Imagine the energy of eight Suns released in an instant. This is the gravitational “shockwave” that spread out from the biggest merger yet observed between two black holes. The signal from this event travelled for …
Equinor Ventures, Wintershall Dea Technology Ventures and Sumitomo Corporation Invests in Total 75 mNOK in Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Software Provider Earth Science Analytics
STAVANGER, Norway & KASSEL, Germany & TOKYO, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Earth Science Analytics AS, a Norwegian petroleum geoscience software provider, has raised a series B funding from Equinor Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Equinor, a broad energy company and the leading operator in Norway, Wintershall Dea Technology Ventures, the corporate venture subsidiary of Wintershall Dea, Europe’s …
Here’s The Real Truth About That ‘Election Day’ Asteroid on Its Way to Earth
If you’ve looked at the news today, you’d be forgiven for thinking a huge asteroid is on track to collide with Earth the day before the 2020 US Presidential election. At least that’s the takeaway from quite a few news outlets. And, understandably, some people are freaking out. In a year with a literal pandemic, …
‘Highest temperature on Earth’ as Death Valley, US hits 54.4C
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The potentially record-breaking temperature was recorded in Death Valley, California What could be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth – 130F (54.4C) – may have been reached in Death Valley National Park, California. The recording is being verified by the US National Weather Service. It comes amid …
NASA astronauts aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule return to Earth
It was the first time in the 59-year history of crewed American space travel that astronauts had used the Gulf as a landing site, adding to other firsts that marked a new chapter in NASA’s human spaceflight program: the first launch of American astronauts to orbit from U.S. soil since the Space Shuttle was retired …
A “Google Earth” for the Brain Has Been Published
“Julich-Brain” is the name of the first 3D-atlas of the human brain that reflects the variability of the brain’s structure with microscopic resolution. The atlas features close to 250 structurally distinct areas, each one based on the analysis of 10 brains. More than 24000 extremely thin brain sections were digitized, assembled in 3D and …
