An experiment to bounce a radio signal off an asteroid on Dec. 27 will serve as a test for probing a larger asteroid that in 2029 will pass closer to Earth than the many geostationary satellites that orbit our planet.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 22, 2022
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NASA's first asteroid sample return spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, fired its thrusters for 30 seconds on Sept. 21 and nudged its trajectory toward Earth. The resulting course correction keeps the vehicle on track to deliver a sample ...
Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2022
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Desert dust was assumed to be the primary contributor to elevated air pollution across the Middle East. Now, an international team of scientists including researchers from KAUST has shown that pollution from anthropogenic ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2022
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The wildfires that broke out in the Florida Panhandle in early March 2022 were the nightmare fire managers had feared since the day Hurricane Michael flattened millions of trees there in 2018. It might sound odd—hurricanes ...
Environment
Mar 11, 2022
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A US intelligence agency said Wednesday that its newest spy satellite successfully launched into orbit atop a reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2022
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One consequence of the coronavirus pandemic is showing up in an unlikely place: the space industry.
Space Exploration
Aug 30, 2021
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Just because you were in space doesn't mean you get the wings of an astronaut.
Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2021
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Tucked in the $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief package that passed in December was a stipulation initially overlooked by many. As part of the Intelligence Authorization Act, the government was required to publicly release the ...
Other
Jul 14, 2021
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A report from the US task force dedicated to investigating UFOs—or, in the official jargon, UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena)—has neither confirmed nor rejected the idea such sightings could indicate alien visits to ...
Social Sciences
Jun 28, 2021
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University of Rhode Island hydrogeologist Thomas Boving and colleagues at EnChem Engineering Inc. are testing a proprietary new technology for quickly removing and destroying hazardous chemical compounds from soil and groundwater. ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2020
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