Mystery object on Australian beach identified as part of Indian rocket
A mysterious object that washed up on an Australian beach has been identified as debris from an Indian rocket, officials said Monday.
A mysterious object that washed up on an Australian beach has been identified as debris from an Indian rocket, officials said Monday.
Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2023
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After a remarkable life in orbit, Aeolus is out of fuel and out of timeāit's returning to Earth this week. Planned and built before any regulations were put in place on "end-of-life" disposal, the Earth explorer was designed ...
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2023
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A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, the University of Basel, and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, has completed the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2023
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The amount of space debris has not stopped increasing since the first satellite was launched in 1957. The European Space Agency (ESA) estimates that there are more than 131,000,000 useless space waste objects, between 1 millimeter ...
Space Exploration
Jun 30, 2023
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The world should see the first draft of a highly anticipated and much needed international treaty to combat plastic pollution by the end of November, 175 nations gathered in Paris decided Monday after five days of grueling ...
Environment
Jun 3, 2023
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On Feb. 10, 2009, disaster struck hundreds of miles above the Siberian Peninsula. That evening, a defunct Russian satellite orbiting Earth crashed into a communications satellite called Iridium 33 moving at a speed of thousands ...
Space Exploration
Jun 1, 2023
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When talking about space, one might think about the stars one sees at night or a good sci-fi film. But space is also crowded with satellites, spacecrafts and astronauts, whose missions can last anywhere from several days ...
Space Exploration
Apr 6, 2023
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Urban honey bees could be used to gain insight into the microbiome of the cities in which they forage, which can potentially provide information on both hive and human health, reports a study published in Environmental Microbiome.
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2023
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Since time immemorial, humans around the world have gazed up in wonder at the night sky. The starry night sky has not only inspired countless works of music, art and poetry, but has also played an important role in timekeeping, ...
Astronomy
Mar 26, 2023
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Debris flows are fast-moving and highly variable mixtures of soil, rock, water, and trees that can wreak havoc on downslope communities. Small debris lags behind larger particles, but it is not clear how this sorting occurs ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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