17 years after founding Virgin Galactic, Branson bound for space
He's always dreamed of it, and in 2004 founded his own company to make it happen.
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News tagged with new mexico
Satellite images reveal where large amounts of methane are being released in Permian Basin
An international team of researchers has found a way to isolate individual methane contributors in the Permian Basin. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes using satellite images to ...
Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico
Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.
Space Exploration
May 23, 2021
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Newly described horned dinosaur from New Mexico was the earliest of its kind
A newly described horned dinosaur that lived in New Mexico 82 million years ago is one of the earliest known ceratopsid species, a group known as horned or frilled dinosaurs. Researchers reported their find in a publication ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 11, 2021
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Space tourism: new test flight planned for Virgin Galactic
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic said Monday it planned a new test flight for its SpaceShipTwo craft this month after an aborted test in early December.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2021
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New skull of tube-crested dinosaur reveals evolution of bizarre crest
The first new skull discovered in nearly a century from a rare species of the iconic, tube-crested dinosaur Parasaurolophus was announced today in the journal PeerJ. The exquisite preservation of the skull, especially the ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 25, 2021
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Magnetic waves explain mystery of Sun's outer layer
The Sun's extremely hot outer layer, the corona, has a very different chemical composition from the cooler inner layers, but the reason for this has puzzled scientists for decades.
Astronomy
Jan 22, 2021
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Next-gen astronomical survey makes its first observations toward a new understanding of the cosmos
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey's fifth generation collected its very first observations of the cosmos at 1:47 a.m. on October 24, 2020. This groundbreaking all-sky survey will bolster our understanding of the formation and ...
Astronomy
Nov 2, 2020
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Tools made by some of North America's earliest inhabitants were made only during a 300-year period
There is much debate surrounding the age of the Clovis—a prehistoric culture named for stone tools found near Clovis, New Mexico in the early 1930s—who once occupied North America during the end of the last Ice Age. New ...
Archaeology
Oct 23, 2020
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New feathered dinosaur was one of the last surviving raptors
A new feathered dinosaur that lived in New Mexico 67 million years ago is one of the last known surviving raptor species, according to a new publication in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Mar 26, 2020
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