Falcon 9 rocket launches 25th ISS resupply mission
by A Falcon 9 rocket, which put on a spectacular evening sky show on Thursday, launched and carried a Dragon cargo ship into orbit loaded with …
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Take off! Pacific Northwest National Lab’s microbial study could point the way for future farmers on Mars
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from its launch pad in Florida. (SpaceX via YouTube) An experiment en route to the International Space Station is focusing …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged Jupiter’s rings and moons in incandescent infrared
Jupiter and its moon Europa (left) are seen through the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument.NASA, ESA, CSA and B Holler and J Stansberry (STScI) …
Extreme heat causes more deaths in the US than storms, fires and floods. Cities are responding by appointing heat tsars and looking for ways to cool urban areas.
Heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States, but most deaths are preventable. More and more urban areas are taking action …
According to scientists, the most effective and cheapest way to cool your body during a heat wave
A Texas volunteer hands out bottled water during a heat wave.Shelby Tauber/Reuters In 2022, too, heat waves will shake the globe and make people have …
Social support helps orphaned elephants ‘get by’
Young orphaned elephants seem to benefit physically and measurably from the ‘support’ of other young elephants. This finding comes from a study that analyzed stress …
Germany and Belgium remember deadly floods of 2021
BERLIN (AP) – Germany and Belgium warned that disaster preparedness needs to be improved and on Thursday commemorated the deadly floods that struck a year …
A mysterious object 1 billion light-years away is broadcasting a “heartbeat” radio signal from space
On December 21, 2019, astronomers discovered a strange and persistent radio signal called FRB 20191221A.CHIME/MIT messages Astronomers detected a repetitive rapid radio burst that lasted …
Villages Fight Forest Fires in Portugal; Europe is smoldering
BEMPOSTA, Portugal (AP) — More than 3,000 firefighters fought alongside ordinary Portuguese citizens desperately trying to save their homes from multiple wildfires that raged across …
Who Was James Webb? Why do scientists want to rename the James Webb Space Telescope?
The excitement over unprecedented new images of far-flung galaxies has reignited calls by some within the scientific and queer communities to rename the James Webb …