It’s the summer of new solar power on the International Space Station. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency will conduct their third spacewalk in just over a week to install a second new solar array outside the space station on Friday. The astronauts are scheduled to begin their…… MORE
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Universe, we have a problem: NASA’s investigating an outage on the Hubble Space Telescope
Universe, we’ve got a problem: The payload computer aboard the Hubble Space Telescope that has shaped our understanding of the cosmos for over 30 years has stopped working. After the June 13 malfunction, Hubble’s payload computer stopped receiving the “keep-alive” signal that’s a “standard handshake between the payload and main spacecraft computers to indicate all…… MORE
‘Polar dinosaurs’ may have given birth in the Arctic over 70 million years ago, study finds
Dinosaurs may have given birth and lived year-round in the Artic, a new study revealed. Researchers found fossil evidence of at least seven species of dinosaurs reproducing at the Prince Creek Formation in northern Alaska. While the scientists didn’t find nests or eggshells, they did find dinosaur embryos and just-hatched babies, which could give even…… MORE
It’s your last chance to see a supermoon this year with the ‘strawberry’ moon
The last supermoon of 2021 — the “strawberry” full moon — will rise Thursday. Viewers will see a large golden (sorry, not strawberry-colored) moon for two to three nights, according to EarthSky. This supermoon becomes completely full at 2:40 p.m. ET on Thursday afternoon. It won’t be fully visible in North America until later in…… MORE
These potentially habitable exoplanets can see Earth as it evolves
As human civilization began to flourish on Earth about 5,000 years ago, 1,715 star systems within 326 light-years of Earth could have seen our planet over that time. And over the next 5,000 years, 319 more star systems will be able to see Earth. If there are exoplanets orbiting these nearby stars, they could witness…… MORE
Airstrike kills up to 30 people at market in war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray
An airstrike in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern region of Tigray killed as many as 30 people when it hit a market on Tuesday, eyewitnesses have told CNN. Two injured survivors of the attack in the small town of Togoga detailed the incident to a CNN stringer on the ground after they were brought to hospital in…… MORE
Why female mongooses all give birth at the same time
The vast majority of expectant mongoose moms within a group give birth on the same night. The synchronous arrival of the tiny pups makes it impossible to know whose offspring belongs to which mongoose. At first glance, it doesn’t sound like the best approach to parenting — but researchers in the United Kingdom say this…… MORE
Rainforests are under siege. Here’s what you should know.
The world’s rainforests are under siege. Climate change has driven the average temperature of the Amazon rainforest up by as much as 1.5 degrees Celsius. As a result of higher temperatures and deforestation, drought has surged. In 2019 alone, tens of thousands of wildfires destroyed 2.24 million acres. Humans have wiped out or degraded nearly…… MORE
Venus may still be active based on ‘pack ice’ finding
With its thick, toxic atmosphere and temperatures hot enough to melt lead, Venus seems like a dead planet. New research, however, suggests the planet could still be geologically active. And the kind of activity taking place on Venus could provide scientists with a better idea of what’s happening on planets outside of our solar system…… MORE
Astronauts install new solar panels in 6-hour spacewalk on International Space Station
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet conducted a spacewalk Sunday — their second in the past week — to install new solar arrays that will provide a power boost to the space station. The spacewalk came days after facing “technical delays” during a spacewalk on Wednesday. The astronauts carried over…… MORE
