[ad_1] NASA astronaut Victor Glover shared his first video from space as he and three other astronauts flew above Earth as they traveled to the International Space Station. Glover is part of the Crew-1 mission that was launched aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, nicknamed “Dragon Resilience”, on November 15. This …
Read More »Scientists create algal droplets that produce hydrogen | Energy science and engineering
[ad_1] An international team of researchers from the UK and China has created droplet-based algal micro-reactors capable of aerobic or hypoxic photosynthesis at room temperature in air. Electron microscope image of a densely packed droplet of hydrogen-producing algal cells. Scale bar: 10 micrometers. Image credit: Xin Huang, Harbin Institute of …
Read More »Moon and Mars: how to observe the combination of stars
[ad_1] The night of this Wednesday (25) will offer a rare sight: the Moon and the planet Mars will apparently be aligned in the sky, in a phenomenon known as “conjunction” due to this imaginary proximity, although the stars are actually millions of kilometers away. each other. The couple will …
Read More »An explosion from a giant star 350 years ago was far more powerful than we ever imagined
[ad_1] In June 1670 – almost exactly 350 years ago – the French astronomer Voituret Anthelme recorded a “new” star in the sky. In the northern constellation of Vulpecula, a point of light flared up in brightness before gradually fading from the naked eye over a year later. The event …
Read More »The dinosaur-era bird with the sickle-shaped beak sheds light on the diversity of birds
[ad_1] Artistic reconstruction of the Falcatakely forsterae bird that lived 68 million years ago during the Cretaceous period in Madagascar. Illustration by Mark Witton / Dispensa via REUTERS reuters_tickers This content was published on Nov 25, 2020 – 10:57 pm November 25, 2020 – 10:57 pm By Will Dunham WASHINGTON …
Read More »Fireball News: Meteor explodes over US in stunning video | Science | news
[ad_1] Night was briefly turned into day on November 20 when a huge fireball lit up the skies over Texas, which could be seen all the way down in Mexico. Videos of the phenomenon show a huge burst of light appearing out of nowhere as a meteor enters Earth’s atmosphere. …
Read More »SpaceX Falcon 9 launches new batch of satellites – Associated Press
[ad_1] SpaceX Falcon 9 launches a new batch of satellitesAssociated Press SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for record seventh time, Starlink – Business Insider missionBusiness Insider The launch of SpaceX Starlink sets the record for the workshop Falcon 9 rocketCNET SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket on its seventh journey …
Read More »An innovative study finally explains how the sun shines
[ad_1] The Italian Borexino detector confirmed a decades-old theory, finding the first ever evidence of a carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) cycle producing neutrinos in our sun. years on the star and sheds light on the “dominant channel in the universe for the combustion of hydrogen”. The study, which was recently published in …
Read More »Discovery of offshore underwater freshwater raises hope for islands around the world – ScienceDaily
[ad_1] According to a University of Hawai’i study with important implications for volcanic islands around the world, twice as much fresh water is stored off the island of Hawai’i than previously thought. A vast freshwater reservoir within the submarine southern flank of the Hualālai aquifer was mapped by UH researchers …
Read More »First graduate student to spot the asteroid zipping past the Earth
[ad_1] A still image of an asteroid (circled), which has the temporary designation of ALA2xH captured Wednesday November 18 by Western University graduate student Cole Gregg. Credit: University of Western Ontario For as long as he can remember, Cole Gregg has been interested in space. Last week, the Western University …
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