[ad_1] Recent observations from the Hubble Space Telescope space telescope showed astronomers a completely new phenomenon. It is a huge shadow extending tens of thousands of light years and emanating from the core of the galaxy IC 5063, the site of a supermassive black hole, writes the Science Alert portal. …
Read More »SpaceX launches NASA’s new satellite and lands with a boom
[ad_1] Illustration of the Sentinel-6 / Michael Freilich satellite in orbit. THAT A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent a new NASA and European Space Agency satellite into orbit from California on Saturday morning. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is the latest in a series of satellites that have provided critical …
Read More »How Water Shaped the Earth – Sciworthy
[ad_1] When we see a cloudy day, morning dew, rain, snow, lakes, rivers, or the ocean, we know that water is everywhere. Water also hides in magma-filled depths, in meteorites or comets, or in the cells of living things. Makes chemical reactions possible. Invisible to our eyes, this tiny molecule …
Read More »SpaceX aces rare Falcon 9 landing, first launch in California in a year and a half
[ad_1] A Falcon 9 rocket made a rare ‘ground’ landing as part of SpaceX’s first launch in California in nearly a year and a half and what a company manager called “the beginning of many exciting things to come.” Carrying the ~ 1200 kg (~ 2600 lb) Sentinel 6A Oceanography …
Read More »Researchers investigate giant holes in the Greenland ice sheet
[ad_1] Matt Covington, associate professor of geosciences at the University of Arkansas, flies a drone over the Greenland ice sheet. Credit: Jason Gulley The researchers climbed the moulins, which drain meltwater from the ice sheet, to better understand how volume correlates with ice movement. The holes carrying surface meltwater at …
Read More »Grants Enable Coral Reef Rescue Project | News Mail
[ad_1] Reef LOVERS will be given the opportunity to participate in a Bundaberg project that aims to reduce impact and save the Great Barrier Reef and its marine life, including the region’s precious sea turtles. Following the success of the #LessIsMore campaign for the Great Barrier Reef last year, the …
Read More »US-Europe ocean monitoring satellite launched – Associated Press
[ad_1] Launch of the US-Europe ocean monitoring satelliteAssociated Press SpaceX will launch the Sentinel-6 ocean mapping satellite on Saturday. Watch it live!Space.com SpaceX rocket launches UK-backed “marine cartographer” satellite into orbitSky News Launch of the Sentinel-6A weather satelliteWCNC SpaceX launches advanced ocean mapping satellite for NASA and Europe, nails rocket …
Read More »NASA Confirms There Is Water On The Moon – Pledge Times
[ad_1] On August 31, 2018, a Boeing 747 opened a large hatch located next to its tail in mid-flight about 13,000 meters above sea level. At that distance from the surface it is already possible to observe space with a clarity impossible for ground-based telescopes due to disturbances in the …
Read More »SpaceX Rocket Launches UK Backed “Marine Cartographer” Satellite Into Orbit | Climate news
[ad_1] A satellite that will allow British scientists to measure sea level has been launched into space on a SpaceX rocket. Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich was successfully sent into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad in California. Sentinel-6, which is the size of a small …
Read More »SpaceX has launched a European satellite that observes the oceans. View landing vertically (recording)
[ad_1] The satellite will study changes in sea level. We updated the article after a successful flight. Today, at 6:17 pm, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the Vandenberg military base on the west coast of the United States. The Sentinel-6 scientific satellite, Michael Freilich, named after the American …
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