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[ad_1] New tallest coral reef in the Empire State Building discovered off Cape YorkCourier Mail Australian scientists find the largest coral reef in the Empire State Building9 News “Coral Skyscraper” discovered in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef | 7NEWS7NEWS Australia A huge coral tower found on the Great Barrier ReefSt George …

[ad_1] The beach, however, is far from clean, environmentalists say. “It’s an illusion,” said Lia Mai Torres, executive director of the Center for Environmental Concerns Philippines. “Just because it’s white doesn’t mean it’s clean.” The white sand is actually crushed dolomite from a mine in Cebu, central Philippines. Using sand …

[ad_1] By: Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 28, 2020 8:47:56 am This photo from 11 August 2020 shows the sampling arm of the OSIRIS-REx probe during a test for an approach to the “Nightingale” sample site on the surface of the asteroid Bennu. (NASA / Goddard / …

[ad_1] These infrared images of Saturn’s moon Titan represent some of the clearest global views of the moon’s frigid surface. The visualizations were created using 13 years of data acquired by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer instrument aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Nantes …

[ad_1] NASA is planning a mission to a huge metallic asteroid valued at 7,700 quadrillion pounds (10,000 quadrillion dollars). The asteroid, called 16 Psyche, is about 140 miles in diameter and is one of the most massive objects in the main asteroid belt orbiting Mars and Jupiter. Dr Tracy Becker, …

[ad_1] A huge asteroid dubbed the “God of chaos” is gaining speed as it travels to Earth, according to cautious experts. The space rock has a potential impact date of 2068 and could cause an explosion of up to 880 million tons of the explosive substance TNT. 3 Astronomers have …

[ad_1] Scientists have identified the fossil of a giant bird that lived about 50 million years ago, with a wingspan of up to 21 feet that would make today’s largest bird, the wandering albatross, pale. Fossils recovered from Antarctica in the 1980s represent the oldest giant members of an extinct …

[ad_1] Shot from crew-1 astronaut training. Photo: nasa.gov SpaceX and NASA are preparing a Crew-1 mission to send four astronauts to the International Space Station: Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. The Crew-1 mission is referred to as “sharp”. It was preceded by the unmanned …

[ad_1] The station will be called Gateway. The European Space Agency (ESA) will provide several key modules for the planned Gateway space station orbiting the Moon. In return, ESA astronauts will also be able to work at the station, the AP agency reported Tuesday. The Gateway project is part of …

[ad_1] Water is more abundant on the Moon than we might have suspected, according to two papers published today in Nature Astronomy that confirm the presence of ice on and near the lunar surface. It’s a push for the prospect of extracting water from the Moon, which can help support …