Russian thrusters have accidentally tilted the International Space Station (ISS) for the second time this year. The Soyuz MS-18 was scheduled to bring a small crew back to Earth early Sunday morning. During a planned pre-departure test at around 5:02 a.m. EDT, the thrusters continued to fire beyond the end of the test, resulting in …
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NASA’s Lucy mission launched early Saturday from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The first-ever mission to the Trojan Asteroids, Lucy will travel some 4 billion miles and lifted off aboard the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. NASA PLAN FOR WI-FI ON THE MOON TESTED TO SPAN CLEVELAND’S DIGITAL DIVIDE …
A robot dog armed with a sniper rifle was unveiled this week in Washington, D.C. at the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army. The robot, developed by Ghost Robotics, carries a SWORD Defense Systems Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle (SPUR). OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPS FIRST-EVER BIPEDAL ROBOT THAT CAN RUN A 5K …
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the northern hemisphere for Monday. On Saturday, a large solar flare was detected coming off the sun. The flare – officially known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) – was observed on the side of the sun directly facing Earth and comes …
Tom Liberatore, a materials purchasing manager, walks past clocks being tested prior to shipping at the Electric Time Company in Medfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Friendly reminder: Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, which means we still are a few weeks away from turning those clocks back. Theoretically, we’ll gain an …
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China’s lunar rock samples – the first moon rocks returned to Earth in more than 40 years – show lava flowed there 2 billion years ago, according to scientists. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, a group of international authors led by researchers at Beijing’s Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences said the …
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team has confirmed that the red planet’s Jezero Crater was once the site of a delta-lake system. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, the researchers also wrote that images from the rover – taken in the three months after Perseverance landed in February – suggest the area experienced …
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California officials say tar balls have been seen on local beaches following the oil spill in Orange County last weekend. The Golden State’s Department of Fish and Wildlife describes the tar balls as small, dark and often sticky remnants of oil spills or natural oil seeps in bodies of water. CALIFORNIA OIL PIPELINE LEAK: MYSTERY …
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The Draconid meteor shower will reach its peak on Friday night in the sky across the Northern Hemisphere. The short-lived shower, which occurs from October 6 to 10, marks the first since August’s spectacular Perseids and is named from the constellation Draco. NASA: ‘AT LEAST 5 FIREBALLS’ REPORTED OVER US While the meteors streaking through …
Canadian researchers said they identified a new, mysterious kind of killer whale that hunts large mammals — like grey whale calves — and prefers the Pacific’s deep-water canyons for hunting than along the coast, according to reports. Josh McInnes, a researcher from the University of British Columbia, said these “outer coast transient whales” are believed …
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What’s between a rock and a hard place? The answer is a 12,000-year-old rare mastodon tooth. Last month at the Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve, WDIV reported, 6-year-old Julian Gagnon was walking with his family when on the ground he spotted what they thought was a standard rock or a dinosaur tooth. “I just felt something on my …
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NASA is standing down from commanding its Mars missions for the next few weeks. While the Earth and Red Planet are on opposite sides of the sun – in the biennial Mars solar conjunction – the planets are unable to “see” each other. MARS IMAGES SHOW PERSEVERANCE ROVER AT WORK The sun emits hot, ionized …
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could be key in helping scientists identify the next animal virus that is capable of infecting humans, according to researchers. In a Tuesday study published in the journal PLoS Biology, the Glasgow-based team said it had devised a genomic model that could “retrospectively or prospectively predict the probability that viruses will be …
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While cognitive decline is a natural part of aging, researchers say they have discovered a diet associated with better cognitive functioning. In a September study published in the IOS Press Journal, a team from the Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center found that the MIND diet – a hybrid of the Mediterranean diet and the Dietary …
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An Illinois man died this month after being bitten by a bat in the state’s first human case of rabies since 1954. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said in a statement that the Lake County man, in his 80s, declined to start post-exposure rabies treatment after the August incident. ILLINOIS MAN DIES OF …
N95 respirators could offer robust protection from wildfire smoke, researchers say. According to an August study in the AGU journal GeoHealth, the regulatory standard masks offer a “promising means” to reduce the inhalation of particulate air pollution and reduce the risk of negative health effects. HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILDFIRE SMOKE — EVEN THOUSANDS …
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