Category: Science
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Deflecting an Asteroid
Scientists are planning a mission, what they are calling the first planetary defense test. They plan to deflect an asteroid and alter its path.
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Predicting Droughts Months in Advance
Researchers in Australia are in the process of using new space technology to predict droughts and increased brush fire risk close to five months in advance.
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Easter Island Statues Probably Marked Fresh Water Sources
They may have solved a mystery on Easter Island. Most of us have heard of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui in the local language, with its towering heads statues made of stone, and the mystery surrounding them.
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Samsung Electronics to Replace Plastic Packaging with Sustainable Materials
Under the company’s sustainability policy, Samsung plans to minimize and replace packaging with environmentally sustainable materials
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Sunday night’s Super Blood Wolf Moon
It was overcast when I went into the backyard to see the rising of the Supermoon Sunday night. The super blood wolf moon. was due to appear.
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2019 Full Supermoon Total Eclipse
The first full moon and the first lunar eclipse of 2019 will occur on Sunday night-Monday morning, January 20-21, 2019.
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Mysterious Signals From Space, Again!
Astronomers in Canada have detected mysterious repeating signals for a second time coming from space.
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Disappearing Iridium Flares
Iridium flares are disappearing from our skies. These flares are the visible phenomenon caused by the reflective surfaces of the panels of passing Iridium satellites reflecting sunlight toward the Earth
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Breaks Record After Orbiting Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft carried out a single, eight-second burn of its thrusters and entered into orbit around the asteroid Bennu, becoming the smallest object ever to be orbited by a spacecraft.
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China’s Chang’e 4 Probe Lands on the Far Side of the Moon
A spacecraft that belongs to the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) has just landed on a previously unexplored region on the far side of the moon.