Category: Science
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The Genesee Arch Bridge: Norfolk Southern and New York State usher in a modern era for freight rail with dedication of new railroad bridge
Supports jobs and economic opportunities across New York’s Southern Tier and Finger Lakes
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NASA Satellites Reveal Major Shifts in Global Freshwater
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists have combined an array of NASA satellite observations of Earth with data on human activities to map locations where freshwater is changing around the globe and to determine why. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, finds that Earth’s wet land areas are getting wetter and dry areas are…
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Urban Loop Begins: Elon Musk says his LA tunnel will be ready to open soon.
Elon Musk announced that his Boring Company has almost completed a tunnel under LA through a short video he posted on Instagram last Thursday, May 11, 2018. The tunnel for transit, which he has been described as an antidote for LA’s gridlock, will open soon, Musk boldly predicts. Is this the test phase of Musk’s more…
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Asteroid 2010 WC9 Lost and Found
Asteroid 2010 WC9 will safely pass at about half’s the moon’s distance on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Estimates of its size range from 197 to 427 feet making the May 15 pass one of the closest approaches ever observed of an asteroid of this size. This asteroid was “lost” and then found again. Asteroid 2010…
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The Mystery Of The Missing Magnetic Monopoles
The Mystery Of The Missing Magnetic Monopoles By Judith E Braffman-Miller The night sky above Earth blazes with the distant fierce fires of countless stars, and when we stare up at this magnificent spectacle of stellar fireworks, we cannot help but wonder how this show came to be. What scientists know now, or…
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Another Meteor Shower: Eta Aquariids
Hey sky watchers and stargazers, get ready for another Meteor Shower. The Eta Aquariid meteors can be seen this weekend. Every year between late April and May, the Earth comes into the orbital path of Halley’s Comet, plowing through the stream of comet debris which is the source of the Eta Aquariids. This shower favors…
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Strange Holes in the Ice
Some Strange Holes in the Ice Operation IceBridge, a NASA program, has been making yearly flights over the Arctic and over the Antarctic for nearly a decade. Using the most sophisticated imaging techniques possible and flying a P3 Orion aircraft, they are hoping to understand more about the North and South poles. Operation IceBridge is a…
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TESS to Discover Exoplanets
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or TESS was successfully launched on April 18, 2018 aboard a Space X Falcon 9 rocket. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a space telescope for NASA‘s Explorers program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by the Kepler mission. During its primary mission, it is expected to find more…
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GLORY ON THE CLOUDS
When you’re traveling by air and when the sun is slightly behind the aircraft you usually notice something that appears on the clouds… Well, normally it’s a shadow of the jet appears out there. Suppose you were to look out the window and notice a glowing saint like halo around the shadow… This is called…
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It’s April 22nd and it’s Earth Day
It’s April 22nd and it’s Earth Day. What is Earth Day? Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it…