Category: Science
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Surprise! Hidden Antarctic Ice Canyons
According to the ESA on October 11, 2017, its : and Sentinel-1 missions have discovered huge canyons cutting through the underside of ice shelves in Antarctica. The ice shelves act as conveyor belts, by which snow that falls in Antarctica ultimately makes its way back to the sea. Portions of the ESA Statement:Â The ice sheet…
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NASA Pinpoints Cause of Earth’s Recent Record Carbon Dioxide Spike
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ —Â A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years. Scientists suspected the 2015-16 El Nino — one of the largest on record — was responsible, but exactly how has…
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Asteroid FlyBy October 11th and 12th, 2017
The Center for Near Earth Object Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and astronomers and observatories around the globe are watching a small asteroid designated 2012 TC4. Asteroid 2012 TC4 will be used as a test of Earth’s global asteroid defense system. Check out the article at Earth-Sky: http://earthsky.org/space/near-earth-asteroid-2012-tc4-close-pass-october-2017 Watch2012 TC4 here: https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/webtv/
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A STRANGE BINARY ASTEROID
Binary asteroid – two asteroids orbiting each other – with comet-like features.
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Telemundo’s “Todos Unidos” And Company-Wide Relief Efforts Raise Over $12.9 Million For Mexico, Puerto Rico, Texas And Florida Natural Disasters
MIAMI, Sept. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Telemundo announced it has raised more than $12.9 million for the Red Cross relief efforts for the victims of the recent natural disasters in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida and the Caribbean islands. Under the banner of “Todos Unidos” (All Together,) the Telemundo Networks, together with the Telemundo and NBC owned stations,…
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THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE
How fast is the universe expanding? A new ScienceCast video from NASA explains more about Hubble’s Constant, which is the name given by astronomers to the rate of the expansion of the universe.
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Honeywell Donates $400,000 Of Personal Protective Equipment To Aid In Mexico’s Earthquake Rescue And Relief Efforts
Donation of nearly 50,000 pieces of protective gear is supporting Mexico Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA)
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California Dairy Community Sends 70,000 Pounds of Food Aid to Areas Affected by Harvey and Irma
TRACY, Calif., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — While one truck arrived at the Treasure Coast Food Bank in Fort Pierce, Florida, the second of two food relief trucks departed from Irwindale, California Tuesday headed for Houston, completing a commitment from the California dairy community to support families in need who were affected by recent hurricanes…
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Verizon customers with family and friends in Mexico can connect for free following powerful earthquake
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ —Â Following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Mexico, Verizon is supporting customers with loved ones potentially impacted by this terrible tragedy by offering free wireless and wireline calling from the U.S. to Mexico to help connect them with family and friends. “For the second time in just two weeks, residents of…
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Six-Legged Robot Launches Its Own Kickstarter Campaign
For the first time, a Kickstarter project has launched its own campaign. On September 12 the Vorpal Combat Hexapod—an open source, 3D printed, wireless walking robot—used one of its six robotic legs to press the “LAUNCH” button on the popular crowdfunding website, triggering its own campaign to go live to Kickstarter’s millions of backers.