As we’re beginning to understand more about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, we’re hopefully starting to get some clues on how to deal with the next viral pandemics, and even look at ways of stopping them from happening. To do this, we hav...
The launch of Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance is delayed again to 30 July at the earliest.
Cattle-feed crops, which end up as beef and dairy products, account for 23% of water consumption in the USAs a fifth-generation rancher in Colorado, Paul Bruchez knows the value of water. Not only does he raise cattle irrigated by the Colorado River...
Phil Evans, formerly at the UK Met Office, will be the new director general of Eumetsat.
The University of Washington physicist who once ran a crowdfunded experiment on backward causation is now weighing in with a potential solution to one of the longest-running puzzles in quantum mechanics. John Cramer, a UW physics professor emeritus,...
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Over the past 150 years, human-caused global warming has erased the natural global cooling that occurred over the previous 6,500 years.
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British firms fail to win leading roles in the expansion of the Copernicus Earth observation project.
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NASA has started preparing for the possibility of launching six more Artemis missions on top of the three it has already confirmed. The space agency has revealed that it has agreed to “provide initial funding and authorization to Northrop Grumman to...
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Astronauts completed their second spacewalk in under a week Wednesday to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station. Commander Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken quickly tackled the big, boxy batteries. For every two outdated batterie...
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"You could have all the renewable energy in the world. But if you don't have the transmission lines, you have nothing," then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in 2010.
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The video combines a decade of images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory into a single hour-long video.
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Can hydrogen - a relatively clean source of fuel - help power the economy of the future?
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NASA says it'll fund more than 400 ideas from small businesses, aimed at creating technologies ranging from plumbing fixtures suitable for the moon to AI-based medical assistants that can provide "an extra pair of trained eyes" for crew...
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NASA remains confident the $2.4 billion rover will be on its way before the planetary launch window closes around August 15.
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NASA has announced its latest batch of small business grants, providing more than 300 businesses a total of $51 million in crucial early-stage funding. Among NASA's own highlights in a news release are high-power solar arrays, a smart air traffic c...