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science / science - 4 years ago

Slow-crawling Dorian a new kind of threat

After devastating the Bahamas, Dorian is continuing its long crawl toward the southeast US with slightly weakened winds. Hurricane Dorian stormed into the record books on Sunday when its maximum sustained winds of 185 miles (300 kilometers) per hour...

science / science - 4 years ago

Upper atmosphere gridlock stalled Dorian

Hurricane Dorian is finally moving. Before Dorian picked up speed Tuesday morning, the upper atmosphere had been too calm. Its eyewall first hit Grand Bahama Island Sunday night, and into Tuesday morning part of the eye still lingered there, meteor...

science / science - 4 years ago

US imposes sanctions on Iran space program

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Iran's space program, saying that a recent explosion on a launch pad was a sign of missile work. "The United States will not allow Iran to use its space launch program as cover to advance its ballist...

science / science - 4 years ago

U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran space agencies

The United States imposed sanctions on Iran's civilian space agency and two research organizations on Tuesday, saying they were being used to advance Tehran's ballistic missile programme. The U.S. Treasury sanctions targeted the Iran Space Agency, I...

science / science - 4 years ago

ESA re-routes satellite to avoid SpaceX collision risk

The European Space Agency said Tuesday it had altered the trajectory of one of its observation satellites to avoid a possible collision with a craft operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. "@ESA 's #Aeolus Earth observation satellite fired its thrusters, mo...