Why Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average
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Chinese startup raises funds for space situational awareness constellation, joining commercial SSA rush
SINGAPORE — A Beijing-based startup has secured around $14 million to build a satellite constellation for tracking orbital…
A Wandering Black Hole Meets a Wandering Star
What happens when a black hole and a star meet in the middle of nowhere in a galaxy?…
Galaxy Mergers May Not Stifle Star Formation After All, According to Illustris TNG
A galaxy’s star formation rate (SFR) is one of its defining properties. Some galaxies are undergoing furious star…
NASA Chief Jared Isaacman Says ‘Never Bet Against’ Elon Musk, Adds ‘We Can’t Do It Without’ SpaceX for Mo
AI Race Healthy for NASA During an appearance on the Moonshot podcast on Monday, Isaacman said that the…
Kenya investigating unexpected deaths of 15 elephants in national park | Kenya
Officials are investigating the deaths of 15 elephants over the past month in Kenya’s Amboseli national park. The…
Queen Bee Pheromones Guide Daughters’ Nest Choices
Female sweat bees need to make a pivotal life decision: remain in the nest to help their mother…
ESA opens call to repurpose Gateway communications module
JOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar…
Cassini was deliberately flown into Saturn in September 2017 while still working perfectly, because the alternative was letting a dying spacecraft carrying Earth bacteria eventually drift into Enceladus, a moon with a liquid ocean and hydrothermal vents on its floor.
On 15 September 2017, Cassini entered Saturn’s atmosphere while eight of its instruments were still returning data. The…
Gas emissions fall but progress still too slow
Greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland’s buildings fell again last year, but the Climate Change Advisory Council has warned…
Kiwi space capsule startup takes off with $10.5 million pre-Seed raise
An Auckland-based startup has raised US$7.35 million (A$10.5m) in pre-seed funding to build commercial payload capsules for space.…
Why Scientists Redesigned the Botox Enzyme With AI
Building new enzymes is a labor of love. These proteins are the body’s chemical workhorses, speeding up the…