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2 satellites will narrowly avoid colliding over Pennsylvania on Wednesday

We're going to be reminded of that tonight (Jan. 29) when two very old satellites pass within 100 feet of each other 900 km above Pittsburgh. Those new clouds...

Davos leaders ignored climate activists demands: Thunberg

The 50th edition of the annual Swiss Alps forum wrapped up with the menace of climate change hammered into the minds of participants but doubt over whether an...

China coronavirus: 2,000 infected and more than 50 dead

More than 1,300 cases have been confirmed worldwide from the outbreak, and 41 people have died, including a 62-year-old doctor at a Wuhan hospital who contrac...

Threat of contaminated tap water across U.S. 'dramatically underestimated,' scientists warn

PFAS chemicals usually come from sources like Teflon, Scotch Guard, or the foam used in firefighting. Because PFAS are carried around in our blood and aren't di...

The name of the new Rover NASA will determine by vote

The days until NASA's new rover leaves for Mars are just flying by, but the robot explorer can't leave Earth without a new name! It's hoped that it'll lead th...

Coca-Cola wants to keep using plastic bottles because people want it

Sian Sutherland, of A Plastic Planet campaign group, reacted angrily, saying: 'Shame on Coca-Cola!' " Do they really think the public enjoy seeing beaches a...

U.S. Secretary comments have "no effect" say Thunberg

But, speaking on a panel with other young activists, she added: "From another perspective, pretty much nothing has been done". Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, wh...

Ok,Boomer: Netizens Clash Swords Over Greta Thunberg’s Rebuke at Steve Mnuchin

Ms Nakate gave a news conference in Davos on Friday alongside fellow climate activists Greta Thunberg , Loukina Tille, Luisa Neubauer and Isabelle Axelsson. ...

Province sets up special website dedicated to China's coronavirus outbreak

Almost all of those who died were in the Wuhan region, but officials have confirmed two deaths elsewhere - one in Hebei province and another in the northeaste...

China battles coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates

She said she "couldn't take it anymore". "The community needs to understand that it is being well handled in concert with the state and territories, and the C...

Coronavirus could affect 350,000 in Wuhan alone as scientists drastically up estimates

Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming and Josh Hawley of Missouri said the CDC will announce a third US case of coronavirus on Friday afternoon, according to B...

Malcolm Turnbull criticizes Scott Morrison for "minimizing" the bush fire crisis

Mr. Morrison said the government was considering an option to designate and shame states that do not complete the burns necessary to reduce danger. He "could ...

Coronavirus not yet 'emergency' outside China, WHO says

Overnight, the World Health Organization said it was "too early" to declare the coronavirus outbreak as an global public health emergency. From 10 a.m...

Trump to attend anti-abortion rally in Washington

In 2018, Trump addressed the event via a livestream from the White House Rose Garden. "NCGA appreciates the work done by the Trump administration to provide...

Scientists Unearth 33 Viruses, Long Locked in Tibetan Glacier

This discovery began back in 1992, then most recently in 2015, when a scientific team led by researchers from the United States and China journeyed to exotic T...

Tropical sharks are using their fins to walk

A team of global researchers recently introduced the world to four new species of "walking sharks" discovered in waters off northern Australia and New Guinea....

Wuhan on Lockdown As 17 Dead, 571 Infected With Coronavirus

Hospital staff wash the emergency entrance of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some infected with a new virus are being treated, in Wuhan, China, Jan. Huan...

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says Greta Thunberg can criticize "after she studies economics"

In Davos , Thunberg took part in a panel discussion hosted by The New York Times , where she told the audience there is a real need for immediate action on cl...

NASA's next Mars rover will get one of these 9 names

NASA originally received over 28,000 names and essay submissions from students in all years of primary and secondary schooling across the USA, narrowing the co...

Watch live streaming video right now of NASA astronauts’ spacewalk

The astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch , who were swimming in the station's Quest airlock, planned to switch their spacesuits to battery-operated aro...

SpaceX Test Success Allows US To Resume Flights to ISS

The capsule was uncrewed during the test. Now that SpaceX has completed Crew Dragon's in-flight launch escape test , when can you expect a mission with hum...

Now, Build Your Own International Space Station with Lego Bricks

A new International Space Station has been launched, but you won't find one that orbits the Earth. Many more details of the set can be found in this gallery...

Oldest known asteroid strike may have ended Snowball Earth

The team analysed the minerals zircon and monazite that were "shock recrystallized" by the asteroid strike, at the base of the eroded crater to determine the ex...

Flooding and damage at coastal tourist town as deadly storm hits Spain

At time of writing, the death toll from Storm Gloria stands at four. A man died in the northern province of Leon when he was run over by a auto as he tried to...

Trump dismisses climate 'prophets of doom' as Greta Thunberg looks on

Federal Reserve on Tuesday. "This year the USA might further escalate their campaign against Huawei but I feel the impact on Huawei's business would not be ve...

Trump says USA will join the 1 trillion trees initiative

The meeting this year runs from January 21 - 24. Protesters will gather at the ski resort and stage a demonstration calling for the end of the World Economic F...

Climate Change Pushing Australia's Platypus Towards Extinction

Lead author Gilad Bino, a researcher at the UNSW Centre for Ecosystem Science, said action must be taken now to prevent the platypus from disappearing from our ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully simulates emergency landing

SpaceX boss Elon Musk described the test as "picture perfect" in a post-mission briefing, observing that things had gone as well as one could expect. As the...

European Space Agency starts plant where oxygen is extracted from moondust

Having our own facility allows us to focus on oxygen production, by measuring it with a mass spectrometer as it is extracted from the regolith simulant, Lomax s...

Unique Dinosaur Specimen In China Reveals Something Unexpected

It possessed a scaly face, a mouth full of pointy teeth and one particularly unsafe toe claw, and probably hunted small mammals, lizards, birds and fish. Most m...

Greta Thunberg urges leaders to listen to climate change figures

Trump's Marine One helicopter touched down in the picturesque Swiss ski resort shortly ahead of his scheduled speech to the World Economic Forum , which this y...

PM Imran leaves for Davos to attend World Economic Forum

He said: "We should end once and for all the ultra-high-consuming festival of mutual back-slapping that is the elites" " world economic forum' ". "This was th...

Malaysia returns 42 containers to United Kingdom in purge of 'illegal' foreign waste

The containers held more than 3,700 tons of plastic waste, and originated from 13 countries. But these issues appear to have been ironed out, with even the ex...

Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort's successful completion clears way for crewed flights

After some weather-caused delays, SpaceX launched the uncrewed Crew Dragon spaceship atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space C...

No in-flight abort for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft today

On Saturday morning, Elon Musk's space organization intends to lead an urgent wellbeing exhibit called an in-flight prematurely end test. That spacecraft became...