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China Already Planning Next Moon Mission This Year, Mars In 2020

In a post from the South China Morning Post , we learn that the cotton seeds were transported in an airtight container comprised of soil, air, water, and more....

Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night

Depending on where you are in the country, the moon might "turn a copper-orange-reddish color", according to a January 7 article Forbes magazine. Enjoy it. It...

CERN plans huge new $15 billion particle collider

The aim would be to create a collider able to generate 100TeV that would lay the basis for 21st-century high-energy physics and answer questions about the Stand...

Seeds just sprouted on the Moon for the first time in history

The ability to grow plants on the Moon is integral to long-term space missions, it could potentially allow astronauts to harvest their own food in space, reduci...

First life to sprout on the Moon is already dead

The mission's architects say the experiments could help lay a foundation for one day establishing a lunar base . Once on the Moon's far side, ground control ...

Seeds Have Sprouted On The Moon For The First Time

Reports from China indicate that the cotton seeds have germinated while the lander is parked on the far side of the moon. Cotton seeds have reportedly just s...

China's next moon mission by year-end, East Asia News & Top Stories

The moon is tidally locked to Earth, rotating at the same rate as it orbits our planet, so most of the far side - or "dark side" - is never visible to us. The...

Dirtiest fuels get the chop to clean up log burners

As Thais woke up on Monday morning to another day of murky air blanketing its bustling construction-filled capital, environment group Greenpeace said Bangkok...

Antarctic ice sheet could suffer a one-two climate punch

Co-authors of this study are Jeremie Mouginot, UCI associate researcher in Earth system science; Bernd Scheuchl, UCI associate project scientist in Earth syst...

On the Far Side of the Moon, Cotton Grows

It's also exploring options for a crewed moon mission. Chang'e 4 touched down on the far side of the moon on 3 January with equipment, and a rover meant t...

Nobel-prize winning scientist stripped of honors over ‘reprehensible’ race comments

After his remarks were widely condemned by scientists and he was forced into retirement from the laboratory, Dr Watson has stayed largely absent from the public...

New Climate Change Report Says Ocean Warming Is Far Worse Than Expected

A resident of Pariahan village pumps drinking water from a well, on November 28, 2018 in Bulacan, north of Manila in the Philippines. A warmer ocean causes se...

'One million' fish die in Australian river in 'ecological catastrophe'

In a tweet, Mr Buckingham said he was "involuntarily retching from the smell". "It was one of the most disgusting experiences of my life". Ex-Greens MP Je...

Second fast radio burst detected in space

The radio bursts were observed by CHIME at frequencies between 400 megahertz (MHz) and 800 MHz. The mystery of fast radio bursts has always been a large p...

China’s probe sends panoramic image of moon’s far side

China's space agency has said the mission "lifted the mysterious veil" from the far side of the moon, which is never seen from Earth, and "opened a new chapte...

White Dwarfs Observed Turning into Crystals | Astronomy

About 50 years ago, scientists predicted that the gaseous cores of white dwarfs should crystallise and become solid with the cooling of the hot gases inside the...

Astronomers detect more mystery radio bursts from beyond the Milky Way

CHIME is created to detect FRBs within the 400 to 800 MHz range. Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada said they've discovered the ...

Hubble captures awe-inspiring PHOTO of Triangulum galaxy that spans 19,400 light-years

The most detailed image yet of a 40-billion star neighbouring galaxy has been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope . AStronomers are now studying the data ...

There were attractive pictures of the first in 2019 solar Eclipse

The flawless positioning of the Moon on the ecliptic on July 2, 2019 causes a total solar eclipse , but two weeks later it's nearly as well positioned when it'...

"Repeating Radio Bursts" Detected From Distant Galaxy

In 2007, an astronomy professor and his student detected a fast radio burst , a phenomenon that has been detected many times in the years since. The telescop...

May's deal returns to Parliament as endgame nears

British legislators have slashed the time Prime Minister Theresa May's government will have to formulate a plan B if her widely criticised Brexit deal i...

NASA's TESS Planet Hunting Satellite Discovers Third New Exoplanet

The scientists announced the results at the annual American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle. This year, Kevin Hardegree-Ullman, postdoctoral scholar i...

Thousands stung by bluebottle jellyfish on Queensland beaches

About 13,000 stings were recorded in the past week - three times more than in the corresponding period a year ago. The creature's stings are painful but not...

Overtaking Russia: In space, the US sees a rival in China

The craft's rover, called Yutu 2, has started to make its way across the lunar surface . While China is the first to land a spacecraft on the far side, there ...

'Snowman' shape of distant Ultima Thule revealed

Data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which explored Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule earlier this week, is yielding scientific discoveries daily. NASA s...

Chinese craft lands on dark side of the moon

With no direct communication link to Earth, all data sent by the probe go through a separate satellite first before getting relayed to ground control. What is t...

Quadrantid shower: How to watch 2019's first meteors tonight

The Quadrantids aren't known for producing fireballs, but could still generate some extremely bright meteors, he notes. If clouds thwart viewing plans, both ...

Chance to see meteor shower in skies over north-east tonight

The last time that Qatar had an encounter with meteor showers was back in November previous year when annual meteors "Taurid and Leonid" appeared in the skies o...

Queen rocker turned astrophysicist Brian May writes tribute to New Horizons

End to end, the world measures 19 miles (about 31 kilometers) in length. It will take almost two years for New Horizons to beam back all of its observations...

NASA Says Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks Thursday Night

While the peak of the shower won't be until the early hours, there's a good chance you'll see shooting stars during the later part of the evening so you won't h...

China prepares for landing of lunar probe Chang'e 4

The landing is expected to take place on Thursday and is another critical step in the country's ambitions to challenge USA and Russian dominance in space. Whate...

Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on Moon's far side

The Moon's dark side remains largely unexplored because its position shields it from radio frequencies, preventing direct contact with the Earth. Previous space...

National parks dealing with vandals, human waste in shutdown

The partial federal government shutdown has left many parks without most of the rangers and others who staff campgrounds and otherwise keep parks running. The...

MU69 revealed as a contact binary in first New Horizons data returns

Yesterday, Principal Investigator Alan Stern said that if he had to bet, his money would be on 2014 MU69 being a single object - a prediction agreed to by oth...

Nasa probe in landmark space exploration

An artist's illustration shows the New Horizons spacecraft encountering Ultima Thule , a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles beyond Pluto. The...