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Roads, ports closed after Hurricane Zeta slams Gulf Coast (with forecast video)

Across the state, power outages posed a problem for polling places, and Gov. About 1.9 million power customers in Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina,...

Water found on sunlit face of moon by NASA

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October’s second full moon, a ‘blue moon,’ will shine Halloween night

Simply put, it is being called a Blue Moon because it will be the second of two full Moons to occur in a single calendar month . So if you are in high sc...

Google ups their commitment to recycling and sustainability

This year, all of the new Pixel and Nest products are designed with recycled material. "Google's focus on incorporating recycled materials in our hardware d...

Man electrocuted in United States by downed power line after Hurricane Zeta strikes

At 4 p.m. CDT, the center of Hurricane Zeta was centered over the Gulf of Mexico along the Louisana coastline near Cocodrie, about 65 miles south-southwest of...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Goes for Early Stow of Asteroid Sample

The team will send the preliminary commands to the spacecraft to start the stow sequence and, once OSIRIS-REx completes each step in sequence, the spacecraft se...

Cheyenne Expecting Mostly Clear Skies for Halloween's Full Moon

That's not all - this Halloween's full moon is also a rare blue moon . While it's the rare Halloween movie that comes without a full moon, in real-life it'...

'Massive' coral reef taller than the Empire State Building discovered in Australia

The reef was discovered while mapping the northern Great Barrier Reef seabed from the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor . And at approximate...

NASA Discovers of Water on Sunlit surface of Moon

NASA reported that on October 27 , citing Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washing...

Tropical storm Zeta strengthens into hurricane as it heads for Mexico

Heavy rain is likely with storm total rainfall amounts of three to six inches and localized totals up to eight inches possible where rain bands repeatedly move ...

There will be a blue Hunter's Moon this Halloween

In most years, we only see one moon a month. As you may already know, full moons typically occur once a month. The second full moon in the current month, re...

How the 2020 Orionid Meter Shower Reached its Shiny Peak this week

The Moon is far from full, and most importantly, the Earth is passing through the densest part of a cloud of debris dismissed by Halley's Comet. During this t...

US Election: NASA Astronaut Votes Early From Space Station

This will not be the first or last time Americans will be casting vote from outside this world. Rubins shared her voting selfie from orbit after stating befor...

Zeta close to hurricane strength; track confidence improves

EDT Monday, Zeta boasted winds near 130 km/h and was roughly 170 kilometres southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Zeta is moving toward the northwest near 10 miles pe...

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins casts 2020 vote from space

Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi are returning after 115 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 48 and 49 crews onboard the International Spa...

On the moon, water everywhere but not a drop to drink yet

Their flights found that each kilogram of lunar soil along two narrow swaths of the Moon's surface contains between 100 milligrams and 400 milligrams of water, ...

SpaceX Just Landed Three Huge NASA Contracts for Starship Moon Missions

The White House wants to send the next man and the first woman to the Moon in 2024, to be followed by other missions. Blue Origin , the space outfit own...

NASA probe Osiris-Rex 'boops' asteroid Bennu in historic mission

Once positioned on the asteroid , OSIRIS-REx discharged a pressurized nitrogen canister to move and lift the surface material and allow for on-board collection...

Asteroid samples escaping from NASA spacecraft, scientists say

The requirement for the mission was to bring back a minimum of 2 ounces (60 grams). The team suspected that they collected abundant sample particles from Ben...

Epsilon now a category 2 hurricane, Bermuda braced for bad weather

A turn toward the north-northwest is expected later today, followed by a northward motion tonight through Friday night, and an acceleration toward the northeast...

NASA spacecraft grabs sample of rocks from asteroid

All spacecraft telemetry data indicates the sample collection event , known as "Touch-And-Go" (TAG), executed as expected. The spacecraft was travelling at 1...

UArizona touches an asteroid to bring some of it to Earth

It was America's first attempt to gather samples from an asteroid, something already accomplished by Japan - twice. The more scientists know about the paths and...

Flying squirrels taken from Florida and illegally shipped to Asia, authorities allege

The animals were then allegedly laundered through the licensed business of this dealer, who claimed they were captive bred, not wildlife. One suspect remains ...

Fall's best meteor shower to peak on Tuesday night

Although just under two dozen meteors per hour are likely, there is a chance that this year's showing of the Orionids could outperform expectations. PHOENIX- ...

Nasa picks Nokia to build cellular tower on the moon - News - GCR

The US subsidiary of the brand was given a $14.1 million contract to develop the network which would be described as "ultra-compact, low-power, space-hardened"....

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Boops Asteroid Bennu

Otherwise, they will prepare for another attempt in January 2021. "This fantastic first for NASA demonstrates how an incredible team from across the country c...

Asteroid to make close call with Earth before Election Day

A Twitter user disagreed with Neil, saying, "Technically everything is the fault of the Universe, Neil". Tyson goes on to say that it's not big enough to ...

Tropical Storm Epsilon forms in the central Atlantic

Spaghetti models are in general agreement that Hurricane Epsilon will slowly move in a west-northwesterly then northwesterly direction. Maximum sustained wi...

SpaceX Makes Another Internet Satellite Launch

Launched on board the reusable, two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, the lift-off took place from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX h...

Nokia awarded contract to build 4G network on the moon

The contracts are geared toward NASA's Tipping Point program , which funds technologies that, if proved successful, are likely to be adopted by private industr...

Asteroid May Hit Earth One Day Before US Election — NASA Warning

To be clear, that's less than half a percent chance. Paul Chodas, a director at CNEOS , said: " It's really cool to see a small asteroid come by this close, ...

What To Know About NASA's Historic OSIRIS-REx Mission This Week

The drama unfolds Tuesday as the USA takes its first crack at collecting asteroid samples for return to Earth, a feat accomplished so far only by Japan. This mo...

Air supply issues on ISS: Russian Orbital Segment reports failure

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NOAA's Winter Outlook favors a warmer than average season across Mid

More modest probabilities for warmer temperatures are forecast from California to the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast. How much precipitation New England ...

Nokia To Roll Out 4G Network On Moon

Moreover, this won't be the company's first attempt to introduce 4G LTE on the lunar surface . NASA has picked 14 U.S. companies, including several small b...