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Joint Russian-US crew blasts off to International Space Station

Vagner added that they were preparing to welcome the Soyuz MS-17 "in just 2.5 hours". Ahead of the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the cr...

SpaceX Cargo Dragon Capsule Splashes Down to Earth

Agricultural science is the primary objective, stressed Nicolas Gaume, Space Cargo Unlimited's CEO and co-founder, although he admits it will be fun to sample t...

Five quick questions answered about finding water on the Moon

For SOFIA, a telescope that flies inside of a modified 747 jet airliner, at heights of up to 45,000 feet, this was the first time it was used to take observat...

Andy Murray tests positive for COVID-19 before Australian Open

All players must return a negative test prior to boarding their flight to Australia. Two players - America's Denis Kudla and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo -...

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to search for pandemic origins

The WHO team underwent both throat swabs and serum antibody tests at the airport, and will go through relevant quarantine procedures required under China's ep...

French wine returns to Earth after a year in space

Dragon was launched on December 6 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida , arriving at the station just ...

Here`s how long Moderna`s vaccine will protect you from coronavirus

The new measures include also limiting the operating hours of non-essential businesses, capping outdoor gatherings to five and boosting enforcement of the rules...

Was 'TRUMP' Carved into a Florida Manatee's Back?

The defacement of the manatee with " Trump " is anything but accidental. The Chronicle published a video showing an underwater view of the slow-moving mamma...

Earth’s spin is believed to be speeding up

However, now the planet is speeding up and a negative leap second may soon be needed so atomic clocks can align correctly with the turning world . The ...

SpaceX completes 2021 first rocket launch by sending communications satellite

According to Spaceflight Now , the tracking data of the U.S. military shows that the Falcon 9 successfully delivered the Turksat 5A to the orbit "ranging betwe...

US judge denies effort to stop drilling auction in Arctic refuge

The sale generated $14.4 million, according to the U.S. Department of Interior - far short of the expected take. BERKELEY, CA-JAN. 7, 2021-Trump administratio...

Quebec to impose 'electroshock' curfew for 4 weeks, starting Saturday

He said the impact of cancelled procedures is already being felt: breast cancer patients are presenting with larger tumours than they were before the pandemic, ...

Quadrantid meteor shower peaks this weekend and other celestial events in 2021

Toronto time on January 3 and the best time to see these without the moon is before dawn", said Vaughan, a public outreach and education specialist with the Roy...

Prime viewing for Quadrantids meteor shower early Sunday

At non-peak times, there will be fewer meteors over Norfolk, but the ones that do appear will be long-lived meteors which will travel across a wide area of sky...

First Known Case Of UK COVID-19 Variant Identified In The US

Gavin Newsom announced the new variant of the coronavirus is circulating somewhere in Southern California, leaders of the Los Angeles County Department of Pu...

Donald Trump returns to White House early, offers year-end message

The move could delay the process as Congress hears objections. Iran's initial response, five days after that deadly USA drone strike, was a ballistic missile at...

A Chinese Covid-19 vaccine has proved effective, its maker says

The minister told Reuters the purchase would be of the vaccine candidate developed by Sinopharm's Beijing Institute of Biological Products. The political stak...

US Nurse Tests Positive Over A Week After Receiving Pfizer Vaccine

Despite a slow start to US vaccinations, there was good news overseas this week as the United Kingdom gave emergency-use authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine ...

Cold Moon 2020: Date, timings and everything you need to know

The occurrence of a second full moon in October, known as a Blue Moon , meant 2020 had an extra full moon . There are other names of the Full Cold Moon. The a...

"Doc" Antle from Tiger King indicted on animal cruelty charges

Attorney General Mark Herring said Friday that a months-long investigation found that Bhagavan "Doc" Antle and the owner of a roadside zoo in Virginia traff...

Hong Kong: 10 defendants face trial over attempt to flee country

The incident came two months after Beijing imposed a harsh national security law on Hong Kong in response to last year's massive protests against Communist ...

Have a Merry and Eco-Friendly Christmas: Recycle Your Tree

Marion residents can set out their real trees beginning today through January 8th. Trees will be mulched and the mulch will be used at Hays County Parks . The...

Russian-US Crew Launches on Fast Track to the Space Station

He is a retired captain in the U.S. Navy, with more than 7,800 flight hours and 663 carrier landings in tactical jet aircraft. Almost nine minutes after a suc...

More cases of new Covid variant found in Europe

Coronavirus infections in Tokyo hit a record daily high of 949 cases on Saturday, local media reported, as Japan heads into the New Year holiday period, which i...

"Christmas Star" visible this week

With the astronomical event known as a "Great Conjunction" taking place at night, almost everyone around the world will be able to see it. When the NAC captur...

UK Records Highest Daily Number Of Coronavirus Cases

Meanwhile, Hancock said that another new variant of the novel coronavirus , reportedly related to travellers from South Africa, has been detected in Britain, a...

Great conjunction something special for sky-watchers

Since Jupiter and Saturn are bright planets, they can also be sighted from cities. The planets Jupiter and Saturn will be at the closest possible distance to ...

Coronavirus In Illinois: State passes 900,000 Cases, Adds 79 Additional Deaths

Through today, 326 have died from COVID-19 related illness in the county. They were among 95 resident deaths recorded statewide on Sunday. Manatee County's cu...

Jupiter and Saturn Great Conjunction captured in Arizona

Look for the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction low in the western sky for about an hour after sunset each evening during this time. In an online lecture on Thursda...

Christmas Star set to make first appearance in 800 years on Monday

On the night of December 21, the winter solstice , Jupiter and Saturn will appear so closely aligned in our sky that they will look like a double planet. S...

SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral

After Thursday, December 17th's SpaceX launch of a spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office was canceled due to high pressure in the rocket's upper ...

Gene-Edited Pigs Approved For Human Consumption In The US

The genetically engineered mammals are called GalSafe pigs. Consumption of standard red meat, which also contains alpha-gal, can then trigger allergic reactions...

China's lunar mission returns to Earth with moon samples

We will make analysis comprehensively, and try to obtain more useful information with the smallest sample amount". China assured today that it will share wi...

Hayabusa2 brings back first-ever gas sample from deep space

Then, by Tuesday, they found more of the soil and gas samples in a compartment that stored those from the first of Hayabusa's two touchdowns on the astero...

Great Conjunction aligns Jupiter and Saturn

Hoosiers interested in watching the " Christmas Star " line up should look into the southwest sky about 45 minutes after sunset. Binoculars should be enough to ...