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A historic partial air-and-space stunned viewers around the world on Thursday night.  LONGEST PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE IN NEARLY 600 YEARS: WHEN TO WATCH next Image 1 of 3 A shadow falls on the moon, as seen beside the world’s tallest broadcasting tower Tokyo Skytree, during a partial lunar eclipse in …

A air-and-spaceair-and-space” target=”_blank”>eclipse < – will be one for the history books due to its unusually long duration. This will be the longest partial lunar eclipse “within a stretch of 1,000 years.” US CONDEMNS RUSSIA FOR BLOWING UP OWN SATELLITE AND CREATING SPACE DEBRIS The last time a partial lunar eclipse …

A wild-nature” target=”_blank”>prosthetic-tailed dolphin< aquarium despite life-saving efforts to treat a gastrointestinal abnormality, aquarium officials said. The 16-year-old female bottlenose dolphin died while being held by animal care experts who were preparing Winter for a procedure at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium where the famous marine mammal has long resided. “While …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.– Four astronauts returned to Earth on Monday, riding home with SpaceX to end a 200-day space station mission that began last spring. Their capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, in darkness. Recovery boats quickly moved in with spotlights. Their homecoming …

A U.S. survey of astronomers puts the search for air-and-space” target=”_blank”>extraterrestrial life< Also ranked high: exploring the origins and evolution of black holes, neutron stars, galaxies and the entire universe. At the same time, the 614-page report stressed the need for greater diversity among astronomy’s ranks – still predominantly male …

air-and-space Hubble Space Telescope is in safe mode yet again. A release from the agency explained it was continuing to look into why the iconic air-and-space” target=”_blank”>space-based< operations.  NASA SCIENTISTS CALL FOR NEW FRAMEWORK IN SEARCH FOR ALIEN LIFE At 1:46 a.m. EDT on Oct. 23, the telescope’s science instruments …

environment may impact the production of corn (maize) and wheat as early as 2030, according to air-and-space researchers.  A new study from the agency published in the journal Nature Food said that under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, maize crop yields are projected to decline by 24% and wheat …

Humans introduced a new life form to air-and-space” target=”_blank”>outer space< astronauts harvested the first-ever chile peppers onboard the International Space Station.  The Hatch chile pepper seeds arrived at the air-and-space on a SpaceX resupply mission in June and were promptly planted by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough.  “Finally, I made my …

A fireworks show that has nothing to do with the Fourth of July and everything to do with the cosmos is poised to be visible across the northern United States and world-regions just in time for occasions. On Thursday, the sun launched what is called an “X-class solar flare” that …

On Thursday, the sun released a significant solar flare toward planet-earth” target=”_blank”>Earth< travel. NASA SCIENTISTS CALL FOR NEW FRAMEWORK IN SEARCH FOR ALIEN LIFE The flare was classified as an X1, with the X-class being the most intense. X10 flares are considered unusually intense. This was the second X-class flare …