Boeing drone refuels Navy fighter jet for the first time

In partnership with aerospace company Boeing, the military has successfully carried out aerial energy” target=”_blank”>refueling< USS OKLAHOMA SOLDIERS’ AND MARINES’ REMAINS RETURNED TO HAWAII FOR BURIAL The receiver Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet approached the Boeing MQ-25 T1 Stingray drone and reportedly evaluated formation, wake survey, drogue tracking and “plugged” with the aircraft. Fuel was then transferred…

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90% of sharks mysteriously wiped out nearly 20 million years ago: researchers

An extinction event about 19 million years ago decimated wild-nature populations by up to 90%, researchers say.  In a paper published Thursday in the journal Science, Yale University planet-earth and digging-history” target=”_blank”>paleontologist< By studying shark teeth and other marine microfossils buried in deep-sea Pacific sediment, the pair reportedly found that current shark diversity was just…

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NASA administrator details missions to moon, Mars, Venus and the agency's efforts on Earth

air-and-space Administrator Bill Nelson has cosmically grand plans for the agency, including a trip to air-and-space, an advanced look at the planet-earth” target=”_blank”>Earth< and landing humans on air-and-space. Speaking at his first “State of NASA” address Wednesday afternoon, the former Florida senator announced the groundbreaking missions, sending the air-and-space” target=”_blank”>space< surrounded dual missions to Earth’s…

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Jeff Corwin on historic Tasmanian devil return: It's 'a glimmer of hope'

wild-nature” target=”_blank”>Tasmanian devils< mainland for the first time in more than 3,000 years.  New South Wales’ Aussie Ark wildlife sanctuary announced the seven historic births on social media last week.  There are just around 25,000 devils left in the Tasmanian wild today and the species is listed as endangered on the united-nations” target=”_blank”>United Nations’< and…

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Amazing new image from NASA's Chandra Observatory reveals colorful threads of Milky Way

An amazing new view of the air-and-space” target=”_blank”>Milky Way< Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields that weave the cosmic tapestry together. The panoramic X-ray view of the galactic center strings together 370 separate pointings of the orbiting telescope, building on previous Chandra observations over the past two decades. BLOOD…

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