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Water detected below Martian surface, researchers say

“Significant amounts of water” have been found beneath the surface of air-and-space.  The world-regions and world-regions air-and-space” target=”_blank”>space agency< In a release, ESA said that the water was detected using the Trace Gas Orbiter’s (TGO) Fine Resolution Epithermal Neutron Detector (FREND) instrument, which has the ability to detect hydrogen in …

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Geminid meteor shower: What to know

air-and-space” target=”_blank”>Sky-gazers<. NASA TO CRASH SPACECRAFT INTO ASTEROID TO TEST PLANETARY DEFENSE: WHAT TO KNOW Caused by debris from 3200 Phaethon – which astronomers have argued to be both an extinct comet and an asteroid – the Geminids are denser than other meteors in other showers.  The density enables the …

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Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan invest $3.4B for science advances

The company that runs the philanthropy of companies CEO mark-zuckerberg” target=”_blank”>Mark Zuckerberg< over 10 to 15 years, according to a spokesperson for the organization. GREATER GEORGIA DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY ON ZUCKERBERG’S $5.6M DONATION TO RAFFENSPERGER IN 2020 ELECTION The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, or CZI, announced Tuesday its new effort is aiming …

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NASA to launch latest mission to test laser communication in space

air-and-space next laser communications mission will launch early Sunday morning.  The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will lift off on a air-and-space during a two-hour window scheduled from 4:04 to 6:04 a.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.  LCRD, a hosted payload on STPSat-6 spacecraft led by …

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Fossils reveal a new dinosaur species that was the size of dogs

Fossils found in Chile are from a strange-looking dog-sized dinosaur species that had a unique slashing tail weapon, scientists reported Wednesday.  Some dinosaurs had spiked tails they could use as stabbing weapons and others had tails with clubs. The new species, described in a study in the journal Nature, has …

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NASA delays spacewalk following space debris alert

A scheduled air-and-space” target=”_blank”>spacewalk< astronauts was postponed after the agency received a debris warning for the International Space Station (ISS).  In a statement, NASA wrote that the notification of debris was received on Monday evening. NASA LAUNCHES SPACECRAFT TO CRASH INTO ASTEROID “Due to the lack of opportunity to properly …

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NASA launches spacecraft to crash into asteroid

air-and-space launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.  The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force …

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Pentagon launching new UFO investigation unit, replacing Navy group: report

The federal government is embarking on a new attempt to explain the unexplainable. The defense” target=”_blank”>Defense< in restricted airspace, officials said Tuesday. The new group will replace the U.S. military’s Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, the military said in a statement, according to the New York Post. SEN. GILLIBRAND INTRODUCES …

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NASA to crash spacecraft into asteroid to test planetary defense: What to know

air-and-space Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, the world’sa> first <a href="https: defense” target=”_blank”>defense< is scheduled to air-and-space early Wednesday morning.  The agency said the mission will help determine if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an air-and-space is an effective way to change the asteroid’s course. SEARCH FOR LIFE ON …

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