China launches spacecraft to explore far side of moon The launch of a mission to the moon by China was the latest move in a renewed space race. The unmanned mission will collect lunar samples from the far side of the moon in an effort to learn more about ... 05/3/2024 - 11:53 am | View Link
China Launches Spacecraft to Collect First-Ever Samples From Moon's Dark Side Blast Off China literally shot for the Moon on Friday in a historic mission to collect and bring back samples from the mysterious dark side of the Moon that we do not see from Earth, The Washington ... 05/3/2024 - 9:57 am | View Link
China Launches Mission to Return First Samples From Moon's Elusive Far Side A Chinese probe is on its way to the far side of the Moon to collect samples and drop them off at Earth in what would be a historic first. The Chang’e-6 mission launched from the Wenchang Satellite ... 05/3/2024 - 9:26 am | View Link
The lunar far side is wildly different from what we see. Scientists want to know why There’s no real “dark side” of the moon, but the far side, which faces away from Earth, is different from the near side we see every day. Samples could reveal why. 05/3/2024 - 4:14 am | View Link
China launches probe set to probe dark side of moon China hopes to return samples from the far side of the moon in a mission that started Friday with the unmanned rocket launch from the Wenchang Space Launch Center. The Chang'e-6 probe will land on the ... 05/3/2024 - 2:34 am | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.