Scientists Are Very Worried About NASA’s Mars Plan Perseverance will stay on Mars forever, but the majority of its carefully packaged samples are meant to return to Earth. The Mars Sample Return mission, known as MSR for short, is one of the boldest ... 05/22/2024 - 3:40 am | View Link
NASA astronauts & Starliner launch: Where to see liftoff in Daytona, New Smyrna, Oak Hill As of Wednesday, May 22, Starliner has no launch date. However, there are SpaceX Starlink launches with a Falcon 9 rocket scheduled for this month (details below on Florida rocket launches).Start the ... 05/22/2024 - 2:13 am | View Link
NASA selects UChicago undergraduates’ proposal to build a ‘nano-satellite’ The satellite, named PULSE-A (for Polarization modUlated Laser Satellite Experiment), was designed and will be built by a group of University of Chicago undergraduates from the Pritzker School of ... 05/21/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
NASA is sky-high again in latest survey of federal employees In a city that revolves around the federal government, the annual Best Places to Work survey is a closely watched annual event worthy of bragging rights - provided you're one of the agencies such as ... 05/20/2024 - 9:16 pm | View Link
With more 'unfriendly behaviour' and new weapons, the world is preparing for war in space Satellites are under threat like never before and more countries are preparing for wars in space. So, what exactly is going on above the atmosphere? And should we be worried? 05/20/2024 - 8:33 am | View Link
Jordyn Bristow can’t remember how or why she became unbearably repulsed by feet. All she knows is that starting about three years ago, when she caught a glimpse of someone’s bare feet, she wanted to vomit. The urge hasn’t let up. “I start gagging—it’s horrible,” says Bristow, 18, who lives in Tasmania, Australia.
BANGKOK — Aviation investigators arrived in Bangkok Wednesday to learn how and why severe turbulence sent a Singapore Airlines plane into a sudden dive that tossed passengers and crew around the cabin, leaving a British man dead and dozens others injured.
Twenty people remained in intensive care in hospital after Flight SQ321, which was flying from London’s Heathrow airport to Singapore, hit the turbulence Tuesday over the Andaman Sea.
Los Angeles Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are investigating the source of the ketamine that led to Matthew Perry’s death, authorities said on Tuesday.
Perry, a household name best known for his decade-long portrayal of Chandler Bing in comedy series Friends, was discovered unresponsive in the “heated end of a swimming pool” in his Los Angeles home on Oct.
Summer is just around the corner and those looking for something to read on the beach, by the pool or even indoors are in luck. The most anticipated books of summer 2024 seem to offer something for everyone: a heart-pounding mystery from Rachel Howzell Hall, a hip-hop history lesson from Questlove, and another Elizabeth Strout novel that stars her abrasive heroine Olive Kitteridge.
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, you can relax with memoirs from Dr.
Here’s how people think great things happen in Silicon Valley: A bright-eyed startup founder sketches a groundbreaking idea on a napkin. The napkin is picked up by a savvy venture capitalist. The VC glances at the sketch, gets excited, and wires millions of dollars to the young entrepreneur. And a unicorn—that is, a company that will reach the $1 billion level in value—is born.
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This narrative of high stakes, fast decisions, and a risky gamble is alluringly cinematic.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader prayed Wednesday over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials who were killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Later, hundreds of thousands of people followed a procession honoring the dead down Tehran’s main boulevard.
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Iran’s Shiite theocracy views mass demonstrations as crucial evidence of its legitimacy and the people’s support.
Still, Wednesday’s funeral service for President Ebrahim Raisi and others saw a turnout that onlookers described as noticeably lower than the 2020 procession honoring Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.