China Launches Chang’e-6 Lunar Probe to Explore Moon’s Far Side, Takes Pakistan’s 1st Satellite The Chang’e lunar exploration probe, named after the Chinese moon goddess, signifies China’s ongoing commitment to space exploration. China initiated its first manned space mission in 2003, becoming ... 05/3/2024 - 5:01 am | View Link
China launches lunar probe to take samples from far side of the moon China's advancing space exploration program has launched a new lunar probe to explore the far side of the moon. China has its own space station and conceptual plans for a moon base. 05/3/2024 - 3:52 am | View Link
SpaceX bicoastal launches Thursday, adding to satellite megaconstellation SpaceX launched another group of 23 satellites from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday night via a Falcon 9 rocket, adding to the Starlink megacluster of Internet satellites now in low-Earth orbit. The ... 05/2/2024 - 5:06 pm | View Link
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in 2nd half of spaceflight doubleheader (video) Related: Starlink satellite train: How to see and track it in the night ... including the one that launched from Vandenberg on Thursday. — SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 20th flight of ... 05/2/2024 - 4:37 pm | View Link
SpaceX launches Maxar’s first WorldView Legion imaging satellites The Falcon 9 lifted off at 11:36 a.m. Pacific carrying Maxar-1 — the company’s first two WorldView Legion high-resolution Earth observation satellites, each carrying powerful cameras capable of ... 05/2/2024 - 11:11 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.