Friday’s SpaceX launch of the Falcon 9 rocket, which was to launch an advanced GPS satellite into orbit for the U.S. military, was halted two seconds before take-off. The launch is scheduled for EDT (Saturday 01:43 GMT) from 40 to 9:43 pm at the Space Launch Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch line was dropped by the missile control …
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Buried lakes of salt water on Mars may provide conditions for life
In 2018 the team of Italian scientists announced to the world Lake on Mars. Using satellite radar data, the team detected the brightest part of the South Pole at a distance of about 20 km, located at a depth of about 1.5 km under ice and dust. After analysis, they concluded that the bright area was a sub-classic lake filled …
Read More »Corona virus: A sixth patient with Covid-19 died at Daisy Hill Hospital
Image copyright Pacemaker Image title Six patients have died as a result of an outbreak of Covid 19 in the hospital’s male medical ward A sixth patient at Daisy Hill Hospital in New York City has died after a positive test for Covit-19. Thirteen patients associated with the male medical ward of County Town Hospital were tested positive for the …
Read More »October sky brings a harvest moon and a rare Halloween blue moon
In 2017 a brilliant full moon rises at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA / Kim Schifflet Another very unusual phenomenon in which our way goes Very bizarre year. Geoffrey Hunt, an astronomer and former planetarium director, says that for the first time since World War II, the 2020 Halloween moon will be visible to the entire world instead …
Read More »A Maxi-Mars, a Mini Moon and Meteors Light up the October Night Sky – Science
When showing a show with the moon this weekend, be amazed by the great beautiful glow of the mysterious Mars. The Red Planet has been getting bigger and brighter every day since July 2018 as it takes a much closer approach to Earth. Friday In the evening (October 2) at 8:00 pm Mars will appear near the full moon above …
Read More »CBS Pittsburgh – Social media explains with reports of giant meteorites across the East Coast
Pittsburgh (KDKA / AP) – Did you see that? Early Wednesday morning, several social media users in Pittsburgh and above and below the East Coast reported seeing a bright light and a line in the sky. Lightning struck shortly before 6:30 a.m. A truck driver with an I-76 in Pennsylvania was able to capture flash video from their Dashcom. The …
Read More »After a long delay, the ULA’s most powerful rocket was ready to launch a classified spy satellite
After several weeks of delays due to faulty equipment and bad weather, the United Launch Alliance is ready to launch its most powerful rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Lifting a classified spy satellite for the National Reassessment Office. The mission is finally ready a full month after the rocket’s first launch attempt, which was halted three seconds before the lift. …
Read More »Buried lakes of salt water on Mars may provide conditions for life
In 2018 the team of Italian scientists announced to the world Lake on Mars. Using satellite radar data, the team detected the brightest part of the South Pole at a distance of about 20 km, located at a depth of about 1.5 km under ice and dust. After analysis, they concluded that the bright area was a sub-classic lake filled …
Read More »Space station staff got up to hunt for air leaks
Image copyright NASA The astronauts woke up at night to continue the hunt for the plane crash at the International Space Station (ISS). Team members have been hunting the source for several weeks. But the search reached a climax on Monday when the level of the leak appeared to grow; This misreading was caused by a temperature change in the …
Read More »Earth is set to receive a new mini moon – but astronomers are confused by its appearance Science | News
An object called 2020 SO is heading towards Earth, and from October it will be a ‘mini moon’, which may orbit our planet until May next year. When we have the Moon, the Earth constantly receives many small asteroids and meteorites, which are trapped in its orbit, which astronomers call ‘mini moons’. The definition of the moon is any natural …
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