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SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites for new megaconstellation, misses rocket landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit Monday (Feb. 17), marking the company's fourth launch of the year; however the Falcon 9 was unable to stick its landing. Full Story: SpaceX launches ...

The moon will 'eclipse' Mars before dawn Tuesday! Here's how to see it.

As the waning crescent moon rises in the small hours of the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 18, skywatchers will be preparing for an unusual event. That morning the moon glides in front of orange, starlike planet Mars for viewers in much of central and eastern ...

Here's how to watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink satellites into orbit today

The private spaceflight company SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites to join its growing megaconstellation in orbit today (Feb .17) and you can watch the action live online. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the fifth batch of Starlink ...

Did dinosaur blood run hot or cold? Their eggshells may hold a clue

CNN

CNN

(CNN) The image of cold-blooded, scaly, reptilian dinosaurs imprinted in our imaginations by movies like "Jurassic Park" may never have existed. We already know that many dinosaurs were feathered like birds and brightly colored. They may also have ...

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

"Hacking Exoplanets" –NASA's Search for Alien Life at 7 Quadrillion Calculations per Second

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

Posted on Feb 17, 2020 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, Science, Technology. ‌. "For a long time, scientists were really focused on finding sun- and Earth-like systems. That's all we knew. But we found out that there's ...

Doncaster Knights Ian Williams death 'could have been prevented'

BBC News

BBC News

The death of a professional rugby player with a heart condition could have been prevented if he had received regular monitoring, an inquest has heard. Ian Williams, 27, a prop forward for Doncaster Knights, was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition at ...

New all-sky search reveals potential neutrino sources

For over a century, scientists have been observing very high-energy charged particles called cosmic rays arriving from outside Earth's atmosphere. The origins of these particles are very difficult to pinpoint because the particles themselves do not travel on a ...

Seeding oceans with iron may not impact climate change

Historically, the oceans have done much of the planet's heavy lifting when it comes to sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Microscopic organisms known collectively as phytoplankton, which grow throughout the sunlit surface oceans and absorb ...

New green technology generates electricity 'out of thin air'

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that uses a natural protein to create electricity from moisture in the air, a new technology they say could have significant implications for the future of renewable energy, climate ...

Controversial simulation creates galaxies without dark matter

Astronomy Magazine

Astronomy Magazine

For the first time, a group of cosmologists say they've created virtual galaxies inside their computers without any dark matter. Critics of dark matter see it as a win for a controversial model of how our universe formed called MOND, or Modified Newtonian ...