Early data shows the greatest net gain of water over the winter in nearly 22 years, but the state’s groundwater levels still suffer from the effects of years of drought. After years of intense drought and diminishing groundwater, California just saw its greatest year-over-year water gains in two decades, according to data from the GRACE-FO …
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In a momentous occasion attended by Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço and Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, Angola and Portugal signed a significant Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This MoU sets the stage for fostering the development and expansion of the space sectors in both countries. During the event, Ricardo Conde, the President of the …
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Scientists used ground-based telescopes to get unprecedented views, thanks to the giant planet’s position in its long orbit around the Sun. For the first time, NASA scientists have strong evidence of a polar cyclone on Uranus. By examining radio waves emitted from the ice giant, they detected the phenomenon at the planet’s north pole. The …
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Three Chinese astronauts working at the country’s space station have returned safely to Earth, state media reported Sunday, hailing the mission as a “complete success”. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 spaceship touched down at a landing site in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region, according to state news agency Xinhua. Astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming …
According to a press release by Avanti Communications, the satellite communications provider has completed the second phase of its project to build a new HYLAS 4 satellite gateway station in Dakar, Senegal. The recent introduction of a cutting-edge Ka-band antenna signifies a significant achievement and represents a notable milestone with a diameter of 9.2m, a …
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China successfully launched the latest mission to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, with a crew that includes its first civilian astronaut. It marked the latest space milestone for China, as it looks to catch up with the United States and Russia. Here is a look at the Chinese space program, and where it is …
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In a press release by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a group of South African astronomers from the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics discovered a rare white dwarf binary star system, [HP99] 159, occupying the Large Magellanic Cloud. The discovery, made through the …
China plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, in what would be another advance in what’s increasingly seen as a new space race pitting the Asian autocracy against the United States and its democratic allies. The U.S. aims to put astronauts back on the lunar surface by the end of 2025. Deputy Director …
Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity describes how the fabric of space and time, or spacetime, is curved in response to mass. Our sun, for example, warps space around us such that planet Earth rolls around the sun like a marble tossed into a funnel (Earth does not fall into the sun due to the …
A team of space scientists affiliated with several institutions in Czechia, Japan and the U.S. has found evidence of lightning pulses on Jupiter that are similar to those found on Earth. In their study, reported in the journal Nature Communications, the group examined years of data from the Juno space probe circling Jupiter. Juno, the …
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