Credit: Pixabay NASA announced on Tuesday that it has chosen SpaceX to construct a spacecraft that will return the International Space Station to Earth’s atmosphere and guide it to its final resting place in the Pacific Ocean upon its retirement in 2030. Elon Musk’s company has secured a contract potentially worth $843 million to develop and...
Credit: Depositphotos Hydrogen holds potential as a potent, eco-friendly fuel source, provided its production process is also environmentally sustainable. A recent report highlights the challenges in achieving genuinely green hydrogen, while a new study overcomes a hurdle in its production. According to a study released today in the journal Nature Energy, authored by Kiane de Kleijne...
The Class 3 Clearbot features an 8-hour battery plus solar panels, 500 kg on onboard trash storage and a specialized cutter for clipping and extracting invasive weedsClear Robotics Clear Robotics is broadening its array of self-operating marine garbage collectors. The Class 3 vessel offers increased onboard storage and the potential to tow barges, enabling extended...
Chang’e-6 lander on the far side of the Moon.Image credit: CNSA/CLEP The Moon´s Surface studied by The European Space Agency (ESA) which announced the detection of negative ions on the Moon's Surface, just days after the Chinese National Space Agency's Chang’e-6 lander placed detection equipment on the far side of the Moon. Chang'e-6 Mission Chang'e-6 landed...
Starliner lifting offBoeing Boeing finally had success today with its Starliner spacecraft, which soared into orbit after numerous attempts. At 10:52 am EDT, astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket. Following 14 years of cost overruns, delays, persistent technical issues, an embarrassing initial uncrewed flight,...
Brilliant red auroras seen over China in May 2024. (Image credit: Getty Images) If you want to see the northern lights from outside the Arctic Circle, be ready to drive to a dark place during the first week of June. The strongest geomagnetic storm in over twenty years occurred between May 10 and May 12, lighting...
The Karoo Adventure camper measures 5 meters longKaroo Toy-hauler campers often compromise between being cold, spartan towable garages with uncomfortable fold-down furnishings or fully equipped campers with gear cluttering the living space. The new Karoo Adventure camper aims to minimize these compromises, offering a dual-purpose design with an empty floor for gear transport and a...
Credit: Pixabay On May 20th, 2024, a 380 square kilometer (~147 mi²) iceberg separated from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. This event, known as A-83, marks the third major iceberg calving in this area in the last four years. In 2021, the first significant event occurred when A-74 separated from the ice sheet, followed by...
The EarthCARE satellite will unravel the mysteries of clouds using advanced techESA Clouds are not well understood. The soon-to-launch EarthCARE satellite will employ advanced technology to uncover their mysteries, helping scientists improve climate forecasts. While the formation of clouds is known, the intricate relationship between clouds and the aerosols required to form them remains elusive....
Shuqi Xu (left) and Professor Juan Felipe Torres with their first prototype of thermodiffusive desalination. Credit: ANU College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics Researchers at The Australian National University have introduced a novel desalination method that mitigates many of the adverse effects associated with traditional techniques and cuts energy consumption by approximately 80%. Freshwater scarcity...
