Orbital ATK's Antares Rocket Returns to Flight with Gorgeous Night Cargo Launch
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — We have liftoff! For the first time in two years, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket has successfully launched into space, departing NASA's Wallops Flight Facility here this evening (Oct. 17) on a mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). The upgraded Antares rocket soared into the night sky at 7:45 p.m. EDT (2345 GMT) today, topped with Orbital ATK's uncrewed Cygnus cargo capsule. Millions of observers along the U.S. East Coast had the oppo..>> view originalHillary Clinton's Climate Calamity
5278121“Climate change is real, it’s urgent, and America can take the lead in the world in addressing it,” Hillary Clinton told her mostly young audience in a panicky speech at a rally at Miami-Dade College in Miami, FL, October 11. Indeed, she said, “We need a President who believes in science and who has a plan to lead America in facing this threat and creating good jobs, and yes, saving our planet.” Clinton might want to learn a bit of climate science. She could start with temperature tren..>> view originalJuno Jupiter Probe's Final Engine Burn Delayed by Glitch
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter's north polar region during a close flyby on Aug. 27, 2016. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS NASA's Juno Jupiter probe won't be settling into its final orbit around the giant planet this week after all. Juno was scheduled to fire its main engine for the final time during the probe's close Jupiter flyby on Wednesday (Oct. 19), in a maneuver that would reduce the time it takes the spacecraft to circle the gas giant from 53 Earth d..>> view originalTop 10 Universities With The Most Nobel Prize Winners
There are a lot of colleges in the United States that excel in academics as well as research and innovation. This has been a great year for Stanford University which has been deemed as one of the best universities in the United States. Stanford has recently topped Reuters' list of the World's Most Innovative Universities. The school has recently nabbed the top spot in The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education's college rankings list. It also topped College Factual's top California Coll..>> view originalEarth on track for its warmest year on record after hottest September in 136 years
Last month was the warmest September the world has seen since modern records began 136 years ago, according to new figures from Nasa. However the US agency added that the difference between it and the previous record in September 2014 was just 0.004 degrees Celsius, making the result a statistical tie. It was 0.91 degrees warmer than the average temperature for the month between 1951 and 1980. The figures mean 11 of the past 12 months have set new records for highest average temperature. Howeve..>> view originalThe Red Planet welcomes ExoMars
Mars as seen by the webcam on ESA's Mars Express orbiter on 16 October 2016, as another mission, ExoMars, is about to reach the Red Planet. A joint endeavour between ESA and Russia's Roscosmos space agency, ExoMars 2016 comprises the Trace ...>> view originalChina Launches Longest Manned Mission to Tiangong-2 -- Permanent Space Station Soon a Reality?
Oct 18, 2016 04:39 AM EDT China is serious about becoming the next space giant. The Chinese Space Agency recently launched a manned spacecraft bound for its experimental space lab module Tiangong-2. Two astronauts aboard the manned spacecraft will remain in space for a total of 30 days. This crewed mission is in preparation for China's new space station that will be operational in the next few years. Two astronauts were sent to space aboard the Shenzhou 11 on a Long March-2F rocket from the J..>> view originalJapanese scientists build sweaty robot
How many pushups can you do?As we exercise, our bodies can produce a lot of heat as our muscles convert chemical energy into mechanical energy. To keep moving effectively during such conditions, we produce sweat to cool ourselves down. As the water in our sweat evaporates, it takes excess heat with it, allowing us to keep moving without overheating.A team from the University of Tokyo has created a robot that can exercise and cool off in a similar way, inspired by human sweat. The new robot is n..>> view originalThe Universe Has At Least Two Trillion Galaxies: Why Is The Finding Important?
First Posted: Oct 18, 2016 06:01 AM EDT There are at least two trillion galaxies up there. Image used for representation only. (Photo : Bill Ingalls / NASA / Getty Images) The size of the universe is incomprehensible, and now the sheer scale of it has become even more unfathomable after a recent study suggested there are 10 times the numbers of galaxies as previously believed. According to astrophysicist Christopher J. Conselice from England's University of Nottingham, the universe has a..>> view originalSouth Jersey gets a view of Antares rocket launch
The launch of the Antares rocket bearing supplies for the International Space Station lit up the East Coast on Monday night. It could be seen streaking through the night sky above South Jersey.The NASA facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, where the rocket was launched, is about 80 miles south of Cape May, which gave most of South Jersey a good seat to view the launch. The potential viewing area stretched as far south as Charleston, South Carolina, all the way up to Boston.The launch, originall..>> view original
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