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White House plays down climate report's alarming findings
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In recent days, NASA has been commanding the spacecraft to make minor course corrections to ensure InSight enters the Martian atmosphere at the proper angle...
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In a statement, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said "to address future risks, the administration supports a strong economy and access to affordable, re...
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NASA stages for next chapter of Mars exploration with 2020 landing site
NASA assured that mission engineers have reduced the landing zone of Mars 2020 to 50 percent smaller than Curiosity 's in 2012 at Gale Crater. The 45-kilom...
SpaceX launches Es'hail-2 satellite, ties launch record
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It circles a cool red-dwarf star, smaller and older than the sun, completing one orbit every 233 days . By crunching a wealth of data gathered by many differ...
Startup Rocket Lab puts 6 small satellites into orbit
On a late Sunday afternoon in New Zealand , Rocket Lab successfully launched its third rocket. "We're thrilled to be leading the small satellite launch ind...
Stephen Hawking wheelchair sells for nearly $400G at auction
Medals and awards sold for 296,750 pounds ($387,708), compared with an estimate of 15,000 pounds, while the red motorised wheelchair sold for 296,750 pounds ($...
Firework smog chokes Delhi as India celebrates Diwali
Readings above 500 in the index, which measures poisonous gases and toxic particulate matter in the air, are typically associated with serious aggravation of th...
China unveils new ´Heavenly Palace´ space station as ISS days numbered
The International Space Station (ISS) is a $100 billion (£80 billion) science and engineering laboratory that orbits 250 miles (400 km) above Earth. Some 40 p...
More protection: UN says Earth’s ozone layer is healing
The ozone layer's recuperation has been credited to the 1987 Montreal Protocol , which mandated that countries phase out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other o...
Scientists reveal mysterious 'Oumuamua' object could be an alien spacecraft
Scientists first discovered the mysterious interstellar object now known as "Oumuamua" in late 2017 when it was spotted by thePan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii...
Tesla to make Indian debut in 2019? Here's what Elon Musk says
This isn't the first time Space X CEO has shown interest to enter the Indian market. "The DOJ has also asked us to voluntarily provide it with information about...
Delhi's air quality turned 'severe' for the first time this season
Ten areas in Delhi recorded "severe" air quality while 23 areas recorded "very poor" air quality, according to the CPCB data. The Supreme Court-appointe...
Russian official says Soyuz rocket failure caused by an errant sensor
The two men landed safely on a steppe in Kazakhstan in the accident, the first of its kind for Russia's manned program in over three decades. The carrier ...
Brazil Elects Self-Styled Right Wing Strongman Jair Bolsonaro
Mr. Bolsonaro swept a runoff election over the weekend, winning almost 55% of the vote to defeat the left-of-centre Fernando Haddad. Presidential candidate ...
Kepler space telescope 'retired' by NASA
NASA realized Kepler was running out of fuel earlier this summer and chose to officially retire it. Calling Kepler's mission "stunningly successful", TESS p...
The Kepler Space Telescope Shuts Down For Good
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Big brands pledge to turn tide on global plastic waste
The Global Commitment builds on the original goal of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy , which called on businesses and nations to recycl...
Parker Solar Probe Breaks Record, Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Sun
It is clarified that the satellite close to the Sun at 40.23 million kilometers. Parker will make 24 close approaches to the sun over the next seven years...
WWF report reveals a 60% decline in wildlife populations since 1970
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Oscar forms, strengthens in Central Atlantic Ocean
Oscar has transitioned from a subtropical storm into a tropical storm and now may become a hurricane soon. Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean usually star...
Authorities issue advisory as air pollution worsens in Indian capital
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Subtropical Storm Oscar forms in Atlantic; no threat to land
Additional strengthening is expected, and Oscar could become a hurricane after transitioning to a tropical storm later this weekend or early next week. As of Th...
Storm wipes Hawaiian island off map
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White House to press forward with Trump's Space Command
Pence asserted that the USA was going to protect its interests in space and said that to understand American defence today, is to understand the interrelationsh...
Hurricane Willa Lashes Mexico’s Pacific Coast
Hurricane Willa slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast late on Tuesday, raking it with winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kph) that brought power outages, buffeted b...
Mother Nature with a chainsaw? Perfectly rectangular iceberg dazzles online
As the picture shows, tabular icebergs are large slabs of ice with almost vertical sides and flat tops. The huge block of ice, known as a tabular berg, wa...
Stephen Hawking's wheelchair and medals are up for auction
Christie's, a global auctioneer headquartered in London, is selling several of Hawking's papers, including his dissertation, thesis on the origins of the unive...
Rocket science: Europe's set to blast off to Mercury
Engineers worked throughout the day in ESOC's Main Control Room simulating BepiColombo's launch , maintaining data and voice contact with their counterparts at ...
Iceberg shaped like a colossal sheet cake drifts through Antarctic
The icy rectangle was likely formed by a process that's fairly common along the edges of icebergs, explained Nasa ice scientist Kelly Brunt, of the Univers...
Hurricane Willa path tracker: Hurricane to reach CATEGORY 5 before hitting Mexico
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Orionid meteor shower to peak in coming days
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