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Due to need for ‘absolute success,’ China delays critical Moon launch to 2027

China’s “Manned Space” program issued a terse announcement on Sunday regarding its much-anticipated Chang’e 7 lunar exploration mission. The agency stated: “In keeping with...

Volcanoes that made history

It turns out that polar ice cores do contain large amounts of sulfur dating to 536, a distinct signal of a major eruption. But...

Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses

The most important thing about QIH, though, is that it can be switched on and off at will. In Tanaka’s experiments the mice spent...

Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US

Most are part of larger ecosystems, directly adjacent or ecologically connected to better known national parks and wilderness areas. Removing Roadless Rule protections would...

Trump’s space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

The government will also identify potential locations for additional launch facilities in the United States, improve integration of space launch and reentry operations into airspace...

Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging

Things don’t get less complex once the Earth gets involved. The acoustic shock waves may strike soft soil, hard rock, various forms of human...

US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots pivots after US ban

A leading US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots and robot dogs now plans to produce its own robots at a facility on...

Europe cancels planned upgrades for Ariane 6 rocket

Major subsidies That may sound like a commercial success, but Europe is likely losing money on each of those private missions. Europe invested about...

NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced Wednesday they are giving up on a robotic mission to rescue the Swift gamma-ray telescope before it falls...

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