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NASA discovers ice on the moon

24 August 2018, 07:13

PSRs have consistently freezing temperatures that never go higher than -157 degrees Celsius (-250 degrees Fahrenheit). As the Moon is tilted on its axis by about 1.54 degrees, sunlight never reaches these regions. The moon could someday soon turn int...

Backer who 'misused campaign funds' calls claims a 'witch hunt'

24 August 2018, 06:12

Dozens of pundits and writers took to Twitter after the interview to mock and roast Hunter, many accusing him of just throwing his wife under the bus so he can try to walk free. "The congressman was pressed about a specific accusation: "that he wan...

'Survival of the laziest' is key to avoiding extinction

24 August 2018, 05:48

The study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B looked at almost 300 types of mollusks that lived in the Atlantic Ocean from the mid-Pliocene to the present. Being lazy is a victorious strategy to delay the species from going the ...

Hawaii hit with floods and landslides as Hurricane Lane nears coast

24 August 2018, 05:10

The storm is reported to have winds up to 145 miles per hour, and Hawaii Governor David Ige is warning residents to prepare themselves with at least 14 days of food and water and to seek shelter, CNN reported . "I don't think we're in too much troub...

Woman Fired By NASA After Tweeting "Suck My D*ck & Balls"

24 August 2018, 02:27

Naomi H . was pretty excited when she landed an internship with NASA . However, when I saw NASA and the word used together, it occurred to me that this young person might get in trouble if NASA saw it so I tweeted to her one word: "Language" a...

Navy pulls out of Hawaii to miss hurricane

24 August 2018, 11:59

Moving northwest at 11km/h, it was classified as a powerful Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, packing sustained winds of 209km/h. Shelters were open throughout the islands, with 350 people in them in Oahu. CNN reported t...

Ice Confirmed at the Moon's Poles

24 August 2018, 03:33

Scientist were able to map the distribution of surface ice on the moon's two poles using data collected by the M3. Temperatures on the Moon can reach a searing 100C in daytime, which doesn't provide the best conditions for the survival of surface...

Hurricane Lane is the biggest weather threat to Hawaii in decades

23 August 2018, 11:13

Camera IconThe storm boasts winds of 250km/h. Pi said Hurricane Lane is expected to drop 15 to 20 inches of rain on Maui and the west side of Hawaii , while Oahu is expected to get 10 to 15 inches rain. "We have about nine cases of water because...

Arctic's strongest areas of sea ice breaking up for the first time

23 August 2018, 09:56

One meteorologist described the phenomenon - recorded for the first time this year - as " scary ", and scientists said it could prove catastrophic for polar bears and seals. He told the Independent: "The north coast of Greenland, with its very ste...

With no place to run, people in Hawaii brace for hurricane

23 August 2018, 06:26

Hurricanes rarely make landfall in Hawaii and the last major storm to strike the state was almost three decades ago, when Hurricane Iniki barrelled into the island of Kauai, leaving six people dead and causing billions of dollars in damage.

Meet ‘STEVE’: The Purple Sky Glow That’s A Completely New, Unknown Phenomenon

23 August 2018, 11:42

A follow-up study coordinated ground-based imagery of STEVE with data from NOAA's Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite 17 , which can measure charged particles precipitating into the ionosphere - the process which causes auroras to appear.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA tucks major permitting change into climate proposal

23 August 2018, 11:13

The United States' level of Carbon dioxide emissions actually decreased in 2017, but experts fear that a weakened regulatory scheme with decentralized goals could hike up rates of pollution nationwide. We've seen how climate change is impacting Lak...

Flushed contact lenses are big source of microplastic pollution

23 August 2018, 06:59

The study revealed that there was an annual piling of 6 to 10 metric tons of these plastic lenses in the wastewaters of the country. But given the estimated 45 million wearers of contact lenses in the US alone, Halden and postdoctoral student Charl...

‘Abrupt thaw’ of permafrost would have an effect on climate change models

23 August 2018, 02:17

Within my lifetime, my children's lifetime, it should be ramping up ... The results were published in Nature Communications . Additionally, Walter Antony and a group of USA and German researchers used field measurements and computer models to de...

Hawaiian Islands on alert for possible Hurricane Lane impacts

23 August 2018, 12:59

On Wednesday morning, Hurricane Lane was approximately 800 kilometres southeast of Honolulu, the U.S. National Weather Service said . "This storm is fairly strong, even if the eye itself, the center of the hurricane, is offshore, there's still qui...

A new type of aurora is not an aurora at all

22 August 2018, 11:08

These days, there are "more than 100" of those opportunities a night, and when a Swarm satellite was in the right place at the right time, it recorded STEVE as responsible for the temperature 300km above Earth jumping by 3000°C. To this end, they c...

Now at Category 5, Hurricane Lane bears down on Hawaii

22 August 2018, 08:37

After smashing into the Big Island, the storm is expected to head north over the islands of Maui, Lanai and Moloka'i which were all under hurricane and flash flood watches . The proclamation declares the counties of Hawaii, Maui, Kalawao, Kauai and ...

Jury in Manafort case appears closer to verdict, queries judge

22 August 2018, 12:51

The Virginia-based case was the second of two federal indictments Manafort faced related to the Mueller investigation. The trial in federal court in Alexandria is the first stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 15-month-old investigation...

Hurricane Lane: Holiday hotspot braced for LIFE THREATENING conditions

22 August 2018, 10:21

While the centre of Lane is expected to bypass Hawaii , tropical-storm-force winds could stretch as far as 140 miles wide (220km). Lane's center is predicted to pass close to the island of Hawaii, also known as the "Big Island", and Maui, accordin...

Trump's easing of coal rules could kill 1,400 people per year

22 August 2018, 01:41

The plan announced Tuesday gives the states more discretion in choosing how to regulate pollution from the plants. "When you have a president who doesn't believe in climate change and a former coal lobbyist running the Environmental Protect...

What's next for Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull

21 August 2018, 08:24

He briefly thanked his colleagues for their "considerable support", talked about his pride for the Home Affairs portfolio, and then recounted his parliamentary experience, including serving as assistant treasurer in the Howard government under Peter ...

Australian PM Turnbull survives party leadership challenge

21 August 2018, 10:47

The prime minister of Australia was fighting for his political life last night as conservative backbench MPs plotted to topple him. Turnbull addressed media and said Australians don't like it when politicians are "focused on ourselves or talking ab...

Funding Boosted to $1.8B for Drought-Stricken Communities

21 August 2018, 08:10

He will work with government to facilitate coordination of service delivery, including the Drought Commissioner in NSW , Drought Commissioners in Queensland , the Farm Liaison Officer appointed by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources a...

A Hurricane Could Hit Hawaii Next Week

19 August 2018, 08:43

Hurricane Lane is the sixth hurricane of the 2018 Pacific season and is projected to cross into the central Pacific on Saturday. Forecasters said that a "large swell generated by Lane is expected to reach the southeast- and east-facing shores of th...

"Frozen 99 million years": In ancient amber discovered beetle pollinator

19 August 2018, 03:28

Pollination of plants by animals - a story that began long before the appearance of angiosperms. But cycads are gymnosperms that have no flowers or fruits and were on the scene long before. "Our finding indicates a very ancient origin of beetle pol...

Storm Ernesto Set To Unleash Heavy Rain And Strong Winds

17 August 2018, 11:48

The north east and Scotland will stay at around 19C. Stronger winds and a band of rain are then forecast in Northern Ireland, Wales, North West and South West England. The storm is expected to peak with 45 miles per hour winds before merging with...

Storm Ernesto set to hit Lancashire with heavy rain and wind

17 August 2018, 04:10

However, combined with overnight lows of a relatively balmy 15C to 17C, Saturday night will be a warm and muggy night with the possibility of thunderstorms in some places, giving it a somewhat sultry feel. Lane, which is expected to continue heading ...

Perseid meteor shower lights up skies over Greece

16 August 2018, 08:26

And that debris trail is what the earth passes through which gives us a stunning show every single year. The next time will be in 2126. Meteors are parts of rock and dust that hit the Earth's atmosphere, heat up and glow. According to NASA , the p...

India will launch its first manned space mission by 2022

16 August 2018, 07:52

ISRO is known for its space programme that focuses on projects which matter to the day-to-day lives of people. The conservative prime minister said that India would be only the fourth country - after Russian Federation, the United States and Ch...

Subtropical Storm Ernesto forms in the central Atlantic

16 August 2018, 09:12

A subtropical system has transitioned into Tropical Storm Debby, but it is not expected to impact land as it meanders far out in the north Atlantic.As of 5 a.m. We are near the peak of the season, but the rest of the Atlantic is expected to be quiet ...

NASA Launches Probe to Go Deep into Sun's Scorching Atmosphere

15 August 2018, 11:03

A NASA spacecraft is on its way to the sun after launching from Cape Canaveral on a Delta IV Heavy Rocket. A Solar Probe Cup created to measure and assess the solar wind will not be behind the shield, but it is made of titanium-zirconium-mo...

Toxic red tide butchers Florida tourism and wildlife

15 August 2018, 10:28

Scott issued an executive order providing emergency funding and resources that would help communities rescue and protect wildlife and clean up the pervasive algae. Charlotte County, Scott's office said, has posted signage along the beaches to wa...

NASA Parker Solar Probe launches on mission to high-five the sun

14 August 2018, 12:12

Scientists hope to shed light on the workings of our closest star - including the dynamics of the solar wind of electrically charged particles, and the reason why the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona , is hundreds of times hotter than the sun's...

Map shows best places to watch weekend meteor shower

13 August 2018, 04:44

The Perseids reach their peak in the early hours of August 13 when up to 70 per hour should be visible. The summer meteor shower, Perseid, is in full swing right now and PEAKING tonight/tomorrow morning. Lucky observers may see the occasional meteo...

Fossils on an Australian Beach Reveal a Shark-Eat-Shark World

12 August 2018, 04:57

The site is a veritable fossil hotspot, as noted by Phys.org , and it once again lived up to its reputation. The citizen scientist ended up pulling a 2.7-inch-long (7 centimeters) out of the boulder and took it to Museums Victoria for authentica...

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