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According to new research, during blockades and other measures to control the spread of the new coronavirus, there was a global 50% drop in seismic vibrations that humans normally generate. Because it is important: Human seismic noise can drown out signals from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other geological hazards and …

Over the past year, SpaceX has launched hundreds of small, broadband satellites that transmit the Internet in low Earth orbit as part of its Starlink constellation. The count to June: 540. While the promise of a reliable and fast satellite connection accessible from almost anywhere in the world seems quite …

With more than half the year, the coronavirus continues to dominate the endless cycle of news. However, in the face of high unemployment and an uncertain future, Wall Street continues to push, with major indexes shaking off bad news and rising more with each passing day. While negotiations abounded several …

NASA is being read to launch a balloon at high altitude into the upper atmosphere. POT NASA is working on a new mission where it will send an 8.4-foot-high telescope to the stratosphere aboard a balloon the size of a soccer stadium, the space agency said Thursday. ASTHROS (short for …

Image copyright NASA / JPL-CALTECH NASA’s Perseverance rover, which will launch to Mars this summer, will look for signs of past lives in an ancient crater lake. But if biology ever emerged on the red planet, how will scientists recognize it? Here, mission scientist Ken Williford explains what they are …