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[ad_1] Almost nine years have passed since a US vehicle launched astronauts into orbit. This month SpaceX and NASA aim to change that in a unprecedented test flight six years in manufacturing. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley should be launched at International Space Station from Florida aboard a …

[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Giant elliptical galaxies are not as likely as previously thought to be cradles of technological civilizations such as our own, according to a recent paper by a University of Arkansas astrophysicist. The paper, published May 1 in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …

[ad_1] Image copyright fake pictures Screenshot Seismologists know that unusual circumstances of confinement will only exist for a short period The UK has not been shaking as much since entering the Covid blockade. Seismometer stations, which are normally used to record earthquakes, have detected a large drop in ground vibrations …

[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Mars had a global magnetic field much earlier, and much later, in the planet’s history than scientists had previously known. A planet’s global magnetic field arises from what scientists call a dynamo: a flow of molten metal within the planet’s core that produces an electric …

[ad_1] World 18:03 GMT 05.01.2020(Updated 18:20 GMT 05.01.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107915/82/1079158284_0:183:3072:1911_1200x675_80_0_0_c279068633b13186517ecac55a52afc1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005011079158270-us-astronauts-hold-press-conference-ahead-of-nasas-historic-launch—video/ On May 27, NASA will send American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from the United States for the first time since 2011. NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken hold …

[ad_1] A Welsh health worker had her hood and headlights stolen while she was parked outside the hospital where she worked. Helen Dawes cares for the children of key workers at Wales University Hospital in Cardiff, but during her shift on Wednesday, a security guard told her, “I’m sorry to …

[ad_1] Honey bees are at risk of being wiped out by a disease that is ravaging Britain, according to new research. Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus (CBPV) causes wing and body tremor as well as nervousness, which prevents flight and also leads to hair loss and rejection by healthy companions. It …

[ad_1] Tectonic activity has been detected on the moon by researchers who discovered a system of mobile, rock-capped ridges on its near side. “There is an assumption that the moon is long dead, but we continue to discover that this is not the case,” said Professor Peter Schultz of Brown …

[ad_1] Enlarge / / The powerful Delta IV Heavy rocket reaches the skies. Welcome to Issue 2.42 of the Rocket Report! Our report this week is packed with news on the biggest of the boosters, from the flight hardware for Omega to the continued development of Starship and the near …

[ad_1] NASA has given SpaceX and Blue Origin the go-ahead to develop their new lunar landers that will bring the first woman and the next man to the surface of the moon. Private space flight companies owned by Elon musk and Jeff Bezos, will develop competitive systems in parallel, along …