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China Gears Up to Launch Its Sixth Space Station Crew
Three astronauts are gearing up to launch to China’s space station in low Earth orbit, where they will spend six months carrying out a variety of experiments. The Shenzhou-17 mission is set for launch on Wednesday at 11:14 p.m. ET (11:14 a.m. on Thursday Bejing time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi…
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New Award-Winning Nature Photos Showcase Beauty and Chaos
The natural world is filled with dramas that play out on the macro- and microscopic scales, in our cities and in remote wilderness alike. In the British Ecological Society’s annual photo competition, ‘Capturing Ecology,’ those activities take centre stage as flora and fauna of all sorts find a way to persist in every corner of…
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Snow Across the Northern Hemisphere Will Get Whiter, Study Says
Our quickly warming world is losing many signs of winter—once snowy mountain tops aren’t as frosty tipped, glaciers are disappearing, and sea ice at the poles is melting at alarming rates. But new research outlines a small reason for optimism. Scientists project that even though climate change will make the world hotter, snow may actually…
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NASA to Rewrite Mars Sample Return Mission So It Can Actually Happen
NASA is considering alternative ways to bring back samples from Mars after its budget and schedule for the sample return mission was deemed unrealistic in a recent report by an independent review board. During a meeting of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group held earlier this week, NASA announced the formation of a response team…