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Disintegration of rapidly melting Thwaites ice mass could threaten coastal communities worldwide
Scientists have discovered a giant cavity at the bottom of a disintegrating glacier in Antarctica, sparking concerns that the ice sheet is melting more rapidly than expected.
Researchers working as part of a Nasa-led study found the cavern, which they said was 300 metres tall and two-thirds the size of Manhattan, at the bottom of the massive Thwaites glacier.
Island sprang up near Tonga three years ago, giving researchers a glimpse of how flora and fauna colonise it
Nasa scientists have landed for the first time on one of the world’s newest islands, and discovered the three-year-old land mass is now covered in a sticky, mysterious mud, as well as vegetation and bird life.
The volcanic island sprang up in the ocean surrounding Tonga three years ago, one of only three new islands to emerge in the last 150 years that have survived more than a few months.
Images of rock on the edge of the solar system were taken on the most distant flyby in history
Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft has beamed home its first close-up images of Ultima Thule, a lump of rock the shape of an unfinished snowman that lies 4 billion miles away on the edge of the solar system.
Taken as the probe sped past the body in the early hours of New Year’s Day, the pictures reveal a dark reddish object about 21 miles long and 10 miles wide that spins on its axis once every 15 hours or so. The colour image of Ultima Thule, revealing its reddish tint, was taken at 05.01 GMT on New Year’s Day from a distance of about 18,000 miles, 30 minutes before the probe made its closest pass of the space rock.
Scientists celebrate probe’s successful completion of most distant space flyby in history
Nasa scientists are celebrating after a spacecraft “phoned home” to confirm it had successfully performed the most distant space flyby in history in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
Thousands of photographs of the dark, icy space rock called Ultima Thule were snapped by the New Horizons probe as it barrelled past it on the outer edge of the solar system at 0533 GMT.
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It sounds like the opening to a joke: Donald Trump, Bill Kristol and Marco Rubio walk into a bar. The three Republican frenemies eye each other warily, until one breaks the ice by asking, "What did you guys think of the new movie about the moon landing?" "Total lunacy," says Rubio, a Florida senator who while running for president in 2016 questioned the size of Trump's manhood.
Toddler shreds $1,000 in cash that his parents saved for college football season tickets Ben and Jackee Belnap - of Holladay, Utah - told local media that they had to laugh at the mishap. They also cried a little.
I got a little excited the first time I met then-Administrator Charlie Bolden in 2012! I did take a proper picture after, but this is just so good! With every President comes a new NASA administrator, and the current admin, Jim Bridenstine, has raised a number of eyebrows. The strongest reaction to Bridenstine's appointment comes from his lack of a science background, though more recent reports say he has changed his mind on climate change and does believe humans are responsible and can curb the effects we're having on the planet.
The Tax Court of Canada has ruled that a trip to outer space by billionaire Quebec businessman Guy Laliberte in 2009 was a taxable benefit. At issue was a $41.8-million price tag for a trip the Cirque du Soleil's founder had been reimbursed for as a business expense.
Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc., has announced the appointment of former NASA Space Shuttle Commander and retired USAF Colonel, Pamela A. Melroy, to the SPA Board of Directors. With a distinguished career of over 25 years as a professional jet and test pilot, nearly 1000 hours in space, and executive positions in industry and government, Colonel Melroy brings her unique and extensive experience in space, hypersonics, defense, and international markets to SPA.
The creation of NASA in 1958 was primarily driven by Russia's successful launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik, aboard an intercontinental ballistic missile. The agency's goal was to establish the United States as a world leader in peaceful space exploration.
President Donald Trump has touted a goal of sending Americans to the Moon again for the first time since the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, building a lunar gateway to test the technology and spacecraft that will carry humans to Mars. At a hearing in Washington, Senator Bill Nelson said the White House decision to return to the Moon - a program former president Barack Obama halted in order to focus on reaching Mars - could drag down the whole process.
Florida and Georgia have been arguing about the water that flows into the Apalachicola Bay for three decades. The result: the virtual collapse of the oyster industry there.
JPL employees Wednesday criticized federal authorities for seeking a U.S. Supreme Court review of an appeals court decision blocking the government from requiring mandatory background checks. The U.S. Solicitor General's Office wants the nation's highest court to review the ruling, arguing that it could affect the government's ability to conduct background checks of contract employees.
A ghostly radar image of asteroid 2014 JO25 during a pass by Earth in 2017 at a distance of just 1.5 million miles. Expanding the search for such near-Earth objects, improving emergency planning and exploring countermeasures for potential impacts are the focus of a new 10-year plan by the White House, NASA and FEMA.
This Aug. 26, 2017 photo made available by NASA shows Hurricane Harvey over Texas as seen from the International Space Station. "The collective damage done by Atlantic hurricanes in 2017 was well more than half of the entire budget of our Department of Defense," said MIT's Kerry Emanuel.
Rep. James Bridenstine, R-Okla., administrator of NASA, testifies at his nomination hearing in Washington, Nov. 1, 2017. On Wednesday, Bridenstine says NASA is talking with private companies about taking over the space lab after 2025.
In this Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017 photo provided by NASA, Rep. James Bridenstine, R-Okla., nominee for administrator of NASA, testifies at his nomination hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. On Wednesday, June 6, 2018, Bridenstine says NASA is already talking with private companies about potentially taking over the space lab after 2025.