The annual Humans to Mars Summit takes place this week, bringing together members of the international space community to discuss a common goal of establishing a sustainable and permanent human presence on the Red Planet. Attendees will gather in Washington, D.C. for the 2024 Humans to Mars Summit (H2M), hosted by the nonprofit organization Explore […]
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Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report. Epidemiologists from the agency were ultimately unable
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Recent reports of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detecting signs of life of a distant planet outside the solar system are, unfortunately, somewhat premature. That’s the conclusion of research conducted by scientists from the University of California Riverside (UCR). While likely to disappoint all of us eager for the confirmation of extraterrestrial life, however,
It has been 38 years since Halley’s Comet last passed through the inner solar system. This famous comet takes roughly 75 years to circle the sun. But if you’re 42 years old or younger, you probably have little or no memory of the 1986 appearance of this famous cosmic vagabond (your next chance will come in
(Reuters) – Heavy rains battering Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 31 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens still have not been accounted for. More than 70 people were still missing and at least 17,000 were displaced in the state bordering
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The regulatory agency said that hundreds of audits done by BF Borgers CPA PC contained “deliberate and systemic failures” that included false documentation to make it appear their reports complied with standards set by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Source link
Jim Cramer’s daily rapid fire looks at stocks in the news outside the CNBC Investing Club portfolio. Cloudflare : Shares of the content delivery network were sinking 16% after the midpoint of the company’s second-quarter revenue outlook came in short of analyst estimates. “People feel they are losing share. I don’t think they are,” Cramer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible. The Eta Aquarids occur every year in early May. This year’s peak activity happens early Sunday with an expected 10 to 30 meteors visible per hour
Citizen scientists searching through data collected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered a record-breaking world, and gave it a memorable nickname to match: Percival, after the father of Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books. In more official terms, however, the extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” is designated TOI
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China is headed back to the moon’s mysterious far side — and this time, the nation will bring back some souvenirs. The robotic Chang’e 6 mission launched today (May 3) at 5:27 a.m. EDT (0927 GMT; 5:27 p.m. Beijing time), riding a Long March 5 rocket off a pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site,
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