Lockheed invests in Xona’s alternative GPS constellation
by TAMPA, Florida — Startup Xona Space Systems has raised about $15 million for its proposed navigation constellation, including funds from the venture capital arm of …
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Watch an Atlas V rocket launch a Space Force warning satellite on Thursday
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch a missile alert satellite for the US Space Force (USSF) on Thursday morning (August 4), and you can …
Should You Worry About Debris From China’s Big Booster Rocket?
Construction of the Chinese space station Tiangong continued smoothly this week with the launch and docking of Wentian, a laboratory module. The lab facility advances …
Astronomers witness the rare separation of a star couple
Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a rare and important life event in the evolution of binary star couplings. The team discovered a tight …
Medieval English “bed burials” were unusual even for the time. Now We Know Why
The burial bed at Trossingen, found in Germany. Image credit: © Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Brownlee et al., Medieval Antiquity, 2022 You can tell a lot …
‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: impeccably preserved Jurassic fish fossils found on UK farm
A farm in England was the unlikely source of a Jurassic jackpot: a 183-million-year-old treasure trove of fossils. On the outskirts of Gloucestershire in the …
Climate change worsened heatwave in Britain, scientists say
The heat that demolished Britain’s records last week, bringing temperatures as high as 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit to a country unaccustomed to scorching summers, would have …
Lake Mead water level drops to 1,040 feet, dead pool level gets closer
Lake Mead’s water levels have dropped to 1,040 feet, getting closer and closer to the dead pool level. Lake Mead, a reservoir formed by the …
Vitamin D supplements don’t help another condition, study finds
The idea made so much sense that it was almost unquestionably accepted: Vitamin D pills can protect bones from fractures. After all, the body needs …
FDA Tobacco Science Employee Takes a Job at Philip Morris
A Food and Drug Administration official with considerable power over authorization decisions for e-cigarettes and products intended to reduce smoking resigned on Tuesday to work …