Competition for space innovation heats up between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk

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Competition for space innovation heats up between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk

CBS News
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is expected to unveil plans today for the future of his space company, Blue Origin. Designed to take tourists into space and the moon, Bezos tweeted the first photos of the main engine of his company’s future rocket on Monday.

Europe launches fourth Earth monitoring satellite

Phys.Org
Europe launched a fourth satellite Tuesday for its Copernicus Earth-monitoring project to track changes in forest cover and air pollution, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced.

Private Cygnus Spacecraft to Launch NASA Cargo to Space Station Soon

Space.com
In the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane is used to lower a protective covering around the Cygnus pressurized cargo module on Feb. 21.

NASA: The Beating Heart of America’s Innovation Industry

Big Think
Before You Start a Project, Do Your Best to Kil… Before You Start a Project, Do Your Best to Kill It. Astro Teller. 1. VIDEO. How a Math Algorithm Could Educate the Whole Wo… How a Math Algorithm Could Educate the Whole World – for Free. Po-Shen

Climate science cuts now coming to fruition

E&E News
An artist’s rendition of the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite. Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

WATCH: Tracking Lightning Strikes, From Space

NPR
Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET. A new weather satellite parked 22,300 miles above Earth has sent back its first images of lightning storms on our planet, and they are, well, pretty flashy.

Scientists Programming Robots To Become ‘More Natural Extension Of Us’

Tech Times
Researchers from MIT’s CSAIL and Boston University have created a system which will enhance the usage of robots. Electroencephalography caps are being used to control machines with the help of human mind.

Why are pandas black and white? California biologists have a new theory.

Washington Post
Mammals are a mostly drab bunch. Due to camouflage, a nocturnal lifestyle and other evolutionary demands, dull and earthy tones reign supreme.

Climate Contrarian Gets Fact-Checked by MIT Colleagues in Open Letter to Trump

InsideClimate News
‘This is not a view shared by us’: After MIT professor emeritus Richard Lindzen writes letter urging Trump to withdraw from climate accord, faculty responds.

Welcome To Mars! Enjoy Perpetual Jet Lag Under An Eerie Red Sky

FiveThirtyEight
The sun will come out tomorrow, the saying reassures us. Our rotating planet promises that half the time we are bathed in sunlight, and the other half we are exposed to the great enveloping cosmic dark.

Scientists unearth world’s oldest fossils in Quebec, Canada

Jagran Josh
A group of scientists from the University College London recently discovered one of the earliest lifeforms ever found on the earth.

The Amazon forest is the result of an 8000-year experiment

Ars Technica
Brazil nuts scattered at the base of trees in the Amazon. These trees are so common in the Amazon today because of human cultivation that began over 8,000 years ago.

Arctic Sea Ice May Melt Away Even If We Meet Paris Climate Goals

Seeker
The fate of Arctic ice would be decided by little more than a coin toss if world governments don’t restrict the rate of global warming to below 1.5 degress Celsius sooner rather than later.

China’s new satellite to get launched through airplanes

Science Examiner
After USA’s incredible satellite-delivery rocket, China is planning to launch its very own satellite-delivery rocket through aeroplanes.

How a new space weather forecaster could help protect astronauts

Christian Science Monitor
A new study finds that Earth-bound telescopes can more quickly detect the arrival of potentially hazardous particles from the sun than ones in orbit, adding extra time to protect spacefarers.

Volkswagen’s Emissions Fraud May Affect Mortality Rate in Europe

New York Times
Traffic during August, in Lyon, France. Scientists estimate that because Volkswagen sold 11 million diesel cars worldwide rigged with software that cheated emissions tests, 1,200 people in Europe will die prematurely.

Tiny Asteroid Zips By Earth, Won’t Be Back for More Than 100 Years

Space.com
An asteroid less than 10 feet (3 meters) across buzzed Earth last week, diving in closer than many communications and weather satellites.

Good for Life? Megatelescope Will Probe Newfound Worlds’ Atmospheres

Space.com
An artist’s rendition of the surface of a planet in the TRAPPIST-1 system. The system contains seven Earth-sized planets that could – with the right atmosphere – support liquid water on their surfaces.

Celestial News: Venus takes dive, Mercury rises

Steamboat Pilot & Today
#After dominating our early evening sky all winter, Venus is about to take a nosedive toward the sun and flip-flop into our morning sky.

EU says to beef up climate diplomacy to save Paris agreement

Reuters
BRUSSELS EU foreign ministers on Monday said the bloc would strengthen diplomacy to promote the fight against climate change in the face of a possible U.S.

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