Articles filed under Science
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SpaceX launches Air Force's newest GPS satelliteJun 30, 2020 7:00 am - SpaceX launched the military's newest, most accurate GPS satellite Tuesday after a two-month delay due to the pandemic. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida's Cap...
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Astronaut says losing mirror on spacewalk was 'real bummer'Jun 29, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The commander of the International Space Station said Monday that losing a mirror during last week's otherwise successful spacewalk was 'œa r...
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Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror, newest space junkJun 26, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of junk orbiting the Earth on Friday, losing a small mirror on his sleeve as soon as...
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Space agencies unveil site showing lockdown changes to EarthJun 25, 2020 7:00 am - You can now see how coronavirus lockdowns have changed air pollution, hospital lights and even white asparagus harvests. Using data from 17 satellites, three space agenc...
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NASA naming headquarters for 'Hidden Figures' engineerJun 25, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA is naming its Washington headquarters after Mary Jackson, the space agency's first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in t...
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U.S. honeybees are doing better after bad year, survey showsJun 22, 2020 7:00 am - American honeybee colonies have bounced back after a bad year, the annual beekeeping survey finds. Beekeepers only lost 22.2% of their colonies this past winter, from Oc...
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Coronavirus lockdowns increase poaching in Asia, AfricaJun 22, 2020 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - A camera trap photo of an injured tigress and a forensic examination of its carcass revealed why the creature died: a poacher's wire snare punctured its...
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NASA's next Mars rover honors medical teams fighting virusJun 17, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's next Mars rover is honoring all the medical workers on the front lines of the coronavirus battle around the world. With just another ...
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Temperature spike: Earth ties record high heat May readingJun 12, 2020 7:00 am - Earth's temperature spiked to tie a record high for May, U.S. meteorologists reported Friday. Last month the global average temperature was 60.3 degrees (15.7 degrees C...
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Coronavirus disrupts global fight to save endangered speciesJun 06, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Biologist Carlos Ruiz has spent a quarter-century working to save golden lion tamarins, the charismatic long-maned monkeys native to Brazil's Atlantic ...