Walmart Black Friday: Stores limited to 20% capacity for 3-day event
Walmart said Wednesday it would stagger the launch of in-store Black Friday sales across three days in November to avoid crowds. It will also limit store capacity to just 20%…
New eclipsing double white dwarf binary discovered
Pan-STARRS1 color giy-bands image of ZTF J2243+5242, which is the blue object in the center of the image. Credit: Burdge et al., 2020. Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology…
Eight nations sign NASA’s Artemis Accords that guide cooperative exploration of the moon
Eight countries have signed on as founding member nations to NASA’s Artemis Accords during the 71st International Astronautical Congress this week. © NASA Those nations include Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan,…
Soyuz rocket departs for the international space station in historic final U.S.-Russian flight
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan — Since the launch of Sputnik and Yury Gagarin from the desert steppe of Kazakhstan over 60 years ago, the history of spaceflight has been measured in…
Russian-US crew launches on fast track to the space station
MOSCOW (AP) — A trio of space travelers launched successfully to the International Space Station, for the first time using a fast-track maneuver to reach the orbiting outpost in just…
Second giant ‘murder hornet’ escapes after it was captured by scientists in Washington State
Another “murder” hornet that could have led scientists to its nest has evaded experts once more, following a lost signal. © Karla Salp/Washington State Department of Agriculture via AP A…
Dotmatics Introduces Blueprint to Provide Self-service Data Analysis for Medicinal and Synthetic Chemists
Self-service scientific data visualization and analytics application designed to empower chemists working on small molecule discovery projects Blueprint provides guided wizard-driven analytics for bench scientists to analyze project data, design…
Russia launches fresh crew to ISS on fast-track journey
The three-member crew launched from the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut blasted off on a fast-track journey to the International Space Station Wednesday, in…
A Study Shows There’s a 50% Chance We’re Living in a Simulation
Photo credit: Yagi Studio – Getty Images From Popular Mechanics If real life in 2020 seems like just too much, take comfort in some breaking news: scientists say odds are…
Soyuz launch: NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts launch to the International Space Station
The launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan occurred at 1:45 am ET on Wednesday. The trio’s Soyuz capsule is expected to dock with the space station at 4:52…