SAVANNAH, Ga.—Scientists spotted an endangered right whale dragging a length of fishing rope caught in its mouth as it swam with a newborn calf off the Georgia coast, a rare confirmation of a birth by an entangled whale that experts determined they can’t safely attempt to help. The baby whale appeared healthy and uninjured when…
Chile Astronomer Gets Front Row Seat to Eclipse
Chilean astronomer Patricio Rojo witnessed the total solar eclipse from the Chilean Antarctica that for nearly two minutes turned the bright sky into dusk. Rojo, of the University of Chile, said the good weather made it possible to see the corona. Personnel from the Chilean Air Force operating at the Joint Scientific Polar Station “Union…
Solar Eclipse Brings Minutes to Darkness to Antarctic Summer
Video released by NASA showed a total solar eclipse as seen from Western Antarctica on Saturday. The earth’s southernmost continent experiences continual daylight from mid-October until early April, but the eclipse brought a few minutes of total darkness. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on…
Work and Play in Space? NASA Awards $415.6 Million for New Space Hubs
SEATTLE—NASA announced on Thursday it has awarded $415.6 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, stalwart contractor Northrop Grumman Corp., and venture-backed Nanoracks to develop privately-owned and operated commercial space stations. The trio of awards are emblematic of the U.S. space agency’s efforts to tap private companies to enable an American-led commercial economy in low-Earth…
United Airlines Stages Large Passenger Flight Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel
December 2, 2021
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United Airlines flew more than 100 passengers on a new Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The 612-mile trip used “sustainable aviation fuel” (SAF) on an unprecedented scale for a flight with many people on it. Airlines are currently eligible for a $1…
Total Solar Eclipse to Grace the Skies on December 4—Here’s What You Need to Know:
December 2, 2021
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The extraordinary cosmic event of a total eclipse of the sun will present itself to an exclusive audience on Dec. 4, 2021. Stargazers hoping to witness the moon’s umbra shadow obliterate the solar sphere from view will have to sojourn to the Antarctic—where the eclipse will first appear in the Southern Ocean. It will then…
Startup Raises $1.8 Billion in Bid to Generate Fusion Nuclear Energy
December 1, 2021
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has raised more than $1.8 billion, the largest private investment in the nuclear fusion industry as more investors pour money into energy projects that claim limitless energy with no or minimal wastage. Founded in 2017, CFS is based out of Cambridge, MA, and plans to deploy the capital to “construct, commission,…
Xenobots: Cell-Based Living Robots That Can Self-Replicate
Swarms of tiny living robots have discovered the ability to self-replicate, i.e. reproduce, through the process of gathering single cells and assembling them together to form new organisms, through a unique process not seen until now in plants or animals. Researchers Sam Kriegman, Douglas Blackiston, Michael Levin, and Josh Bongard; from Tufts University, Harvard, and…
Citing Debris Risk, NASA Delays Spacewalk to Fix Space Station Antenna
A spacewalk planned for Tuesday to repair a faulty antenna on the International Space Station was postponed indefinitely, NASA said, citing a “debris notification” it received for the orbiting research laboratory. Two U.S. astronauts had been scheduled to venture outside the space station at 7:10 a.m. ET to begin their work, facing what NASA officials…
Feds Ask Ships to Slow Down to Protect Rare Whales Near NYC
NEW YORK—Scientists have detected a rare species of whale southeast of New York City, and the federal government is using a voluntarily protected zone to try to keep them safe. There are fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales left, according to scientists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the protected zone, which is…
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