GRAPHIC CREDITS: MIKE BLAKE/BUSINESS INSIDER  According to CNBC, SpaceX is manufacturing its Starlink satellites at an unprecedented rate for the space industry. ~ Starlink is SpaceX’s plan to build an interconnected network of about 12,000 small satellites, to create high-speed internet from orbit to anywhere in the world. SpaceX told[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: VOA NEWS According to Science Alert, NASA launched the Perseverance Mars rover from Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 30. ~ Carrying a host of cutting-edge technology including high-definition video equipment and the first interplanetary helicopter, the rover is set to land on Mars on February 18, 2021. Many[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: BUSINESS INSIDER According to Space.com, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 2:48 p.m. on Sunday. ~ “Welcome back to planet Earth,” SpaceX’s mission control radioed the two astronauts aboard the capsule, which is[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: NBC NEWS According to Science News, stone tools found in a cave in Mexico indicate humans could have lived in the area as early as 33,000 years ago. ~ For decades, archaeologists thought the Americas’ first residents were the Clovis people — big game hunters known for their[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: CFAES Last Tuesday, Secretary of State Pompeo and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the 2020 World Food Prize Laureate virtually. Dr. Rattan Lal was selected to be the 2020 Laureate. Dr. Lal is an expert in soil science and agro-ecology, a way of viewing agriculture systems as[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: PUBLIC DOMAIN PICTURES According to NBC News, some endangered species around the world, and the wildlife reserves that they reside at, are in danger due to the spread of COVID-19 and the lockdowns the virus has caused. These lockdowns have caused many scientists and caregivers unable to maintain[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: YAHOO NEWS According to NBC News, the largest electric plane yet took flight for the first time in early June. The aircraft flew at more than one hundred miles per hour to an altitude of around 2,500 feet, then made a few turns, and landed after twenty-eight minutes[Read More…]

German Scientists discover new exoplanet orbiting star with similar size and conditions to that of the Earth and Sun, the first ever practical mirror of the Earth and Sun found in the universe PHOTO CREDITS: NIGHT SKY STARS/PINTEREST According to SciTechDaily, a new exoplanet orbiting a star three thousand light-years[Read More…]

After successfully sending NASA astronauts to the ISS early last week, Elon Musk claims SpaceX’s number one priority moving forward should be on the engineering and production of its Starship PHOTO CREDITS: TECH STORY After successfully sending NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station early[Read More…]

Researchers from the National University of Singapore developed a device that can produce electricity from shadows, an unprecedented achievement in energy technology PHOTO CREDITS: KIWICO According to Science News, researchers from the National University of Singapore have developed a device that can produce enough electricity from a shadow to run[Read More…]