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More than 90 countries are supporting the resolution.
Chechen forces deployed in Ukraine appear to be more of a 'PR initiative' than military utility, analysts say.
Oil futures turned higher Thursday morning, after trading lower during the overnight session.
Tottenham striker Harry Kane has refused to commit his future to the club amid transfer rumours linking him with Manchester United. The England international has been a star performer for Spurs, but it seems they’re at risk of losing their best player once again this summer. Man Utd have recently been linked with a possible […]
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Washington DC (UPI) Mar 22, 2021
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed its 22nd flight over the weekend, the space agency announced.
"The trip lasted 101.4 seconds and Ingenuity got up to 33 feet in the air," NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a tweet Monday. "The team is planning another flight perhaps as early as later this week."
During its first 21 flights, Ingenuity flew a total of 15,247 feet an
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 23, 2022
The Meridian series of dual-use civilian/military communications satellites began to sent to space in the mid-2000s. In 2019, the first upgraded Meridian-M satellite was deployed.
The Russian military has taken control over the Meridian-M communications satellite after its launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
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Germantown MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2022
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50 years, has announced the award of an $18 million contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) to deploy a standalone 5G network at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state.
The Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) was issued through the Information Warfare Research
Chantilly VA (SPX) Mar 23, 2022
TriSept Corporation, a leading provider of launch integration and mission management services, has announced its new TriSept Security Enhanced Layer (TSEL) satellite security solution has successfully completed a series of rigorous vacuum chamber tests at Old Dominion University's Space Engineering Lab ahead of an upcoming suborbital test launch.
TriSept's software team and ODU aerospace e
University Park PA (SPX) Mar 23, 2022
he number of sunspots on our Sun typically ebbs and flows in a predictable 11-year cycle, but one unusual 70-year period when sunspots were incredibly rare has mystified scientists for three hundred years. Now a nearby Sun-like star seems to have paused its own cycles and entered a similar period of rare starspots, according to a team of researchers at Penn State. Continuing to observe this star
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2022
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, a joint effort with the Italian Space Agency, has returned data that no other spacecraft has obtained before from a few extreme cosmic objects.
Launched in December 2021, IXPE has detected polarized X-rays from three of its first six targets. Polarized X-rays carry unique details about where the light comes from and what it passes t
Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 23, 2022
Making use of the LAMOST spectra data as the training sample, a research team led by Dr. WANG Shoucheng and Prof. MA Jun from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) proposed a new method to search for star clusters in the Andromeda galaxy.
With this method, the researchers identified 117 new high-confidence cluster candidates in the Andromeda galaxy based
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2022
A team of scientists has predicted the science return from one of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's groundbreaking planned surveys, which will analyze millions of galaxies strewn across space and time. The mission's enormous, deep panoramas will provide the best opportunity yet to discern between the leading theories about what's speeding up the universe's expansion.
Roman will ex
Geneva (AFP) March 23, 2022
The United Nations said Wednesday it wanted the whole world covered by weather disaster early warning systems within five years to protect people from the worsening impacts of climate change.
A third of the world's people, mainly in the least-developed countries and developing small island states, are without early warning coverage, the UN said, with 60 percent of people in Africa wide open
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2022
On March 22, the newest U.S.-European sea level satellite, named Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, became the official reference satellite for global sea level measurements. This means that sea surface height data collected by other satellites will be compared to the information produced by Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich to ensure their accuracy.
Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in November
Geneva (AFP) March 23, 2022
Scientists are urging Europe not to delay the transition to greener agriculture in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which threatens global wheat supplies and raises fears over food shortages.
The European Commission is preparing to pass emergency measures on Wednesday to deal with the consequences of the war and sanctions on Russia, also a major exporter of cereals.
That will
Paris (AFP) March 21, 2022
Nearly 200 nations gathered Monday to grapple with a question that will outlive Covid-19 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine: how does a world addicted to fossil fuels prevent carbon pollution from making Earth unliveable?
A partial answer is set for April 4, in the form of a 3,000-page report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) due to be approved after two weeks of c
Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) March 22, 2022
Among rolling hills around the southern tip of majestic Lake Kivu, huge layers of plastic waste ride the water and block the turbines of the largest hydroelectric plant in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Ruzizi dam is polluted by thousands of bottles, cans and other objects thrown into the lake, which stretches 90 kilometres (56 miles) along the border between DR Congo and Rwanda.
Leeds UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2022
Engineers and scientists have developed proof of concept for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs - to take tissue samples or deliver cancer therapy.
Known as a magnetic tentacle robot, it measures just 2 millimetres in diameter, about twice the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen.
Magnets on the outside of the patient will be used to guide the tent
Hong Kong (AFP) March 23, 2022
Chinese messaging and gaming giant Tencent saw slowing growth during a "challenging" 2021, according to its annual report released Wednesday, the latest firm to feel the sting of Beijing's crackdown on the domestic tech sector.
China has exerted more authority over the industry since 2020, citing concerns that tech giants in the country have become too big and powerful.
The Shenzhen-bas
Jakarta (AFP) March 23, 2022
President Vladimir Putin plans to attend a G20 summit later this year in Indonesia, Moscow's envoy said Wednesday, dismissing suggestions Russia could be excluded from the group over the war in Ukraine.
A day earlier, the United States indicated it would consult allies over Russia's membership in international forums to increase pressure over the invasion of Ukraine, which has prompted a ref
Vatican City (AFP) March 23, 2022
Environmental activists fighting to stop a giant oil pipeline project in Uganda raised their fears with the Vatican on Wednesday, in the hope of obtaining Pope Francis's public support.
The $10-billion deal signed by Chinese and French oil giants last month to unlock Uganda's energy resources has incensed critics, who say it risks damaging one of the world's most biodiverse regions.
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Paris (AFP) March 23, 2022
The International Energy Agency voiced concern on Wednesday that Russia's war in Ukraine could scuttle efforts to fight climate change.
"It is vital that governments ensure that we keep the lights on, but this doesn't mean we can turn off our efforts to tackle climate change," IEA executive director Fatih Birol said at the opening of a meeting of energy ministers in Paris.
"I am very wor