Science
- WorldReuters
No visa required: Cuban biologists unravel mysteries of bird migration
University of Havana professor Daniela Ventura has intercepted a migrant. Her net, stretched taut on a forest trail in Havana's Botanical Garden, trembles. Ventura calls out observations to her students who take notes nearby - species, weight, an estimate of the bird's body fat.
3 min read - ScienceSpace
Saturn's ocean moon Titan may not be able to support life after all
Organic material on Saturn moon Titan's surface may have difficulty getting to the underground ocean. That's where it'd need to go for Titan to potentially support life.
5 min read - ScienceSpace
China eyes May 2024 launch for 1st-ever lunar sample-return mission to moon's far side
Chang'e-6 is expected to launch in May 2024 and touch down on the moon's far side to collect samples of lunar material to be returned to Earth for study.
3 min read - USNBC News
National Archives closes after climate change protesters dump red powder on U.S. Constitution
The National Archives rotunda and galleries in Washington, D.C., closed to the public early on Wednesday afternoon after two apparent climate change protesters dumped red powder on the case holding the U.S.
2 min read - ScienceSpace
Private Odysseus lunar lander heads for the moon after SpaceX launch
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander is doing well on its own in deep space after its early-morning launch atop a SpaceX rocket on Thursday (Feb. 15).
3 min read - ScienceSpace
China wants to send plants, microbes and lunar resource experiments to the moon in 2028
China's Chang'e 8 moon mission, which is targeted to launch no earlier than 2028, will carry a small ecosystem and other payloads to test using lunar resources.
2 min read - ScienceSpace
NASA's interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft isn't doing so well — here's what we know
NASA's Voyager 1 deep space probe started glitching last year, and scientists aren't sure they can fix it.
4 min read
