Science-&-Innovation
Israeli researchers develop standalone system to produce water from air in desert areas
Israeli researchers have developed an energy-independent portable system for extracting and collecting water from the air, including in desert areas, the northern Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) reported on Monday.
UN: Antarctic high temp records will take months to verify
Record high temperatures reportedly measured in Antarctica will take months to verify, the U.N. weather agency said Sunday.
NASA selects 4 possible missions to study secrets of solar system
NASA has selected four Discovery Program investigations to develop concept studies on the solar system, according to a release of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on Thursday.
NASA breaks ground on new antenna to prepare for Moon, Mars missions
NASA officials on Tuesday broke ground on a new antenna for communicating with the agency's farthest-flung robotic spacecraft, according to a statement from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture 1st look at sun's poles
Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter rocketed into space Sunday night on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's elusive poles.
First image transmitted by CHEOPS telescope "intentionally blurred"
The Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) announced Friday that the first image transmitted by the European Space Agency (ESA) CHEOPS space telescope is "intentionally blurred" to allow "maximized measurement accuracy," Portuguese Lusa News Agency reported.
Defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsule
Defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsule during its first test flight, a botched trip that was cut short and never made it to the International Space Station, NASA and company officials said Friday.
Scientists say virus may have come from bats
Chinese scientists say they have more evidence that the new virus that recently emerged in China likely originated in bats. In two papers published Monday in the journal Nature, scientists report that genome sequences from several patients in Wuhan show the virus is closely related to the viruses that cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope ends mission of astronomical discovery
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope's mission has come to an end on Thursday, after more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light, revealing new wonders in the solar system, galaxy and beyond.
China to launch more space science satellites
China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).