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What do scientists hope to learn from total solar eclipse in US?

by Lucie Aubourg - April 8, 2024 - 10:32am

When a rare total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on Monday, scientists will be able to gather invaluable data on everything from the Sun's atmosphere to strange animal behaviors -- and even possible effects...

Amazon launches test satellites in challenge to Musk's Starlink

by Lucie Aubourg - October 7, 2023 - 8:58am

Amazon launched two satellites on Friday as part of its plan to deliver the internet from space and compete with Elon Musk's Starlink service.

US approves new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease

by Lucie Aubourg - January 7, 2023 - 8:49am

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a highly anticipated new drug designed to slow cognitive decline in patients in mild and early stages of Alzheimer's disease.

Half of world's glaciers expected to vanish by 2100: study

by Lucie Aubourg - January 6, 2023 - 7:56am

Half of the Earth's glaciers, notably smaller ones, are destined to disappear by the end of the century because of climate change, but limiting global warming could save others, according to a new study.

NASA launches satellite for landmark study of Earth's water

by Lucie Aubourg - December 20, 2022 - 11:45am

A satellite lifted off from California on a mission to survey nearly all bodies of water on Earth, offering key insights on how they influence or are impacted by climate change.

Medical community frets over fate of Twitter

by Lucie Aubourg - November 23, 2022 - 6:30pm

For days, doctors, scientists and public health experts have been telling their Twitter followers where to find them on other platforms if Elon Musk's newly-acquired company tanks.

Liftoff! NASA successfully launches mega Moon rocket

by Lucie Aubourg - November 16, 2022 - 3:10pm

NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon, in a spectacular blaze of light and sound that marked the start of the space agency's new flagship program, Artemis.

NASA returning to the Moon with mega rocket launch

by Lucie Aubourg - November 16, 2022 - 8:34am

Third time's the charm?

Three, two, one: Astronomers predict SpaceX space junk will hit the Moon

by Lucie Aubourg - January 27, 2022 - 9:18am

A chunk of a SpaceX rocket that blasted off seven years ago and was abandoned in space after completing its mission will crash into the Moon in March, experts say.

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill 89% effective against severe disease

by Lucie Aubourg - November 6, 2021 - 11:33am

Pfizer said Friday that a clinical trial of its pill to treat COVID-19 had shown it is highly effective, hailing it is as a big step toward ending the pandemic.

In first, SpaceX to send all-civilian crew into Earth orbit

by Lucie Aubourg - September 16, 2021 - 7:59am

A Falcon 9 rocket, with a Dragon capsule at its top, will blast off from the legendary launch complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the Apollo 11 mission once took off for the Moon.

'Experience of a lifetime': Billionaire Branson achieves space dream

by Lucie Aubourg - July 12, 2021 - 9:04am

British billionaire Richard Branson flew into space Sunday aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, a voyage he described as the "experience of a lifetime".

NASA releases first audio from Mars, video of landing

by Lucie Aubourg - February 23, 2021 - 7:19am

The high-definition video clip, lasting three minutes and 25 seconds, shows the deployment of a red-and-white parachute with a 70.5-foot-wide (21.5-meter-wide) canopy.

Touchdown: NASA's Perseverance rover ready to search for life on Mars

by Lucie Aubourg - February 19, 2021 - 7:05am

Over the course of several years, Perseverance will attempt to collect 30 rock and soil samples in sealed tubes, to be eventually sent back to Earth sometime in the 2030s for lab analysis.

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