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The Athena lander reached the moon – but seems to have fallen over

Thu, 03/06/2025 - 5:52pm
Intuitive Machines's Athena spacecraft has landed on the surface of the moon, but it seems to have fallen over and we don't yet know if it will be able to drill for ice
Categories: Astronomy

Experts say US flights are safe now but flag warning signs to look for

Thu, 03/06/2025 - 5:02pm
Flying commercially in the US remains low risk despite a recent mid-air collision, near misses and job cuts at the Federal Aviation Administration. But aviation safety experts and former FAA employees identify warning signs that would stop them from flying in the future
Categories: Astronomy

The US may start vaccinating chickens and cows against bird flu

Thu, 03/06/2025 - 4:31pm
The US Department of Agriculture announced it will allocate $100 million to develop vaccines and other therapies to help contain the spread of bird flu on poultry and dairy farms
Categories: Astronomy

Birds' nests in Amsterdam are made up of plastic from 30 years ago

Thu, 03/06/2025 - 11:00am
Coots' nests in Amsterdam are built using discarded plastic, providing a time capsule into the material's use over the past few decades
Categories: Astronomy

Lasers can help detect radioactive materials from afar

Thu, 03/06/2025 - 9:00am
In a record-breaking test, researchers remotely detected radioactive material by shooting it with infrared laser pulses and analysing how the light scattered
Categories: Astronomy

Two huge black holes merged into one and went flying across the cosmos

Thu, 03/06/2025 - 8:00am
A supermassive black hole that doesn't appear to be where we would expect seems to be travelling at more than a thousand kilometres per second – the result of a giant cosmic collision
Categories: Astronomy