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The six-wheeled vehicle that helped gather critical evidence that ancient Mars might have been hospitable to life was remarkably spry up until eight months ago, when it was finally doomed by a ferocious dust storm. With that, the Mars Opportunity Rov...

There's much that scientists can learn about the moon during total lunar eclipses , Jolliff said. The website also explains why this type of eclipse is rare. Just as we head into the dead of winter, skywatchers get a chance to witness one of n...

The researchers said global carbon dioxide emissions have China's carbon emissions account for 27% of the global total and have increased an estimated 4.7% in 2018. The Paris Agreement is potentially the strongest health agreement of this century, in...

Delivered in a stern tone, the speech also featured more divisive moments. "We can not continue flirting with socialism, communism, populism and leftist extremism". "Canada and Brazil enjoy a deep relationship. numerous relationships between peop...

Michael made landfall at about 1:40 p.m. Wednesday near desolate Mexico Beach , Florida. This time , the Panama City school was ripped apart by Michael. The rating agency also said that it, "Does not anticipate a large number of rating actions ...

The center of Michael "will continue to accelerate to the east-northeast through Thursday night across North Carolina into southeast Virginia , then move off the East Coast out to sea by Friday as a post-tropical low", according to weather.com.

The last major hurricane to hit the Panhandle was Hurricane Dennis in 2005, according to hurricane center data. "For emergencies, please call 911 and do not hesitate to call the Consulate at +1-646-630-2575 for further assistance" the consulate s...

Kepler, now virtually out of gas after an extraordinary mission , detected more than 2,600 exoplanets by looking for the tell-tale dip in brightness that occurs when a planet transits, or moves in front of its parent star as seen from Earth, block...

This will all happen in the open Atlantic, away from the U.S. There are several areas the First Coast News Storm Experts are watching closely. An inch or less would be insignificant, but anything more could exacerbate the already catastrophic floodin...

Roy Cooper called Florence an "uninvited brute" that could wipe out entire communities as it grinds its way across land. Two men pulling a kayak pick up a gas canister as they walk across a road flooded by Hurricane Florence in Pollocksville, ...

Avair Vereen, 39, took her seven children to a shelter in Conway High School near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina . Near the beach in Wilmington, a Waffle House restaurant, part of a chain with a reputation for staying open during disasters, had no p...

Elon Musk's rocket company has signed up its first passenger for a flight around the moon, taking a giant leap towards commercialising space travel. Who will be the first to take a seat aboard the Big Falcon Rocket - a privately funded reusable ro...

While some weakening is expected on Thursday, Florence is forecast to be an extremely unsafe major hurricane when it nears the United States coast. A weakened jet stream means that should Florence strike land, it will be in no hurry to move on.

Alexander Gerst, a German astronaut orbiting Earth from 250 miles (402 kilometres) up, has a warning for humans on the planet below him. "#HurricaneFlorence this morning with Cape Hatteras #NorthCarolina in the foreground", Arnold wrote this morn...

More than 5.4 million people live in areas under hurricane warnings or watches on the US East Coast, according to the NWS, and another four million people were under a tropical storm watch. Hurricane Florence , on track to become the first Ca...

Hurricane Florence is poised to hit part of the East Coast this week, and the impact could be devastating. Even before the evacuation order, Dare County emergency officials warned that rough seas and strong rip currents are already creating risky co...

Bush . Sitting in the hearing, Kavanaugh blanched at that description of Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 supreme court decision that effectively legalized abortion in the US. Instead, he said he opposes unlawful regulation. Defying rules of the...

Gordon is expected to strengthen into a hurricane when it hits the central U.S. Gulf Coast late Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center . The Naples Daily News reports that Naples beachfront stores were getting hardly any foot traffic Mo...

According to NASA blogs, the International Space Station's cabin pressure is now steady after the Expedition 56 crew repaired one of two Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the complex. Flight controllers at NASA Mission Control Center in Hous...

The Delta IV Heavy is slow to rise off the pad and Fox explained that she knew this fact going into the launch, so it wasn't any cause for concern to see the payload she's worked on the past eight years slowly and majestically rise off the launch pad...

Twelve other states have adopted California's efficiency standards for gas-powered vehicles, while nine others have similar policies for zero-emission vehicles. "California is about progress and 21st century technology ... not about backsliding", Bec...

Because this is a fluid situation - no pun intended - that watch could be expanded to the Piedmont and Foothills over time if the heavy rain concentration moves westward with an expected wobble of the upper-level low . The rain will become heavier a...

Although it is expected to last 103 minutes, those in the United Kingdom and Ireland will not be able to see the start of the lunar eclipse as the moon will still be below the horizon. A Super Blue Blood Moon rises behind the Camlica Mosque o...

The chance find brings the gas giant's tally of moons to 79 - 17 more than Saturn, the planet with the second most orbiting moons in the solar system. Sheppard believes it could be Jupiter's smallest, and it has an orbit unlike any other moon around ...

The first named storm of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season made landfall Monday afternoon near Laguna Beach, Florida - just west of Panama City Beach and almost 300 miles west of Jacksonville. Alberto's projected storm track has shifted eastwar...

The large hole, codenamed QSO SMSS J215728.21-360215.1, is the staggering size of about 20 billion suns , and grows at a rate of 200 million suns over a million years. 'It would appear as an incredible bright pin-point star that would nearly wash ou...

New research offers additional evidence of plumes emanating from Europa's subsurface ocean. To make sense of those measurements and ensure they were not merely due to background fluctuations produced by Jupiter itself, Jia and his team compared...

SpaceX on Friday launched the first high-orbit communications satellite for Bangladesh using its latest, most powerful Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket from the Launch Complex 39 of NASA's Kennedy Space Station in Florida. SpaceX successfully launched t...

Leading up to this year's show, Google already announced that it will be investing in start-ups that use the Google Assistant ecosystem-an announcement that would have been ideal for the I/O stage-so Google must have even cooler things talk about...

The company will also make announcements related to its Windows 10 operating system at the event as a new update already has been rolled out for Windows 10 devices. As part of the commercial partnership, DJI and Microsoft will co-develop solution...

Unlike the established Oculus Rift , also made by the Facebook-owned company, the Oculus Go is a headset that does not require an external PC source. The Go, unlike the Rift or the Gear VR, doesn't need to be tethered to another device. Now it's...

Furthermore, the new Spectacles are also capable of going underwater, allowing users to also capture their experiences in the water. Users will still need to import photos and videos from their "Memories", connect their device to a WiFi network, ...

Before these three wickets , Mumbai lost their most precious player Rohit Sharma , who fell on his very first ball trying to steal a run but was caught between the wickets by Rahane's razor sharp fielding skills. Every single one of the 60 IPL ...

In the south, the Algerian-backed Polisario Front seeking independence for Western Sahara ordered a week of mourning for the 30 dead Sahrawi people returning to its refugee camps in Tindouf, a statement from the group said. Hundreds of ambulances and...

In the statement, Facebook admitted that it may not ever know the exact amount of users that were impacted. In spite of this investment, Zuckerberg can't expect an easy ride - as the bosses of other companies in industries facing public and political...

There, she experienced a life marred by the racial discrimination which underpinned everyday life in the American South. The book was a marine success and she was nominated for a National Book Award. It was Bailey who gave her the nickname " Maya "...

It was launched on April 2 with a Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX on a NASA-contracted mission. Such reuse is part of SpaceX's plan to slash the cost of spaceflight, thereby opening the heavens to exploration. The fact that the same capsule was able to b...

The new version of iOS , which has been rolled out for the iPhone, iPad , and iPod touch, consists of an improved ARKit for more advanced augmented reality , and the ability to turn off processor throttling for iPhones with aging batterie...

Last week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a crackdown on abuse of Facebook's platform, strengthened policies, and pledged an easier way for people to revoke apps' ability to use their data. And it plans to launch a public archive of elections-re...

The P20 is backed by a 3400mAh battery, while the Pro variant is juiced by a 4000mAh battery. You can watch the unboxing below. The Huawei P20 Pro sports a 6.1-inch full-HD+ OLED FullView display with 1080x2240 pixel resolution. It's wise to n...