Monday, September 26, 2016

SpaceX explosion traced to its helium system. Now what? and other top stories.

  • SpaceX explosion traced to its helium system. Now what?

    SpaceX’s explosion mystery may be one step closer to being solved, according to a statement released Friday. The company says the helium system “likely suffered a large breach” during a static fire test earlier this month.The Falcon 9 rocket exploded early on September 1, during a static flight test on its launch pad in Cape Canaveral. The rocket was preparing to launch the Amos-6, an Israeli communications satellite, but both rocket and satellite were destroyed in the explosion. After the inci..
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  • Chaos in the zodiac: Some Virgos are Leos now (but NASA couldn't care less)

    Chaos in the zodiac: Some Virgos are Leos now (but NASA couldn't care less)
    There has been a disturbance in the astrological forces. What you think you know about the zodiac may be a lie. The sign you believe you were born under is different, to hear astrology wonks tell it. The dates for the western zodiac calendar have compressed and shifted later by a few weeks: If you were a Virgo born before mid-September, so the story goes, you are a Leo (now Aug. 10 to Sept. 16). Congratulations! There is a thirteenth sign, too – Ophiuchus. People born between Nov. 29 and Dec. 1..
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  • Pluto may have a 60 mile deep liquid water ocean

    Pluto may have a 60 mile deep liquid water ocean
    Pluto's most significant feature is the Sputnik Planam, a heart-shaped crater formed by an impact with an object up to 200 km (125 miles) across. Normally, such a crater would create a "negative mass anomaly," or a gouged-out hole with less heft than the terrain around it. However, "that's not what we see with Sputnik Planum," says Brown University geologist Brandon Johnson.Instead, the region unexpectedly has more weight than scientists expect. They know that because of Charon, Pluto's moon. L..
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  • China Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World

    China Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World
    Enlarge this image The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang county, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP/Getty Images The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang county, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images The largest radio tel..
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  • Melatonin makes these fish sing like mermaids at night: Mystery now solved!

    Melatonin makes these fish sing like mermaids at night: Mystery now solved!
    Melatonin makes these fish sing like mermaids at night: Mystery now solved! "Singing fishes" at San Francisco Bay were once a mystery. But now, further studies have uncovered By Cristina Limpiada | Sep 26, 2016 07:48 AM EDT The mystery of San Francisco Bay's "singing fishes" has already been solved. (Photo : Pixabay) Fact: There are fish that sing. At San Francisco Bay, residents living in houseboats were mesmerized by a strange hum that starts when darkness fall and stops abruptly before th..
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