Tag: Science

NASA to Showcase Webb Space Telescope’s First Full-Color Images

Drawing back the curtain to a photo gallery unlike any other, NASA will soon present the first full-color images from its James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe. The highly anticipated July 12 unveiling of pictures and spectroscopic data from the newly operational…


Earthquake Would Trigger 20-Foot Tsunami in Seattle Within 3 Minutes, State Report Says

By Nicholas Turner From The Seattle Times SEATTLE—A tsunami triggered by a major earthquake beneath Puget Sound would arrive at the shores sooner and reach further inland than previously understood, according to a study published Thursday by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Models showed a tsunami following a magnitude 7.5 quake would inundate Seattle’s…


Dutch Farmers Are Protesting Against a Globalist, Communist Agenda: Eva Vlaardingerbroek

Dutch farmers’ protests have drawn the world’s attention. According to Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek, the government’s climate policy, which caused widespread protests, follows a communist agenda of the global elites. “It’s communism to the T,” Vlaardingerbroek told The Epoch Times’ sister media NTD on July 7. “If the state comes in and says ‘I’m going…


Elon Musk Pokes Fun at Bill Gates’ Claim That ‘Cheap, Green Hydrogen Would Be Massive Breakthrough’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared to poke fun at Bill Gates on Thursday after the Microsoft founder claimed that clean hydrogen energy could zero out emissions and help tackle climate change. Gates, on his Twitter account, had earlier posted a link to a blog entry titled “To cut emissions, use this Swiss Army Knife”; a screenshot of which was captured and shared by The…


Virgin Galactic Partners With Boeing’s Aurora to Develop New Motherships

Virgin Galactic announced Wednesday that Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences will help design and build its next-generation motherships. The mothership is a dual-fuselage aircraft carrier that takes off and carries the Virgin Galactic spaceship to its release altitude of around 50,000 feet, where the spaceship then launches from atop the mothership into space. The current…


Scientists at CERN Observe 3 ‘Exotic’ Particles for First Time

GENEVA—Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered three subatomic particles never seen before as they work to unlock the building blocks of the universe, the European nuclear research centre CERN said on Tuesday. The 27 kilometer-long (16.8 mile) LHC at CERN is the machine that found the Higgs boson particle, which along…


Contact Restored With NASA Spacecraft Headed to Lunar Orbit

WASHINGTON—NASA said Wednesday that contact has been restored with its $32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit. Contact was lost after one successful communication and a second partial one on Monday, after the spacecraft left Earth’s orbit on its way to the moon, the space agency said. The…


NASA Rocket Finally Launched After Several Delays Due to Weather

NASA has successfully launched its second rocket from Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) after initial delays due to bad wind and rain conditions. The launch on July 6 is the second of three NASA rockets to be launched from the Arnhem Space Centre in NT. The mission is to measure ultraviolet light from stars and find which…


NASA’s 2nd Rocket Finally Launches in Outback Australia After Weather Delays

NASA has successfully launched its second rocket from Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) after initial delays due to bad wind and rain conditions. The launch on July 6 is the second of three NASA rockets to be launched from the Arnhem Space Centre in NT. The mission is to measure ultraviolet light from stars and find which…


In Blow for Green Hardliners, Vote Allows Natural Gas and Nuclear Into Key EU Taxonomy

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) voted on July 6 not to reject adding nuclear and natural gas activities to the European Union taxonomy for sustainable investments. Opponents of the change had to secure an absolute majority of the 705-member European Parliament, or 353 MEPs. Just 328 MEPs voted against the European Commission Act, which would…