Tag: Science

Scientists Lower Alert for Mauna Loa, Say Eruption Could End

HONOLULU—Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and said the mountain’s first eruption in nearly 40 years may soon end. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a bulletin that the eruption on the mountain’s northeast rift zone…


Scientists Say Eruption of Hawaii Volcano Continues to Ease

HONOLULU—The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain’s first flare-up in nearly 40 years might soon end. “We have good news to report,” Ken Hon, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory,…


NASA’s Orion Capsule Returns to Earth, Capping Artemis I Flight Around Moon

NASA’s Orion capsule barreled through Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific ocean on Sunday after making an uncrewed voyage around the moon, winding up the inaugural mission of the U.S. agency’s Artemis lunar program 50 years to the day after Apollo’s final moon landing. The gumdrop-shaped Orion capsule, carrying a simulated crew of…


LIVE NOW: Splashdown of Artemis I Moon Mission Capsule

NASA’s Orion space capsule is expected to spashdown on Dec. 11 after a crewless voyage around the moon and back. The Artemis program is aimed at returning astronauts to the lunar surface this decade and establishing a sustainable base there as a stepping stone to future human exploration of Mars. The Epoch Times will livestream…


LIVE: Splashdown of Artemis I Moon Mission Capsule

NASA’s Orion space capsule is expected to spashdown on Dec. 11 after a crewless voyage around the moon and back. The Artemis program is aimed at returning astronauts to the lunar surface this decade and establishing a sustainable base there as a stepping stone to future human exploration of Mars. The Epoch Times will livestream…


LIVE: Artemis I Leaders Discuss Orion Entry, Splashdown, Recovery

NASA’s Orion space capsule is expected to spashdown on Dec. 11 after a crewless voyage around the moon and back. The Artemis program is aimed at returning astronauts to the lunar surface this decade and establishing a sustainable base there as a stepping stone to future human exploration of Mars. The Epoch Times will livestream…


Splashdown of Artemis I Moon Mission Capsule

NASA’s Orion space capsule is expected to spashdown on Dec. 11 after a crewless voyage around the moon and back. The Artemis program is aimed at returning astronauts to the lunar surface this decade and establishing a sustainable base there as a stepping stone to future human exploration of Mars. The Epoch Times will livestream…


North Carolina Treasurer Wants BlackRock CEO Larry Fink to ‘Resign or Be Removed’

You might call it the “battle of BlackRock.” The conflict, which pits Republican officials in states across the country against the world’s largest asset manager, has only intensified in recent months. Just days ago, Florida became the latest state to pull money from BlackRock—in its case, $2 billion in state-controlled assets. The state’s chief financial…


Australia to Establish Environmetal Protection Agency

The Australian Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, has announced the federal labor government will establish an environmental protection agency to oversee its new legislation on environmental protection and conservation laws. The new independent body is part of the federal government’s ‘Nature Positive Plan: Better for the Environment, Better for Business,’ announced on…


Japanese Billionaire Maezawa Picks K-pop Star T.O.P, DJ Steve Aoki to Join SpaceX Moon Trip

TOKYO—Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa revealed on Friday that K-pop star T.O.P. and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon as soon as next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets. Maezawa bought every seat on the maiden lunar…