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Penguin Poo Is a Clue: Discovering New Penguin Colonies From Space Antarctica

Penguin Poo Is a Clue: Discovering New Penguin Colonies From Space

Satellite images have revealed that there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought. Scientists, at the British Antarctic Survey, have used satellite data from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission to track penguin guano, or penguin poo, to monitor the presence of thousands of penguins. The findings,…
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August 8, 2020
India has 5 tabletop runways with little space for last-minute manoeuvre VR

India has 5 tabletop runways with little space for last-minute manoeuvre

Tabletop runways are at Kozhikode, Mangalore (Karnakata), Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) and Pakyong (Sikkim) TopicsAirports Authority of India AAI | plane crash | Air India Constructed on elevated terrains and mostly having little space for last-minute maneuver, tabletop runways at times pose challenges for pilots while landing their aircraft. And Air India Express planes have…
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August 8, 2020
Narendra Modi is India’s best PM, Yogi Adityanath the best CM, finds India Today survey Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi is India’s best PM, Yogi Adityanath the best CM, finds India Today survey

PM Narendra Modi at the Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan Wednesday | ANI Text Size: New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the best prime minister India has had to date, said 44 per cent of respondents in India Today’s ‘Mood Of The Nation’ (MOTN) survey released Saturday. Sixty-six per cent…
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August 8, 2020
SpaceX’s toasted Crew Dragon returns home after historic NASA astronaut splashdown SpaceX

SpaceX’s toasted Crew Dragon returns home after historic NASA astronaut splashdown

Home News Spaceflight  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule cruised into its home port Friday evening (Aug. 7), secured to one of the company’s recovery vessels. Onlookers gathered at Jetty Park (while social distancing) in anticipation of the Crew Dragon’s arrival after the capsule's historic splashdown on Aug. 2…
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August 8, 2020
Experimental DragRacer satellites will test ‘Terminator Tape’ for space junk cleanup this fall NATO

Experimental DragRacer satellites will test ‘Terminator Tape’ for space junk cleanup this fall

Home News Tech An artist rendering of the DragRacer experimental mission, which includes two satellites to test space debris deorbit technologies with and without a space tether.  (Image credit: Millennium Space Systems)An experimental mission to test tether-based orbital debris cleanup method with "Terminator Tape" is slated to launch this fall…
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August 8, 2020