NASA Releases Uranus, Neptune Mission Concepts To Study Mysterious ‘Ice Giants’

Written by Himanshu Goenka

Only one spacecraft in about 60 years of human space-faring, the Voyager 2, has ever come close to Uranus and Neptune, during flybys in 1986 and 1989 respectively. The comparative dearth of information about the two outermost planets in the solar system has long rankled astronomers and scientists, and to address that, NASA on Tuesday unveiled a study of future mission concepts that will explore the so-called “ice giants.”

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New York to London in 40 Minutes? Maybe Someday

Written by Andy Pasztor

More than a decade after the demise of supersonic Concorde jets, the drive for easy and affordable access to space has inspired proposals for a new generation of superfast airliners able to streak across continents in minutes.

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Wind farms killing more bats than expected

Written by Colleen Uechi

As wind farms statewide are killing more Hawaiian hoary bats than expected, a Maui wind farm is asking the state to increase the number of endangered bats and nenes it’s allowed to incidentally kill.

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Misrepresenting “The Science”

Written by Joe Postma

So, I was told by some deranged goblin that “you’re misrepresenting the science” of climate alarm and the greenhouse effect when I say that it teaches and is based on flat Earth physics. This was right after their looking at the diagrams which derive the radiative greenhouse effect upon which climate alarm is based. For example:

So you see…the problem isn’t with the derivation of the radiative greenhouse effect, the problem is that I’m saying that it is flat Earth physics “which is a misrepresentation.”

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Wave beams mix and stir the ocean to create climate

Written by American Institute of Physics

Ocean circulation patterns have a profound effect on global climate. Waves deep within the ocean play an important role in establishing this circulation, arising when tidal currents oscillate over an uneven ocean bottom. The internal waves that are generated by this process stir and mix the ocean, bringing cold, deep water to the surface to be warmed by the sun.

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International Space Station to Test New Form of Roll-Out Solar Array

Written by AZoCleantech

An experiment that recently arrived at the International Space Station will test a new solar array design that rolls up to form a compact cylinder for launch with significantly less mass and volume, potentially offering substantial cost savings as well as an increase in power for satellites.

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