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Earth’s ‘second moon’ will make one final pass this week before floating out into space forever. Astronomers first spotted an unknown object with an incoming trajectory in September 2020 and initially believed it was an asteroid. But in December, the object named 2020 SO came within 30,000 miles of Earth and allowed NASA to confirm … Read more
UK’S ‘KENT’ VARIANT – B117 UK health officials announced in December that a ‘variant of concern’ had emerged in Kent. The variant is known to scientists as B117, a name derived from the location of its most significant mutations. B117 appears to be more infectious than older ‘wild-type’ coronavirus variants. Most estimates put it at … Read more
UK’S ‘KENT’ VARIANT – B117 UK health officials announced in December that a ‘variant of concern’ had emerged in Kent. The variant is known to scientists as B117, a name derived from the location of its most significant mutations. B117 appears to be more infectious than older ‘wild-type’ coronavirus variants. Most estimates put it at … Read more
As the country gears up to carry out two million vaccinations a week, you could be forgiven for thinking that investing in healthcare might be a smart move right now. But while it’s true that the extraordinary scientific advances of the last year have rightly made superstars out of women and men in white coats … Read more
She recently appeared to flout coronavirus rules after celebrating her birthday with friends in a limousine. Yet Danielle Lloyd was moving on from the scandal as she started off the new year with a healthy dose, by receiving an immune booster IV drip at home on Friday. The CBB star, 37, sat on her sofa, … Read more
Elon Musk reveals ‘catch and quick release’ plan for SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster that uses the tower arm to grab the engine so it can ‘refly in under an hour’ Elon Musk revealed the Starship Heavy booster would be caught on its return Musk suggests using the launch tower arm used to stabilize the vehicle … Read more
Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline set to cap a £100m spending spree with two major drug deals either side of Atlantic By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 19 December 2020 Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline is this week set to cap a £100million spending spree with two major … Read more
It is a mystery that puzzled scientists for months, but NASA has officially confirmed the object temporarily orbiting Earth is a discarded piece of the 1966 Surveyor 2 rocket. Dubbed 2020 SO, the object was first spotted by the Pan-STARRS survey in Hawaii on September 17 and initially classified as an asteroid. However, NASA’s top asteroid expert, … Read more
SpaceX launches a reusable Falcon 9 rocket booster for a record SEVENTH time ahead of first high-altitude test of its Starship prototype next week Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Tuesday It was the seventh time that particular first stage booster had been used in flight The booster has … Read more
A rocket booster flung into the abyss of space during a 1966 mission to the Moon has been caught by Earth’s gravity and will orbit our planet ‘for a few weeks’. NASA launched the Surveyor 2 mission to the Moon in 1966 but an issue mid-flight resulted in the spacecraft losing control and NASA eventually … Read more