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NASA successfully retrieves first asteroid samples from OSIRIS-REx spacecraft

October 05, 2023 -

The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe was launched on Sept. 8, 2016, and traveled to the near-Earth asteroid known as Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx collected a sample of rocks and dust from the surface of this asteroid and then made the long journey back to Earth.

The OSIRIS-REx landed at 10:52 a.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 24 in a Department of Defense-managed targeted area at the Utah Test and Training ...

Skyscraper-sized asteroid spotted near Earth deemed “potentially hazardous” by NASA

August 08, 2023 -

Experts report that 2022 SF289 is 600-foot-wide (180 meters) and orbits close enough to Earth to be classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA). The asteroid 2022 SF289 is one of an estimated 2,300 similarly classed objects.

Potentially hazardous asteroids are near-Earth objects (NEOs) that are larger than 460 feet (140 meters) in diameter.

PHAs could come within 4.65 million miles (7.48 million km) of Earth, or roughly 20 times the average distance between ...

Study: Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs allowed flowers to grow on the planet

September 22, 2023 -

Details of the study were published in the journal Biology Letters.

After an asteroid struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, Earth lost at least three-quarters of its species, along with all non-avian dinosaurs.

Experts call this devastating period the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event.

New modeling showed that, even amid widespread devastation, angiosperms or the major families of flowering plants were adaptable enough ...

NASA asteroid deflection test accidentally creates a BOULDER SWARM that could impact the Earth with as much energy as the Hiroshima detonation

August 11, 2023 -

In September 2022, NASA conducted its first "planetary defense" experiment known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), with the goal of intentionally crashing a spacecraft into the asteroid known as Dimorphos in an attempt to change its trajectory.

NASA astronomers at the time concluded that the project was an amazing success, and Dimorphos' trajectory was changed slightly. The success of DART proved to scientists that there could be a way to save the Earth ...

Climate fanatics unveil massive sky UMBRELLA scheme to block sunlight and “cool” planet

August 10, 2023 -

In order to do this, Szapudi wants to capture an asteroid and use it as a counterweight to hold the umbrella and intercept all of the sun's ultraviolet rays so they never reach the earth's surface.

Things would be really dark and cold in such a scenario, but at least it would never be warm again, warmth being something that climate fanatics everywhere fear like the plague and want to eliminate from the four corners of the earth.

Szapudi actually published a paper ...

Two Pittsburgh bridges closed after 26 barges break loose on Ohio River

9 days ago -

City responders were alerted around 11:30 p.m. to the situation, involving 26 barges drifting downriver. Twenty-three of the barges were carrying cargoes like coal and fertilizer, while the other three were empty, as stated by the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety and U.S. Coast Guard officials in a news release. (Related: Cargo ship that hit Baltimore Bridge was also involved in Belgium collision in 2016.)

One coal-laden barge is still missing and presumed to have sunk ...

Bumpy road ahead: Rental giant Hertz dumps electric vehicles for gas-powered counterparts

January 22, 2024 -

A regulatory filing disclosed this business decision by the company to sell EVs from Tesla, Chevrolet and BMW. The company cited higher repair costs following collisions as the primary decision for the move, according to Newsweek.

Hertz's decision to sell off EVs came about two years after it made a deal with Elon Musk to offer Tesla vehicles for rent. The rental company had earlier aimed to convert a quarter of its fleet to EVs by the end of 2024. According to Reuters, ...

Subtle like a brick through a window – CIA outlet approves Donald Trump assassination

December 06, 2023 -

(Article by Sundance republished from TheConservativeTreehouse.com)

Therefore, when the husband of State Dept official Victoria Nuland, a man named Robert Kagan, writes an op-ed in the CIA newsletter, effectively calling for President Trump to receive the Julius Caesar treatment, the non-subtle message is for the CIA to repeat their Kennedy performance and kill President Trump.

As alarming as this acceptance might sound, there are no intellectually honest ...

Democrat Rep Sheila Jackson Lee tells students the moon is ‘made up mostly of gases’

14 days ago -

(Article by Thomas Stevenson republished from ThePostMillennial.com)

The former member of the Science Committee and former Ranking Member of the Space and Aeronautics Committee in Congress spoke to the students on Monday and said that the moon was "made up mostly of gas."

Rep. Sheila Jackson: The moon is “made up mostly of gases”

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There was heavy backlash online against the ...

First Southwest, now American: U.S. airlines seeing massive SPIKE in safety problems as planes fall apart in the skies

8 days ago -

Many of the reported problems started with Southwest Airlines and United Airlines but have since expanded to include American Airlines, a pilot group from which says it is seeing a "significant spike" in both safety- and maintenance-related problems at the carrier.

The Allied Pilots Association (APA) reported "problematic trends" in an April 13 memo to the airline, including instances of hammers and other tools being left in airplane wheel wells, as well as an increasing number ...

U.K.’s flagship aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, bows out of NATO exercises following propeller failure

February 07, 2024 -

Valued at $3.7 billion, the carrier had to withdraw from the largest NATO naval drills since the Cold War due to a discovered propeller issue. This setback comes 18 months after the Queen Elizabeth's sister ship, the HMS Prince of Wales, encountered a similar problem. (Related: NATO to hold biggest military exercise since the Cold War amid rising tensions with Russia.)

The timing of these mechanical failures is crucial, given the U.K.'s expanding naval commitments, ...

Car rental company SIXT drops Tesla EVs from its fleet due to poor resale value, high repair costs

January 23, 2024 -

In an email to customers obtained by Bloomberg, the company cited higher repair costs for EVs compared to gas-powered counterparts as a main reason for the move. These higher costs, according to the outlet, have compounded the issues with lower resale values. Moreover, Bloomberg added that "Tesla's aggressive price cuts [have] hurt residuals."

The family-owned SIXT, which hails from Germany, arrived in the U.S. in 2011. Currently the nation's fourth-largest car rental ...

HAZARDOUS AIRBAG: General Motors faces recall of 20 million vehicles

October 09, 2023 -

This development places GM among the companies most affected by the U.S. auto-safety regulators' push to recall around 52 million airbag inflators produced by the Tennessee-based auto supplier ARC Automotive.

These inflators have been associated with incidents where they explode with excessive force during vehicle collisions, causing metal fragments to strike vehicle occupants and resulting in fatalities and injuries.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...

“Woke” society will collapse as least qualified are put in charge of everything

June 07, 2023 -

System failures that in times past would have been unheard of, or at least exceptionally rare, are fast becoming the norm as unqualified people are elevated to positions of power and influence in the name of "equity" and "reparations."

It no longer matters if a person possesses certain skills or know-how if he has the "wrong" color skin or is not a member of the LGBT "rainbow." A straight, white genius can now be passed over in favor a transgender, black "diversity" candidate ...

Paris to TRIPLE parking charges for large SUVs – another move initiated by green tyrants who want to take away people’s freedom to choose their vehicles

February 07, 2024 -

The referendum, which aims to discourage the use of "bulky, polluting" cars, according to the city government of Paris, sought to increase parking fees for cars weighing 1.6 metric tons (1.76 U.S. tons) and more, including electric cars two metric tons (2.2 U.S. tons) and above, to 18 euros ($19.4) per hour.

The measure, which aims to address city issues related to road safety, air pollution and so-called climate change, received the support of 54.5 percent of voters, ...

U.S. vows to defend the Philippines amid China’s bold incursions

October 30, 2023 -

The U.S. Department of State emphasized this assurance in a statement, citing a 1951 mutual defense treaty between Washington and Manila. Under the treaty, U.S. forces will come to the Philippines' defense if its armed forces, ships or aircraft – including those from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – come under an armed attack in the South China Sea.

"The U.S. stands with our Philippine allies in the face of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Coast Guard and Maritime ...

Experts discover “terror beast” fossils in Greenland that are over half a BILLION years old

January 12, 2024 -

Data from the preserved fossils revealed that the underwater creature had a giant jaw and dominated the seas more than 500 million years ago. The research team found the fossils of the newfound species of carnivorous worm Timorebestia koprii (T. koprii) or "terror beast" in northern Greenland.

Details of the study were published in the journal Science Advances.Terror beasts existed during the early Cambrian period

Researchers said the terror beast existed during ...

Study reveals that 71% of Americans DON’T TRUST the U.S. government to save them in DOOMSDAY scenarios

October 16, 2023 -

The study, which surveyed 6,200 Americans, found the majority of Americans believe that doomsday will happen in 2024. The researchers discovered that the top five states with the least amount of trust in the government are as follows – Arizona (82 percent), Kansas (78 percent), Alabama (78 percent), Pennsylvania (77 percent) and Oregon (76 percent).

Moreover, a total of 55.8 percent of respondents think that a climate change-related catastrophe is the most likely form ...

Uber Eats to deploy an additional 2,000 delivery robots, putting more jobs in peril

June 01, 2023 -

The robots are made by Serve Robotics, and the decision to expand the use of robots was made after a successful pilot of the robot delivery program in Los Angeles. The pilot program, which began in the West Hollywood neighborhood last May, was wildly successful.

The robots serve customers from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day, and Uber Eats claimed the use of robot deliveries in the city grew by more than 30 percent month-over-month and more than 200 restaurants in the city ...

Solar storm could kill 90% of the population in a year, Dennis Quaid warns… are you prepared to survive?

January 24, 2024 -

Actor Dennis Quaid recently sat down with Tucker Carlson to warn about this very real possibility and talk about his new documentary, Grid Down, Power Up.

“Basically, there is a 100 percent probability that our sun, generating what they call a GMD, which is a solar storm, that hits hard, hits our Earth, and the magnetic field we have around the Earth, and can fry everything that is electric above the ground, including our entire grid," he told Carlson.

Not only ...