[Source] China’s unmanned Chang’e-6 lunar mission successfully landed in Inner Mongolia on Tuesday, bringing home the world’s first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon, a region previously unexplored by sample return missions. Unlocking space secrets: The Chang’e-6 probe collected lunar soil from the South Pole-Aitken Basin, a massive crater on the Moon’s far […]
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These birds may be capable of ‘mental time travel’ much like humans use to retrieve memories
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Real quick — what did you have for lunch yesterday? Were you with anyone? Where were you? Can you picture the scene? The ability to remember things that happened to you in the past, especially to […]
This Diverted Plane Shows Exactly Why You Shouldn’t Retrieve a Lost Electronic While Flying
A recent United Airlines flight recently diverted after a passenger’s laptop got stuck “in an inaccessible location.” A transatlantic United Airlines plane headed to the United States was diverted over the weekend after a laptop got stuck on board. Flight UA12 was headed from Zurich to Chicago on Sunday when the laptop got stuck “in […]
China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon
By Eduardo Baptista WENCHANG, China (Reuters) – China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, the first country to make such an ambitious attempt. The Long March-5, China’s largest rocket, blasted off at 5:27 p.m. Beijing time (0927 GMT) […]
Firefighters retrieve water from NH lake to fight raging fire
An old farmhouse in New Hampshire is in ruins after an intense fire that ripped through the property. The flames flared up on the second floor of the home on Scotland Road on Wednesday shortly after 5 p.m. Fire officials said one of the biggest challenges in fighting the flames was getting enough water to […]
Efforts underway to retrieve vehicle that drove off Virginia Beach Fishing Pier
An attempt to recover the car at the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier is under way Friday morning after strong currents delayed the operation this week. Police and the medical examiner arrived as the sun came up Friday. A crane barge is positioned in the water at the end of the pier and about a dozen […]
US investigators retrieve 737 MAX jet panel, Boeing shares sink
By Lisa Barrington, Joanna Plucinska and David Shepardson SEOUL/LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials have recovered a panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines airliner triggering a partial grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 and sending shares in the planemaker tumbling on Monday. A door plug tore off on Friday following takeoff from Portland, Oregon, en route […]