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Feb92021 by adminNo Comments

Emirates to broadcast commentary on arrival of Mars probe

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Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A United Arab Emirates spacecraft, the Mars orbiter Hope, is scheduled to enter orbit around the Red Planet about 10:30 a.m. EST Tuesday. The probe will be the first since NASA's Insight lander in November 2018 to reach the planet. Hope (or Al Amal in Arabic) will study the Martian atmosphere for at least two years. Advertisement But first, it must fire thrusters for 27 minutes to achieve its intended orbit, as teams of scientists and space enthusiasts around the world await word on its fate. "It's going to be incredible. I mean, this is the moment, especially, that the engineers have been working toward for six years," Pete Withnell, a program manager for the Hope mission at the University of Colorado Boulder, said Friday. "To see it unfold will be a momentous occasion f...

Oct252020 by adminNo Comments

The arrival of seabirds transformed the Falkland Islands 5,000 years ago

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Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Roughly 5,000 years ago, seabirds colonized the Falkland Islands in record numbers. New research -- published Friday in the journal Science Advances -- suggests the seabirds arrived around the same time that the South Atlantic cooled, and their arrival shifted the ecosystems on the Falkland Islands. Today, the remote South Atlantic islands remain a refuge for several important seabird species, including great shearwaters, black-browed albatrosses, white-chinned petrels and five species of penguins. Advertisement For a few thousand years, these burrowing and ground nesting seabirds had the islands mostly to themselves, but over the last few centuries, the birds have lost ground to sheep grazing and erosion. In addition, sea and air temperatures in the South Atlantic have b...

Dec182019 by adminNo Comments

Arsenal news LIVE: Arsene Wenger reacts to Mikel Arteta’s imminent arrival at Arsenal, Ozil backed by US secretary of state in China row

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]We’ll keep you updated throughout the day with all the latest Arsenal news, ahead of the January transfer window. Here’s the current top stories involving the Premier League club: Arsenal ‘could be relegated under Mikel Arteta’ and ‘they only want him because he’s cheaper than Carlo Ancelotti’ Mikel Arteta to Arsenal: Paul Merson critical of […] talkSPORT

Feb82019 by adminNo Comments

Magic excited for arrival of former No. 1 pick Fultz

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Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Former No. 1 overall draft pick Markelle Fultz is now a member of the Orlando Magic, and the Magic are excited to be the first team to give him a second chance. The Magic need guards and Fultz needs a fresh start. "He's thrilled to be a part of the Magic and looking forward to getting down here and starting his journey with our team," Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman told the Orlando Sentinel. "Obviously you know he's dealt with a lot and I think he's looking at this as a fresh start. He's really excited about it. "We had been looking for an opportunity like this. We, like the rest of the league, thought very highly of Markelle at the [2017] draft and we were just very happy when it [trade] turned out to actually be there for us to execute." Fultz has...