Daily News update on – Science

Phys.Org

The Perseverance rover, manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., is collecting the samples. But lawmakers are fighting over whether getting them back to Earth for study is viable in a tight budget environment.

Space.com

Rocket Lab will launch an ambitious space-junk inspection mission for the Japanese company Astroscale this morning (Feb. 18), and you can watch the action live. Astroscale’s ADRAS-J satellite is scheduled to lift atop an Electron rocket from Rocket …

Florida Today

After years of hiding in plain sight on the Space Coast, so to speak, Blue Origin’s first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket is finally expected to launch this year — with work accelerating inside the aerospace company’s secretive, massive manufacturing …

Spaceflight Now

A small satellite that will rendezvous with a discarded rocket body in orbit is scheduled to lift off Sunday/Monday on a mission to develop techniques for removing space debris. The satellite built by Japan-based Astroscale will launch atop a Rocket …

Phys.Org

Mapping microbial metabolism genes, including those for underwater carbon metabolism, revealed 340 known metabolic pathways throughout the global oceans. Of these, 128 were also found in the genomes of ocean viruses. “I was …

WKOW

The shallow, salty body of water situated on volcanic rock — known as Last Chance Lake — holds clues that carbonate-rich lakes in ancient Earth could have been a “cradle of life,” according to study coauthor David Catling, a University of Washington …

Phys.Org

Imageomics is a new interdisciplinary scientific field focused on using machine learning tools to understand the biology of organisms, particularly biological traits, from images. Those images can come from camera traps, satellites, drones— …

The Columbus Dispatch

From left, Ward Deberson, 8, teacher Park Johnston, and Emerson Rayo,. Central Ohioans wanting to get a glimpse of the solar eclipse this year will need to wear a …

The News Journal

Although the path of totality for the total solar eclipse isn’t hitting Delaware this time around, it doesn’t mean you can’t pack up and go to the path of totality. While you’ll still be able to catch a partial eclipse here in the Small Wonder, …

CTV News

Canadian astronaut visits Sask. Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen talked to Ottawa students about the Artemis II mission. CTV’s Peter. 01:57 …