NASA’s mission to 16 Psyche, the solar system’s only known iron-nickel asteroid, will launch in the summer of 2022, one year earlier than originally planned.
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NASA’s Psyche Mission Will Launch a Year Early, Arrive at Target Four Years Sooner
Stable, nontoxic refrigerants changed the world, transforming food storage, expanding Sun Belt populations, even helping early movie theaters succeed. But they also wrecked the ozone layer — Earth’s shield against harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Today, as stockpiles dwindle — and prices rise — due to phase-outs set by the Montreal Protocols 30 years ago, the future of Freon and its successors remains in doubt.
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As Stockpiles Dwindle, Freon Prices Rise
For fire managers, the Pinal Fire burning hundreds of acres near Globe, Arizona, presents not just a challenge, but an opportunity.
For years, they’ve planned to use a low-intensity burn to restore the resiliency of the fire-adapted ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer forest.
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Pinal Fire Presents Opportunity
Every six months, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station southwest of Phoenix, Arizona shuts down one of its three reactors for refueling and maintenance.
Join me in this feature-length venture into the belly of the beast, from the storage casks to the open reactor itself.
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http://science.kjzz.org/node/472070
NASA plans to send a new, light-sensitive camera to explore the moon’s most shadowed regions. ShadowCam will look for evidence of water ice in the permanently shadowed regions of the moon.
Lunar areas that never receive sunlight – frigid craters and mountain shadows – could conceal a treasure trove of water ice, especially near the poles.
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Shadow-Piercing NASA Camera Rides To Moon Aboard Korean Craft
