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Optical measurement team provides intuitive, clear image data for launch missions
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (517+ words) The optical measurement team at China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center are dedicated to providing intuitive and clear image data for all space launch missions, including the upcoming launch of Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship. The team uses cameras to precisely measure the…...
A 5. 7 earthquake jolts rural Nevada near Carson City, causing some damage
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1749+ words) A magnitude 5. 7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state's capital of Carson City on Monday. The temblor hit just before 6: 30 p. m. , the U. S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 12. 9 miles (20. 7 kilometers) east of the town of Silver Springs…...
Melting glaciers put rare Patagonian glacier insect at risk
2+ mon, 14+ hour ago (494+ words) Chilean biologists have rung alarm bells about the endangerment of the Patagonian ice dragon, a glacier-dwelling insect, which they say may offer critical insights into how climate change affects micro-ecosystems on the world's shrinking ice fields. The UN General Assembly…...