Saturday, October 24, 2020

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  SpaceNews.com

  • SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Oct. 24, marking the 100th time the company has placed payloads into orbit. SpaceNews

  • NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected so much material from the surface of the asteroid Bennu that the lid of its sampling head is jammed open, causing material to leak out and...

  • Axiom Space hopes to soon finalize its first commercial mission to the International Space Station, scheduled for late 2021, as it continues development of a commercial module for...

  • Two young Chinese rocket companies have secured deals with local governments for the establishment of major launch vehicle facilities.  SpaceNews

  • Intelsat rejected a $1.8 billion claim filed by SES regarding the breakup of the C-Band Alliance, arguing instead that SES’s action cost Intelsat more than $1.6 billion in potential...

    Sydney Morning Herald RSS News Headlines

  • The COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge Australia and the world.

  • Having secured a record-extending 97th career pole, Lewis Hamilton can make Formula One history if he wins Sunday’s race with a 92nd win to move one clear of Michael Schumacher...

    • The sample container on the end of the robot arm penetrated so deeply into the asteroid and with such force that rocks became wedged around the rim of the lid...

  • After recording the highest number of daily Covid-19 cases in the world for more than two months, India may finally be passing on the baton back to the US. For two days running, Thursday...

  • Rekindling hope for Jet Airways to fly again, the grounded-since-last-April airline’s committee of creditors has approved a revival plan submitted by a consortium of London-based...

  • Union home minister Amit Shah on a Saturday frowned upon Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s ‘secular’ jibe against chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, saying he...

    • As the work continues to develop an effective vaccine for Covid-19, the government on Saturday said two pan-India studies on the genome of the virus in India suggest it is genetically...

  • On Thursday evening, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met in Nashville for the second — and final — socially distanced debate of the 2020 presidential campaign...

  • More than 2,000 paediatricians back the drive by footballer Marcus Rashford to ensure children have enough to eatThousands of Britain’s top child-health specialists have joined...

  • Lit in Colour, the publisher’s partnership with the Runnymede Trust, hopes to redress imbalances in English literature coursesThe book publisher Penguin Random House has teamed...

  • Report by the More in Common thinktank found that 12% of voters accounted for 50% of all social media usersThe desire to fight a “culture war” is the preserve of a small group on the...

      CNN.com - Top Stories

  • As the US recorded the highest single day of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, President Donald Trump looked to distract from the virus' deadly toll by seizing on Joe...

    • Former President Barack Obama took aim at President Donald Trump and his response to the coronavirus pandemic during a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden...

      Washington Post: Breaking News

  • A Washington Post review found that the president has largely failed to fulfill the pledges he made in 2016 to curtail the influence of lobbyists and special interests in Washington...

  • The president offered this pessimistic assessment at a fundraiser Thursday in Nashville, according to an attendee who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the event was a...

    PCWorld

  • On June 6th you’ll finally be able to get Nvidia’s remastered Quake II RTX version for free. And if you’re wondering just how fast the game runs, we just found out in the oldest-school...

  • Q: Will an Intel Core i3 processor work for playing games? If yes, will it work if the PC only has 4GB of RAM?Compared to flagship processors with eight or more cores, contemporary quad-core...

  • In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Alaina Yee, and Adam Patrick Murray dive into the supposed leaks surrounding AMD’s upcoming RDNA2 (“Big Navi”) video cards, Nvidia’s...

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