Saturday, December 12, 2020

ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 12 December 2020 Edition.

This week: ESA cleans space trash, Japan Asteroid Mission Recovered, Amazon on the Moon, Alaska islands caldera, New gelatinous sea animal, Giant sunspot, 3D Milky Way map, Voyagers detect cosmic rays, Pocket DNA Tricorder, Mount Everest taller, Adorable pygmy possum found, Russia 'Doomsday Plane' radios stolen, Bones inspire new battery, Proxima b likely not habitable, Honey bees fend off murder hornets with dung.

ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 12 December 2020 Edition.
https://youtu.be/gJ4y2yg3_1I

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ESA signs contract for first space debris removal mission
https://spacenews.com/clearspace-contract-signed/

 Japan Asteroid Mission Ends With Recovered Capsule in Australian Outback
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/japan-asteroid-mission-ends-with-recovered-capsule-in-australian-outback/ar-BB1bEkes

Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin's rocket engine is going to land the first woman on the moon
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-be-7-rocket-engine-test-artemis-2020-12

Alaska islands may be part of single, massive volcano
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/alaska-islands-may-be-part-single-massive-volcano/

Scientists discover 'beautiful and unique' gelatinous sea animal
https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-discover-beautiful-and-unique-gelatinous-sea-animal/

This giant sunspot is larger than the Earth
https://www.slashgear.com/this-giant-sunspot-is-larger-than-the-earth-06649955/

 Most detailed 3D map ever of Milky Way includes nearly 2 billion stars
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/most-detailed-3d-map-ever-of-milky-way-includes-nearly-2-billion-stars/ar-BB1bCgXy

Voyager spacecrafts have detected bursts of cosmic rays
https://www.slashgear.com/voyager-spacecrafts-have-detected-bursts-of-cosmic-rays-07649991/

iGenomics: The World’s First DNA “Tricorder” in Your Pocket
https://scitechdaily.com/igenomics-the-worlds-first-dna-tricorder-in-your-pocket/

Mount Everest: China and Nepal agree on new, taller height
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/08/mount-everest-china-and-nepal-agree-on-new-taller-height

Adorable pygmy possum not wiped out by Australian bushfires after all
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2020/12/adorable-pygmy-possum-not-wiped-out-by-australian-bushfires-after-all.html

Somebody broke into Russia's 'Doomsday Plane' and stole a bunch of radios
https://www.businessinsider.com/somebody-broke-into-russias-doomsday-plane-and-stole-radios-2020-12

Mammal bones inspire design of new sodium-ion battery
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/12/08/Mammal-bones-inspire-design-of-new-sodium-ion-battery/2581607445980/

Observations of our closest neighboring star dampen hopes of a potentially habitable planet
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/observations-of-our-closest-neighboring-star-dampen-hopes-of-a-potentially-habitable-planet/ar-BB1bMkxl

Honey bees fend off giant hornets with animal dung
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-honey-bees-animal-feces-deter.html

ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time Playlist. See the stories you might have missed while you were caught up in other stories.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVPBipeObwMOCgQmZNqghk2Lk3ufs-NMm

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