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Omicron's wave is at least 386% taller than delta's—and it's crushing hospitals | Ars Technica
arstechnica.com/science/2022/0…
#OmicronVariant, #transmissibility, #HealthCareSystemCapacity
arstechnica.com/science/2022/0…
#OmicronVariant, #transmissibility, #HealthCareSystemCapacity
How can battery-powered aircraft get off the ground?
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#BatteryPoweredAircraft
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#BatteryPoweredAircraft
Astronomers have discovered an #asteroid that revolves around our Sun faster than all other #spacerocks! Named 2021 PH2, it is approximately 1 km wide.
📸: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva
📸: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva
This newly discovered asteroid completes one orbit around the Sun in just 113 Earth days. This is the shortest orbital period of any #cosmicobject in our solar system except #Mercury, which takes only 88 days!
In Pic: Mercury’s solar transit
📸: NASA/Bill Ingalls
In Pic: Mercury’s solar transit
📸: NASA/Bill Ingalls
This asteroid was initially positioned in the main #AsteroidBelt between Mars and Jupiter but got pulled closer to the Sun by the gravitational influence of inner planets.
📸: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/DOE/DECam/AURA/S.S. Sheppard, Carnegie Institution of Science
📸: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/DOE/DECam/AURA/S.S. Sheppard, Carnegie Institution of Science
The surprise close approach of asteroid '2019 OK' illustrates need for more eyes on the sky☄️🔭
Find out more: esa.int/Our_Activities…
#PlanetaryDefence🌍
Find out more: esa.int/Our_Activities…
#PlanetaryDefence🌍
Two key goals of ESA’s #PlanetaryDefence activities are, by 2030, Europe will be able to
1. Provide early warning for dangerous asteroids larger than 40 m in size, about three weeks in advance☄️
Find out about the 'bug-eyed' #Flyeye telescope that will scan our skies in the search for risky #spacerocks: esa.int/spaceinimages/…
Find out about the 'bug-eyed' #Flyeye telescope that will scan our skies in the search for risky #spacerocks: esa.int/spaceinimages/…
