Countries Reach Landmark Deal to Limit Global Warming and other top stories.

• Countries Reach Landmark Deal to Limit Global Warming

  

  More than 170 countries agreed early Saturday morning to limit emissions of key climate change-causing pollutants found in air conditioners, a significant step in the international effort to keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels. The deal reached in Kigali, Rwanda, comes after years of wrangling over HFCs—short for hydrofluorocarbons—and could on its own prevent a 0.5°C (0.9°F) rise in temperature by 2100. Scientists say such an achievement could be crucial to the goal laid out ..

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• China launches manned mission to experimental space station

  

  China launched a pair of astronauts into space Monday on a mission to dock with an experimental space station and remain aboard for 30 days in preparation for the start of operations by a full-bore facility six years from now. The Shenzhou 11 mission ...

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• Rapid Carbon Rise Due to Comet Colliding With Earth 56 Million Years Ago?

  

  Approximately 56 million years ago, the Earth went through a period of warming that has caused some scientists to wonder exactly what happened to cause this abrupt warmup. Now, new research indicates that it is possible that it was either an asteroid or comet impacting the surface of the planet that may have ultimately triggered this ancient period of warming. Earth could have been hit by a comet which may have caused the planet to experience a rapid warmup In the journal, Science, a new, deta..

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• Orbital ATK Delays Antares Rocket Launch 24 Hours Due to Glitch

  

  The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, stands tall on the launchpad as the sun rises behind it on Sunday (Oct. 16) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — The long-awaited launch of an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying cargo to the International Space Station today has been delayed until Monday, a 24-hour slip, due to a glitch with ground support equipment, NASA officials said Sunday (Oct. 16). Antar..

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• [ October 17, 2016 ] European Mars lander released from ExoMars mothership News

  

  Artist’s concept showing separation of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli landing module. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab A saucer-shaped entry, descent and landing demonstrator separated from Europe’s ExoMars orbiter Sunday, beginning a three-day approach aiming to become the first European-built craft to set down on the red planet and return data. Named for Giovanni Schiaparelli, the Italian astronomer who charted the first rudimentary maps of Mars in the 19th century, the landing pr..

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