LONDON — British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced a sweeping stimulus package on Thursday to help Britons cope with soaring energy bills and attract investment in the energy sector. Truss announced a “new energy price guarantee that will give people certainty on energy bills”. In his first major move into the leadership role, Truss announced … Read more
Russia’s decision to indefinitely suspend gas flows to Europe via Nord Stream 1 is seen as another escalation in its policy of inflicting economic hardship on Germany. Lisi Niesner | Reuters Europe has been plunged into its biggest energy crisis in decades, with Russia’s natural gas supplies becoming volatile and unpredictable even before the invasion … Read more
NASA plans to launch the Artemis I mission Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on a more than month-long journey around the moon. — The uncrewed launch marks the debut of the most powerful rocket ever assembled and kicks off NASA’s long-awaited return to … Read more
NASA plans to launch the Artemis I mission Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on a more than month-long journey around the moon. — The uncrewed launch marks the debut of the most powerful rocket ever assembled and kicks off NASA’s long-awaited return to … Read more
This image, from March 2022, shows wind turbines in front of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Japan. The country now plans to use more nuclear energy in the coming years. Korekore | Istock | Getty Images Japan’s plans to return to using more nuclear power have been welcomed by the International Energy Agency, with … Read more
A map of hydrated mineral deposits on Mars. Green represents hydrated sulfates; red is hydrated clays; orange is carbonate salts; and blue is hydrated silica and aluminosilicate clays. The history of water on Mars is much deeper than scientists believed. A new project has mapped hundreds of thousands of rock formations on the Red Planet … Read more
The SLS rocket sits atop the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center prior to the launch of Artemis 1.Photo: Nasa NASA returns to the Moon, but first the space agency needs to decide where it’s going Park. Friday he revealed 13 candidate landing regions near the south pole of the Moon for the Coming Mission … Read more
Rescuers from the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry take part in a drill in the city of Zaporizhzhia on August 17, 2022, in case of a possible nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant located near the city. Dimitar Dilkoff | AFP | Getty Images The Russian Defense Ministry warned on Thursday that in the event … Read more
European governments are scrambling to fill underground storage with gas supplies to provide households with enough fuel to keep homes warm through winter. Image Alliance | Image Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s natural gas storage facilities surpassed a full level of more than 75% this month, two weeks ahead of schedule, as Europe’s biggest economy … Read more
Photo: David Taylor/Science Photo Library (PA) Antarctica is home to 90% of the world’s fresh water, trapped in the continent’s huge ice caps – and the stability of much of that ice is seriously threatened by global warming. Two studies published in the journal Nature this week examines how climate change is shaking up conditions … Read more
