The space-news web site NASASpaceFlight writes: While organic compounds have been confirmed on the Martian surface and near-surface areas since 2018, new Earth-based experiments point to a potentially tantalizing series of signatures from Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument that could indicate the presence of organic salts at the rover’s Gale Crater location. What’s…

“A U.S.-backed consortium beat out one financed by China in a closely watched telecommunications auction in Ethiopia — handing Washington a victory in its push to challenge Beijing’s economic influence around the world,” reports the Wall Street Journal: The East African country said Saturday it tapped a group of telecommunications companies led by the U.K.’s…

The Guardian reports: At least 15 people died when torrents of lava poured into villages after dark in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo destroying more than 500 homes, officials and survivors said Sunday. The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on Saturday night sent about 5,000 people fleeing from the city of Goma across the nearby…

Getting started with model rocketry is relatively cheap and easy, but as you move up in high power rocketry, there are a few hoops to jump through. To be able to buy rocket motors larger than H (160 N·s / 36 lbf·s impulse) in the US, you need to get certified by the National Rocketry…

Congratulations, BTS Army. …read more Source:: CNet

Congratulations BTS Army. …read more Source:: CNet

The former BBC journalist tells Prince William and Prince Harry he’s “deeply sorry” for that famous Diana broadcast from 1995. But he says the interview didn’t cause her harm. …read more Source:: CNet

“Technological advances are driving rapid change in the global payments landscape,” says the U.S. federal reserve, the country’s central banking system. They announced this week that they’re “studying these developments” and exploring ways that the central bank “might refine its role as a core payment services provider and as the issuing authority for U.S. currency.”…

The Lost City of Z stars Robert Pattinson and a host of famous faces. …read more Source:: CNet

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead is your light evening entertainment. …read more Source:: CNet