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A startling message came over the radio from an air traffic control tower near Los Angeles less than a week into the federal government shutdown: “The tower is closed due to staffing.” Without enough air traffic controllers to guide planes into and out of Hollywood Burbank Airport, the tower went dark for almost six hours on Oct. 6, leaving pilots …

It took less than one week for Battlefield 6 players to start making Portal lobbies for XP farming – and some believe EA has already caught on. Fans were quick to call out the progression system in last week’s new FPS entry as a bit of a slog. Although most are walking away from each multiplayer match happy with the …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Astronomers have been actively hunting for a ninth planet in the solar system for almost a decade. But a new study has suggested there may be another hidden world waiting to be found. | Credit: Shutterstock Astronomers believe they have uncovered evidence of …

Though the NHS is pretty sceptical about the use of vitamin C, garlic, or echinacea supplements to prevent or speed up recovery from colds, they do reccomend all adults “consider taking a daily vitamin D supplement during the autumn and winter”. That’s because our body doesn’t make enough of the stuff in the darker months as sunlight decreases. Vitamin D …

About 4.6 billion years ago, a celestial cloud collapsed, paving the way for our solar system to form. Then, a nebula with strong gravitational pull took shape, kick-starting the birth of the sun. But after that, the details leave more room for debate about which planets formed first. So, what do we know about which planets emerged early, and which …

Leveling in Pokémon Go is changing this week, letting players achieve a new max level and earn more useful rewards as they level up. The developer calls the change, arriving Oct. 15, a rebalancing of Pokémon Go leveling system, changes which may alleviate frustrations related to achieving max levels. On Monday, Pokémon Go developer Niantic detailed how the mobile gotta-catch-’em-all …

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth’s orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What’s more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such a tilt. Though Earth’s orbit may have also been altered by a passing star millions of years ago, this particular …

‘Planet Y’ theory hints at hidden Earth-size world lurking in the solar system — and it could be much closer to us than ‘Planet Nine’  Live Science Source link

Drpixel/Getty Images When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth’s orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What’s more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such a tilt. Though Earth’s orbit may have also been altered …

In late October 1975, a heavily shielded spacecraft, the Soviet Union’s Venera 9, parachuted into the atmosphere of Venus. Then, having landed, it did something extraordinary: it beamed back the first images ever captured from the surface of another planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The pictures of its baking hot terrain marked a huge leap forward in our understanding of our nearest …