Sarah Lewin, associate editor for Space.com, discusses the recent government shutdown that caused delays at NASA over the weekend.
Lewin talks about the delays SpaceX might have faced with the Falcon Heavy and other projects had the government shutdown lasted any longer. The Falcon Heavy is set for test-firing this week and seeks to take its first test launch by the end of the month.
A new study published in the journal Science observed chin strap penguins in Antarctica and found that they take thousands of small naps a day each lasting only about four seconds.
The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed federal protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to scientists warning that climate change will likely melt away the rare species’ snowy mountain refuges.
