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 Solar smartphone charger, the gift that keeps on giving. Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY (AP)It never hurts to be prepared. And with climate disasters only becoming more common, it’s wise to stock up on emergency gadgets and tools, like solar-powered phone chargers and first aid kits. These may not be the most jolly gifts you give this holiday, but they’ll definitely be useful—and they might even end up saving the day, should the worst happen.Go ahead, give your friends and family the gift of preparedness. Here are our…

The Artemis I mission isn’t the only lunar mission happening this month. On Wednesday, November 30th, a SpaceX Falcon 9 is expected to launch a commercial Japanese lander called Hakuto-R to the Moon, carrying the United Arab Emirates Rashid rover. And there will also be an extra payload tucked inside the rocket: a tiny orbiter called Lunar Flashlight.As part of a wave of increased commercial interest in the Moon, the lander could be among the first private missions to land on the Moon — although, as the Israeli lander…

An update on <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). It is responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. Its vision is…

This illustration shows NASA’s Lunar Flashlight over the Moon. The SmallSat mission will have a very elongated orbit, taking it within 9 miles (15 kilometers) above the lunar South Pole to search for water ice in the Moon’s darkest craters. Credit: NASASet for launch in November, Lunar Flashlight is a small satellite mission that will use lasers to search for water ice inside the darkest craters at the Moon’s South Pole.Although it’s understood that water ice exists below the lunar regolith (broken rock and dust),…

Lunar Flashlight is set for launch in November, and can be seen here in Georgia Tech’s clean room. Image: NASA/JPL-CaltechThe Lunar Flashlight is exactly what it sounds like—a spacecraft that will shine infrared light on some of the permanently shadowed parts on the Moon in an effort to find water—and NASA is looking to launch next month.The brief-case sized satellite will scan the Moon’s south pole, where there could be reservoirs of ice water located inside permanently shadowed regions. Lunar Flashlight could locate…

Adrian Kingsley-HughesOK, so pretty much everyone has a flashlight built into their smartphones these days, but sometimes it's just not convenient because it becomes another thing you have to hold, or you don't want to risk dropping it. Or it's just a pain to fumble with the smartphone to get the flashlight working.This is why I still carry a keychain flashlight. But the Nitecore Tiki GITDPowerful, multi-brightness LED (up to 300 lumens, illuminating out to 77 meters)Secondary white and UV light built into the…

Did you know that you can adjust the brightness of the LED flashlight on your Galaxy smartphone? Well, most people might not know this feature. You can change the flashlight brightness level easily on your Samsung phone. This feature comes in handy when the default flashlight brightness level is not bright enough in certain situations. Sometimes, it’s too bright, and you want to lower the brightness to suit the conditions. Adjust LED flashlight brightness on Samsung Galaxy phones Step 1: Access the quick settings panel…