The unmanned Cygnus cargo craft will carry 7,500 pounds of groceries, hardware and research.

The kilogram has been defined since 1889 by a shiny piece of platinum-iridium held in Paris.

Last month, astronauts had to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan following a failed launch.

Hawking’s 117-page dissertation “Properties of expanding universes” from 1965 sold for 584,750 pounds.

The team also found that bigger trees are out competing smaller plants.

The Parker Solar Probe flew within 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface Monday night.

Proceeds from the sale will go to two charities, the Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

The remote limestones caves on Borneo have been known to contain prehistoric drawings since the 1990s.

The CH-7 unmanned aerial vehicle also underscores China’s growing competitiveness in the expanding global market for drones.

The results point to potential de-worming treatments to help fight some of the most neglected tropical diseases.