Wednesday, September 20, 2023

NASA captured SOUND from a black hole

Market Desk (science): NASA has released a haunting audio clip of sound waves of a super massive black hole, located 250 million light-years from the earth. The black hole is at the center of the Perseus cluster of galaxies and...

Honeypot, world only honey producing ants

Market Desk (nature): Honeypot Ants or honey ants are specialized workers of several species of ants whose sole job is living to become honey storage. Several other species of bees as well as bumblebees and even wasps are known to...

NASA shares stunning Pluto image that shows true color

Market Desk (science): NASA explained Pluto's surface as cracked and cratered colored white, tan and brownish-red. While the white and tan descend at the top to meet the brown-red surface, the partially visible "heart" can be seen in white. NASA...

NASA expects humans to live on Moon this decade

Market Desk (science): Humans could stay on the Moon for lengthy periods during this decade, NASA official told BBC. Howard Hu, who leads the Orion lunar spacecraft program for the agency, said habitats would be needed to support scientific missions. He...

China lost US$18bn in 2021 due to extreme weather: UN report

Market Desk (environment): Economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have rocketed in Asia, causing total damage of USD 35.6 billion, affecting nearly 50mn people, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Last year, China lost...

NASA: DART succeeds in Testing to protect Earth 

Market Desk (Science): If a small asteroid were to hit Earth, it would be the equivalent of a nuclear bomb. Keeping this in mind, the US space research agency NASA has launched a space mission. They tested whether an asteroid could...

Fastest-growing black hole of last 9bn years  

Market Desk (science): The fastest-growing black hole of the last 9bn years has been discovered by an international team led by astronomers at The Australian National University (ANU). The black hole eats the equivalent of one Earth every second and shines 7000 times...

NASA’s InSight rover end of scientific life but the work is just beginning 

Market Desk (science): Dusty solar panels and darker skies expected to bring about the Mars rover's retirement before the end of 2022. Since landing on Mars in late 2018, NASA’s InSight Mars lander has paved the way for groundbreaking discoveries that will be studied for decades,...

China expands control over genetic data used in research 

Market Desk (nature & science): Guidelines released the latest regulations to protect China’s genetic resources but some scientists say they are making collaborations harder.China is expanding its control over the use of genetic data from people in the country including for scientific...

Durban floods: Consequence of climate change 

Market Desk (online): South Africa's government has declared state disaster in the east of country which was hit by severe flooding over the past week, leaving nearly 400 people dead and causing major damage to homes and businesses.  Most of the destruction...

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The latest EV from Tesla will travel 606 kilometers on single charge

Market Desk (Tech): Tesla, an US manufacturer is promoting the Model 3 in China. On Friday, the new model’s...