Month: January 2022

Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)

January 18, 2022

When completed in 2029, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will be the world’s largest optical telescope capable of taking pictures of the universe with 10 times the resolution of the Hubble Telescope. It is being built at the Los Campanas Observatory in Chile at a cost of $ 1 billion. It has 7 primary mirrors…

Daily motion

January 17, 2022

Video that gives us an idea of ​​the Earth’s Rotation of the Earth, which causes day and night on our planet.Most of the timelapse videos of the night sky that we see are about the stars moving above the stationary earth, because it is filmed in a fixed / static manner without camera rotation.However, in…

Why did Einstein stick his tongue out in his famous photo?

January 17, 2022

The photo was taken during Einstein’s 72nd birthday on March 14, 1951 AD, after photojournalist “Arthur Sasse” asked Einstein to smile at the camera to take a picture, but he chose instead of a wide smile, and took out his tongue with the intention of sabotaging the picture, he was bored and did not want…

Scenes of a submarine volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga.

January 16, 2022

Satellite images collected over a period of 2 hours show the ash and vapors emitted following the volcanic eruption. Images taken by Himawari 8, Japan’s meteorological satellite. The epicenter was reported below the Pacific Ocean floor, however; no tsunami alert was issued.

What is the science behind cryogenic sleep? How many years can it last? Or is it only in movies now ?

January 16, 2022

Hibernation is just a biological process. Hibernation can be defined as the struggle to live with the use of energy for a short period of time in the event of starvation or loss of living conditions.Many of the fish around us hibernate in underground chambers during the summer. During this time the body will do…

‘Gorilla’ on space station

January 16, 2022

The space station is located at an altitude of 400 km above the Earth. What if a gorilla suddenly came there? NASA astronaut Tim Piet once proved that a gorilla can fly in space without touching the ground, even if he knows there is no such possibility. Screenwriter Spence Todd shared a video of that…

No cable, the age of satellite internet is coming

January 15, 2022

The Internet, which comes directly from the satellite orbiting the earth … so to speak. In addition to Starlink, which is owned by Elon Musk, companies such as OneWeb and Project Kuiper have recently stepped into satellite internet service providers. Starting with the Telstar satellite developed by Bell Labs in 1962, several satellites have already…

Asteroid Approach: A giant asteroid that will pass close to Earth

January 15, 2022

Once again, an asteroid is in the news. The new star is the 1994 PC1 asteroid (7482) 1994, which will pass close to Earth on January 18, 2022. Astronomers have been studying the asteroid for a long time. At present its orbit is not in any way threatening the earth. The asteroid will travel as…

Color near Herschel Crater

January 12, 2022

Date – February 13, 2010 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft’s Saturn’s satellite Mimas’ closest flight to Herschel Crater’s illustration with a false color view shows subtle variations in Saturn’s satellite Mimas. This image shows the color variations that depend on its terrain, especially the bluish objects around Herschel Crater (130 km / 80 m wide) and the…

The apple tree that helped Isaac Newton find gravity

January 12, 2022

His childhood can still be seen outside his home. Isaac Newton was born 378 years ago. So how old is this apple tree? A healthy, well-maintained apple tree can live an average of 50 to 80 years. However, very small apple trees have been reported to have lived for more than a century. Authorities made…