Confirmation of loss of contact with Voyager 2, currently approximately 21 billion kilometers from Earth. On July 21, commands sent from Earth to Voyager 2 accidentally caused Voyager’s High Gain Antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth. Therefore Voyager cannot currently receive messages from Earth or send messages in the direction of Earth. A…
The Manhattan Project nicknamed the Trinity Test was the most top secret nuclear test conducted by the United States. The movie Oppenheimer was released about it.Only a handful of people knew about it…after the test America dropped the nuclear bomb on Japan. But after this trinity test there was another group in this world who…
As far as we know, the universe is made up of fundamental particles like electrons and quarks. Everything we see in the universe, including ourselves, is the result of interactions between these particles. Fundamental forces mean interactions of elementary particles. Four fundamental forces have been identified. They are gravitational force, electromagnetic force, weak nuclear force…
Researchers at the University of Colorado conducted a survey of large elephant graveyards in Italy and found that ancient humans made tools out of elephant bones. This discovery from Italy reveals that bone tools have existed since the Lower Paleolithic period. These bone tools are made from the remains of now extinct straight-tusked-elephants. From here…
But a deeper exposure and a much more careful processing will reveal that these galaxies, far from being visualized against a nearly dark, empty background, they are surrounded by huge clouds of dust…The truth is that the galaxies are not surrounded by this dust – the dust is much closer to us than the galaxies…
After nearly 20 years of development and 16 launch delays, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is almost ready. Set to launch on 31 October 2021, the largest space observatory ever built is set to revolutionise our understanding of the cosmos and help solve some of the Universe’s greatest mysteries.Instead or orbiting the Earth, Webb…
At 4 billion light-years in length, the Large Quasar Group (LQG) is the largest known structure in the universe and is some 1600 times larger than the distance from the Milky Way to Andromeda.
The Tehran Times reports that Neanderthal teeth from Iran date to the Middle Paleolithic period. An international team of researchers, including archaeologists and paleontologists, analyzed the tooth of a Neanderthal child / tooth and found that it was from the Middle Paleolithic period. In 2017, Neanderthal baby tooth was obtained from the Baba Yawan rock…
Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter has been sending high resolution images of the Moon and other scientific data to Earth for two years. ISRO is conducting an online Lunar Science Workshop on Septemper 6-7. In addition, data and images collected by Chandrayaan 2 orbiter will be made available in the public domain. Chandrayaan 2 was mentioned in…
The hottest day on Mars is 20 degrees Celsius at the equator. The night can go up to minus 153. The latter is characterized by strong dust storms. The surface appears to be dry but water is expected to flow to the bottom. Take a look at the day given by the vehicles that landed…
