Sci-tech
OMG: School girls in India discover Earth-bound asteroid
During this two-month-long project, the images of the asteroid were taken by Pan Starrs telescope in Hawaii and students used advanced software and techniques to look for asteroids. However, NASA confirmed that the asteroid is slowly shifting its orbit. "Your team reported HLV2514 as a new asteroid". It is, in fact, a NEO (near-earth object). [Full Article...]
All We Know About Tom Cruise & Elon Musk's Space Movie
Still in the early, early, early stages of development, Cruise is reportedly collaborating with both Elon Musk's SpaceX and NASA to produce an action/adventure feature film . The project will serve as the first-ever movie shot in space, but with such a monumental undertaking, it didn't take all that much to get the film green-lit. [Full Article...]
NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission rocket test ends prematurely
The hot fire test occurred at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Saturday's test of the 212-foot-tall Space Launch System (SLS) core stage was going smoothly at the start, with all four engines igniting correctly, but the early shutdown has left teams involved with the mission piecing together what exactly went wrong, NASA reported in a press release. [Full Article...]
SpaceX and Tom Cruise is a match made in space
Outer-space wasn't long from here. Looking back at all the insane things Tom Cruise and Elon Musk have done, this will not come as a surprise, although I'm not sure how Tom's going to do his legendary run in zero gravity . The only movie somewhat set in space that Tom Cruise has starred in is Oblivion and considering Cruise's love for doing everything practically, I was sure that one da... [Full Article...]
Biden to sign 'roughly dozen' executive orders on Inauguration Day
For the first time, such a large number of people will be recruited from any small but influential community in the American administration. US President-elect Joe Biden has announced a United States dollars 1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package to tackle the economic fallout from the pandemic, including direct financial aid to average Americans, support to businesses and to provide a boos... [Full Article...]
NASA declares Mars digger dead after two years
Nicole Mole (mole, in English), the instrument was meant to excavate the red planet, reach depths of up to five meters and measure the internal temperature, contributing with information on the evolution and geology of Mars . "This is why we take risks at NASA - we have to push the limits of technology to learn what works and what doesn't", Zurbuchen said. In that sense, we've been successful: "W... [Full Article...]
NASA tests world's most powerful rocket engines
NASA's deep space exploration rocket built by Boeing Saturday cut short a crucial test to advance a years-delayed United States government programme to return humans to the moon in the next few years by briefly igniting all four engines of its behemoth core stage for the first time . [Full Article...]
WMO: Earth to face disastrous increase of air temperature
It said the average global temperature in 2020 was about 14.9 degrees C- a figure 1.2 C above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) level. 680 NEWS meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai says a stable climate is characterized by a balance of warm and cold years which hasn't happened in a while. [Full Article...]