Space is well known for its chilliness. The temperature of gaseous matter usually drops to 3 degrees K, or 454 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. But the scientists of NASA are heading to create the coldest spot on universe inside the International Space Station (ISS) to study the ins and outs of quantum mechanics. "We're going to study matter at temperatures far colder than are found naturally," … [Read more...]
Russian ‘space farmers’ harvest Japanese leafy greens, dwarf wheat, peas
A team of Russian 'space farmers' have successfully managed to grow and harvest variety of crops on board the International Space Station (ISS). The harvest items are vegetable patch that include Japanese leafy greens, dwarf wheat and peas. These items have been also verified as safe to eat. Space-based agriculture has long been of interest to scientists. Plants not only scrub carbon dioxide … [Read more...]
Illegal Drug Trafficking Speeding Up Ecosystem Degradation in Central America
The craving for cocaine in Latin America is damaging precious rainforests leading to a gradual increase in rate of deforestation, according to a scientific new study released this week. After setback of narcotics trade in Mexico in 2007, drug trafficking in Central America is increasingly affecting forests of Honduras and Guatemala. The number of drug-related landing strips provoked UNESCO … [Read more...]
Baltic Sea Declared Alien Free
Earth is full of little mysteries. The shroud from the secrecy has finally been revealed. Research shows that the Baltic Sea is indeed free from any extraterrestrial presence. Biologists in Denmark have come up with the scientific explanation of Baltic Sea underwater rings. Studies at the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Copenhagen, has confirmed that the Baltic Sea is … [Read more...]
Australia permits dumping near Great Barrier Reef after coal port expansion
The Australian authorities approved the plan to dump 3 million cubic meters of dredge sediment in the Great Barrier Reef Park as part of a project to build one of the world's biggest coal ports. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) gave its consent to a plan to dump dredge spoil from the Abbot Point coal terminal expansion in the Marine Park area on Friday. In a statement, … [Read more...]
New Research Shows How Circumbinary Planets Like Tatooine Form
Researchers at the University of Bristol claim that they have studied into real world counterparts i.e. Kepler-34(AB) b, of the fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine. Kepler-34(AB) b, a Saturn-sized gas giant discovered in 2012 by NASA's Kepler mission, is a circumbinary planet. Circumbinary planets are those planets that orbit two stars. They have been a topic of much scientific conjecture as well … [Read more...]
Drug trafficking in Central America speeds up deforestation
Remote forests in Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua are being cut down to facilitate landing strips that aide in the transportation of narcotics, according to The Almagest. The move has caused rapid increase in the amount of deforestation in the region. While Colombia and Mexico have long been used as countries through which drugs have been smuggled, traffickers have recently had to turn to … [Read more...]
Scientists reveal secrets of ‘Circumbinary planets’
Researchers have claimed to discover the secret behind planets which orbits around two stars. Researchers from the University of Bristol said that a binary star system or a system containing a planet is birthed in the most extreme environment in the universe. These types of planet are also known as ‘Circumbinary planets’. One such example of a circumbinary planet is Kepler-34 (AB). … [Read more...]
NASA’s LADEE spacecraft pictured by NASA’s LRO
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has taken a picture of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) aboard the LRO makes the imaging possible. The LROC operations team worked with its LADEE and LRO to picture the spacecraft flying over the Moon beneath it. According to a statement, the LRO was ready on … [Read more...]
Reports Of New Delhi Pollution Worse Than In Beijing Rejected
On Wednesday, India’s air monitoring center and the head of a global environment measurement index rejected the report that claims that pollution in the Indian capital, New Delhi was worse than in Beijing, following analysis of the Indian capital’s winter smog, which palls the city each year. A recent report in the New York Times, fresh research by scientists at Yale University and data from … [Read more...]
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