Новости за 27.10.2019

Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2019
Astronomers dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) have announced a new collaboration with scientists working on a NASA telescope. So has alien hunting finally earned its stripes as a scientific discipline? To find out, AFP spoke to scientist Jill Tarter who has devoted her life to searching for signals emanating from distant galaxies and who inspired the charac

Davis CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2019
New measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe, led by astronomers at the University of California, Davis, add to a growing mystery: Estimates of a fundamental constant made with different methods keep giving different results. "There's a lot of excitement, a lot of mystification and from my point of view it's a lot of fun," said Chris Fassnacht, professor of physics at UC Davis

Kamuela HI (SPX) Oct 24, 2019
A group of astronomers led by University of California, Davis, has obtained new data that suggest the universe is expanding more rapidly than predicted. The study comes on the heels of a hot debate over just how fast the universe is ballooning; measurements thus far are in disagreement. The team's new measurement of the Hubble Constant, or the expansion rate of the universe, involved

Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 25, 2019
Despite tensions between Moscow and Washington on issues ranging from NATO's eastward expansion to the US's recent withdrawal from a key strategic arms treaty, the Russian and US space agencies have continued to enjoy close cooperation, with NASA astronauts continuing to use Russian Soyuz shuttles to get to the International Space Station. Russia's Roscosmos space agency has agreed to move

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 25, 2019
A new test stand for the next generation of sounding rockets, microlaunchers and reusable launchers will be constructed at the Swedish Esrange Space Center. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop this test stand at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) on 22 Octo

Chennai, India (IANS) Oct 27, 2019
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released a new set of images of the surface of the Moon. The images, showing impact craters on the Moon surface, were captured by the Dual Frequency-Synthetic Aperture Radar (DF-SAR) on its Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter, the space agency said in a post on Twitter. According to ISRO, the Moon has been continuously bombarded by meteorites, asteroids

Washington DC (ESA) Oct 27, 2019
Quick access to space and high-speed data transfer are paving the way for competitive science on the International Space Station. The Bartolomeo external platform has received a boost as ESA and Airbus confirmed their interest in using this new space-based vantage point for several experiments. The Bartolomeo service will provide end-to-end access for external payloads on the Station. A ne

Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 27, 2019
Russia has supplied the US with the state of the art rocket, first developed for the Soviet super-heavy lift Energiya launch vehicle, for use with Lockheed Martin's Atlas III and Atlas V, with the latter currently the only US-made launch vehicle capable of sending heavy payloads into orbit. Roscosmos subsidiary Energomash is preparing to deliver three more RD-180 engines for use with Atlas

Hawthorne CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2019
ThinKom Solutions, Inc. has completed a series of very successful in-flight connectivity tests of its Ka-band antenna on SES' O3b medium-Earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary (GEO) satellites. The tests provided the first live demonstration of airborne communication with the O3b MEO satellites and included seamless handovers between MEO and GEO satellites during flight. The in-flight d

Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 27, 2019
This time-lapse video, taken on Oct. 8, 2019, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, captures the first time NASA's Mars 2020 rover has carried its full weight on its legs and wheels. "After years of design, analysis and testing, it is fantastic to see the rover on her wheels for the first time," said Ben Riggs, a mechanical systems engineer working on Mars 2020 at JPL. "T

Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2019
NASA is sending a mobile robot to the South Pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the location and concentration of water ice in the region and for the first time ever, actually sample the water ice at the same pole where the first woman and next man will land in 2024 under the Artemis program. About the size of a golf cart, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPE

Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2019
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the Office of Commercial Space Transportation of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are seeking to identify the data that may need to be exchanged between United States and European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) prior to, during and after a space launch or re-entry operation that is initiated in

Paris (ESA) Oct 28, 2019
UK company Reaction Engines has tested its innovative precooler at airflow temperature conditions equivalent to Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. This achievement marks a significant milestone in its ESA-supported development of the air-breathing SABRE engine, paving the way for a revolution in space access and hypersonic flight. The precooler heat exchanger is an essential SABRE e

Alec Baldwin has recently said he doesn’t want to play Donald Trump anymore, but that didn’t stop him from returning to the Studio 8H stage for “Saturday Night Live’s” Oct. 26 episode. This time, though, he brought with him some past “SNL” cast members: Fred Armisen and Darrell Hammond. Hammond reprised his infamous take on […]

Guillaume Thierry, The Conv
The cutting-edge method of growing clusters of cells that organise themselves into mini versions of human brains in the lab is gathering more and more attention. These brain organoids, made from stem cells, offer unparalleled insights into the human brain, which is notoriously difficult to study.

Whenever times are difficult, my name floats up: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly

Richard Gunderman, The Conversation
Few topics arouse as much interest and controversy as sex. This is hardly surprising. The biological continuance of the species hinges on it if human beings stopped having sex, there would soon be no more human beings. Popular culture overflows with sex, from cinema to advertising to, yes, even politics. And for many, sex represents one of the most intimate forms of human connection.

If, as the short Project Streedhan film conveys, you can invest in iron instead of gold on Dhanteras, a cultural change too is possible on and around Diwali.

Teresa Ambrosio, Massive
The pharmaceutical industry selects new drug candidates by screening a vast number of compounds, called libraries, and testing how they react to biological structures such as antibodies or proteins. Scientists tag compounds with interesting effects by attaching a unique sequence of DNA to them.

Nigerian top music singer David Adeleke aka Davido is now a father to a male child. His engaged wife Chioma Rowland came just 31 days to his 27th birthday. Announcing the birth on his Twitter and Instagram handles, the pop star called his fianc eacute;e, Chioma, a strong wife. Visibly excited Davido posted a lovely photo showing him sweet ...

Alex Lopatka, Physics Today
In 1869, during a rush to mine diamonds in the Kimberley region of South Africa, geologists named the peculiar igneous rock containing the valuable mineral kimberlite. The kimberlites contain high-pressure minerals that form deeper in Earth's mantle than any other volcanic material.

Nationals Park fell momentarily silent.

As soon as Alex Bregman made contact on a pitch, the ball whistled through the air and made its way for the left-field seats. Soon, not only did the Astros star make his way to home plate — but so too did the three other ...

Football unites; football people divide. Football creates wealth; football people loot wealth. Football has since time immemorial served society in countless beneficial ways. It has been the only unifying factor beside Christianity and its variants. It brings people together from all walks of life without discrimination, stereotype or marginalization. Football resonates with the rich and poor, all races and tribes, ethnic groups and genders. Football is a religion that has never disappo ...

Ghana 39;s under 17 will be missing in action as the FIFA begins the U17 world cup in Brazil from 26 October to November 17, as Brazil is set to host the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time in its history. Notably, the inactiveness of soccer in Ghana due to the Number 12 documentary has done great harm to Ghanaian youth soccer. In the his ...