US’ Frontier overtakes Japan’s Fugaku as world’s most powerful and efficient supercomputer.

The world’s first exascale supercomputer is not just the world’s most powerful by a margin – but it is also the most efficient. Frontier, developed by USA’s designated supercomputer facility, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, is the world’s first supercomputer to…

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China plans world's 1st nearby habitable planet search with space telescope.

Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside the solar system, about 32 light-years from Earth, the official media reported. The project, named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet …

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Intersolar Europe 2022

Intersolar Europe is the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and takes place annually at the Messe München exhibition center. Intersolar 2022 has taken place in Munich, Germany from 11-13 May.  The event’s exhibition and conference both focus on the areas of ph…

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Watch incredible NASA video of a total lunar eclipse from space.

Some 64 million miles from the planet, NASA's Lucy probe got a deep space view of the recent total lunar eclipse. From her vantage point, it didn't look much like a "blood moon," one of the many nicknames for the rare astronomical event. In a brief two-seco…

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Scientists Grow Plants in Moon Soil for the First Time.

The seeds grew in lunar soil collected during Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions decades ago. For the first time, scientists have successfully grown plants using lunar soil—known as lunar regolith—collected from past moon expeditions. Scientists at the University of Florida conduc…

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National Geographic Society has installed the “world’s highest weather station” on Mount Everest.

National Geographic Society has installed the “world’s highest weather station” on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena. Nepal’s Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) said the automatic weather statio…

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Starliner Launches to Space Station on Uncrewed Flight Test for NASA.

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in orbit, heading for the International Space Station following launch Thursday of the next-generation spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on a mission designed to test the end-to-end capabilities of the crew-capable sys…

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Dr. Frank Wilczek receives the 2022 Templeton Prize.

Frank Wilczek, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author, and professor at four universities among them Stockholm University, is awarded the 2022 Templeton Prize.  He was awarded to  honour his extraordinary depth and breadth of knowledge which is contributing t…

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The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2022 occurs tonight.

The event, known as a lunar eclipse, will see the full Flower Moon temporarily turn red overnight on Sunday (May 15) and Monday (May 16), depending on where you are standing. You can watch the Flower Blood Moon eclipse in webcasts, starting at 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 GMT). While…

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The First Image of Our Galaxy's Central Black Hole.

The Event Horizon Collaboration, the group behind the first-ever image of a black hole, just achieved another huge accomplishment: an image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. This is a breakthrough in our understanding of our home galaxy and t…

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Andy Jassy officially takes over as Amazon CEO from Jeff Bezos.

Jeff Bezos, who has served as the CEO of Amazon since founding the company exactly 27 years ago on July 5th, 1994, has officially stepped down from the role. Andy Jassy is now listed as the company’s CEO on its investor relations website, after previously having run Amazon …

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1,700-year-old sandal found on a remote mountain in Norway.

A team of researchers working on what has been named the "Secrets of the Ice" project has come into possession of a 1,500-year-old shoe that was found in a Norwegian alpine pass—one that resembles an ancient Roman sandal. The group has not yet published their pape…

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Estonia hosts the world's largest cyber exercise.

The Tallinn, Estonia NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, abbreviated as CCDCOE, is organising the Locked Shields 2022, the largest and most complex annual international live-fire cyber defence exercise in the world. This year’s exercise has particular impor…

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Elon Musk to acquire Twitter in $44 billion deal.

The social media giant confirmed Monday 25 April 2022 the Tesla CEO and billionaire will acquire the company in a deal worth $44 billion. Once the deal is complete, which is expected by this year, Twitter will become a privately held company. Source: www.usatoday.com

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Russia test-fired the “RS-28 SARMAT,” nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his military had successfully test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a big nuclear payload, but the Pentagon said the missile did not pose a substantial danger to the US. Russia’s most powerful ICBM is…

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Israel successfully tests new laser missile defense system.

Israel’s defence ministry announced that its new laser missile defence system successfully neutralised drones, rockets, mortars, and anti-tank missiles in a recent test. According to Defence Minister Benny Gantz, this Israeli-made laser system will complement the country’s a…

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WhatsApp voice messages gets new features.

WhatsApp is adding some new features for audio messages, some of which were already present for iOS users.  But it appears that these are getting a wider rollout overall and will be coming to more users on Android and iOS.  According to WhatsApp, users send 7 billion voice me…

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Germany will get weaponized drones for the first time.

Germany will get weaponized drones for the first time after years of debate, parliamentary sources told AFP Wednesday, as the EU giant, shaken by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, moves to ramp up its defense capabilities, turning to Israel for its military needs. Parliamentary …

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‘World’s largest electric cruise ship’ makes maiden voyage in China.

I n what is being dubbed the “world’s largest electric cruise ship,” the Yangtze River Three Gorges 1 recently completed its maiden voyage out of its home port in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province. The 100 meter long, zero-emissions ship can haul up to 1,300 passengers…

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Pakistan successfully conducts Test Flight of Ballistic Missile Shaheen-III.

Pakistan's Army on Saturday 09 April conducted a successful flight test of the surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile Shaheen-III which can strike targets up to 2,750 kilometres, bringing a number of Indian cities under its range. Shaheen-III is a surface-to-s…

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