The world's first 100% hydrogen-powered train starts running in Germany

The first fully hydrogen-powered passenger train service is now up and running in Germany. Coradia iLint trains built by Alstom are running on the line in Lower Saxony, Germany. The only emissions are steam and condensed water, and Alstom notes that the train operates with …

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Ancient bones confirm earliest-known human ancestor walked upright.

What may be the earliest-known human ancestor, an ape-man called Sahelanthropus tchadensis who lived in Africa roughly 7 million years ago, walked upright for much of the time, according to a new study.  The findings suggest that the ability to walk upright — known as bipeda…

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Israeli spyware company NSO Group CEO steps down.

Israeli spyware firm NSO Group said on Sunday its Chief Executive Shalev Hulio is stepping down with immediate effect, with Chief Operating Officer Yaron Shohat appointed to oversee a reorganisation of the company before a successor is named. A source in the company confirme…

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Internaut Day - 23 August.

Internaut Day is being celebrated around the world to mark the invention of the World Wide Web. An “internaut” is a person who possesses a thorough knowledge of how to use the Internet and its history. August 23 marks the day when the World Wide Web was opened to the public…

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NASA Identifies Candidate Regions for Landing Next Americans on Moon.

As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon under Artemis, the agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar South Pole. Each region contains multiple potential landing sites for Artemis III, which will be the first of the Artemis missions to br…

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James Webb Space Telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons.

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released the shots Monday 22 August of the solar system’s biggest planet. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Ju…

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One of the world's largest moths detected for the first time in U.S.

A moth with a wingspan of 10 inches has been found in the U.S. for the first time, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, which is asking residents to report further sightings. The atlas moth — considered one of the world's largest moths — was first…

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U.S. partners with David Pieris Motor Company to boost electric mobility in Sri Lanka.

The U.S. government, through its development agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is committed to accelerating clean energy to drive social and economic sustainable growth in Sri Lanka. On August 16, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchan…

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Russia launches Iranian satellite into orbit.

Russia launched an Iranian satellite into orbit on Tuesday from southern Kazakhstan, according to Russian state space corporation. The move came just three weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged to work together…

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NASA releases first pieces of multispectral maps of Mars.

Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released the first portions of the multispectral maps of the surface of Mars on June 29, 2022. The multicoloured 5.6 GB map covers 86 percent of the Red Planet’s surface. The map in its entirety will b…

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An island in the Galápagos reintroduced iguanas after nearly 200 years of extinction.

A species of iguana that went extinct nearly 200 years ago on one of the Galápagos Islands appears to be making a comeback, with some help from a team of conservationists. The last person to spot a Galápagos land iguana on Santiago Island in Ecuador was Charles Darwin in 183…

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An orbiter named "Danuri", SpaceX launches South Korea’s first moon mission.

South Korea launched its first moon mission on Thursday 04 as its homegrown lunar orbiter took off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX rocket. A live broadcast of the launch on Friday morning in South Korea showed the orbiter "Danuri&qu…

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Earth’s Shortest Day - 29 July

The Earth has set up a new record of completing a full spin in 1.59 milliseconds and completing a full rotation in less than 24 hours on 29th July 2022. Earth has increased the speed of its rotations recently. Earlier in 2020, on 19 July Earth recorded it as the shortest da…

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Samsung develops industry's first, world's fastest graphics DRAM chip.

Samsung said recently it has developed a new graphics dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip with a faster speed and improved power efficiency. The 24-gigabit Graphics Double Data Rate 6 (GDDR6) adopts third-generation, 10-nanometer technology and boasts a data processing …

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China will launch first comprehensive solar probe.

China will launch its first comprehensive solar probe, the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, in October, opening a new chapter in the country's exploration of the sun, according to the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From Monda…

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Leading space science expert predicts a 'direct hit' on Earth from a solar storm.

It has been a busy time for solar activity. Back in March of 2022, Earth was hit by separate geomagnetic storms, according to government weather agencies in the U.S. and the U.K.  Though the geomagnetic storms likely didn't cause any harm, they brought into focus the pot…

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New COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 detected

New COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 detected in countries like India. A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebr…

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Astronomers have detected a Rotating Galaxy from the early eays of the Universe.

A team of astronomers have used the ALMA telescope to find a slowly-rotating galaxy in the early Universe. That galaxy is the youngest ever found with a measured rotation, and it's much slower than present-day galaxies. All galaxies rotate, usually at incredible speeds. …

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James Webb telescope is so powerful, it detected water on a distant exoplanet

NASA unveiled the first full-color images for its James Webb space telescope this week, and the results were absolutely astounding. While it’s easy to get caught up in the quality of the images that James Webb is capable of capturing, the newly activated telescope is more p…

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Scientists discover large, year-round ozone hole over the tropics.

Scientists revealed a large, all-season ozone hole in the lower stratosphere over the tropics comparable in depth to that of the well-known springtime Antarctic hole, but roughly seven times greater in area.  The observed data agree well with the cosmic-ray-driven electron r…

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