Chinese astronomers have found more than 10,000 giant stars rich in lithium, surpassing the total number of such stars previously discovered by scientists around the world.
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Annular solar eclipse Thursday
Dhaka, Dec 25 – An annular eclipse of the sun will occur on Thursday which will be visible from Bangladesh if the sky remains clear.
First image of a black hole named Science’s Breakthrough of the Year
The Event Horizon Telescope’s image of a supermassive black hole was named on Thursday by the influential U.S. journal Science as 2019’s Breakthrough of the Year. The close-up image of the black hole that lies at the center of Messier…
Putin offers US to extend key nuclear pact right now
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow is prepared to immediately extend the only remaining nuclear arms reduction pact with the United States.
Russian scientists present ancient puppy found in permafrost
Yakutsk, Russia, December 02, 2019 (AP/UNB) – Russian scientists on Monday showed off a prehistoric puppy, believed to be 18,000 years old, found in permafrost in the country’s the Far East.
Robots deliver baby corals to help revive Great Barrier Reef
Sydney, Nov 27 – Millions of baby corals have been successfully transplanted onto damaged sections of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, utilizing a cutting edge technique involving robots and giant inflatable nurseries, researchers said on Wednesday.
US Air Force mystery space plane lands, ends 2-year mission
Cape Canaveral, Oct 28 (AP/UNB) — The Air Force’s mystery space plane is back on Earth, following a record-breaking two-year mission.
Fossil trove shows life’s fast recovery after big extinction
New York, Oct 25 (AP/UNB) — A remarkable trove of fossils from Colorado has revealed details of how mammals grew larger and plants evolved after the cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs.
World’s 1st female spacewalking team makes history
Cape Canaveral (AP/UNB) — The world’s first female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, floating out of the International Space Station to fix a broken part of the power network. As NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica…
Space station’s 2 women prep for 1st all-female spacewalk
Cape Canaveral, OCT 18 (AP/UNB) — Men have floated out the hatch on all 420 spacewalks conducted over the past half-century.That changes Friday with spacewalk No. 421.
Two NASA astronauts complete nearly 7-hour spacewalk
Washington, Oct. 12 (Xinhua/UNB) — Two U.S. astronauts wrapped up a spacewalk out of the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, the second in a series of five spacewalks in October to replace batteries on the far end of the…
3 win Nobel Chemistry prize for battery work
Stockholm, Oct 9 (AP/UNB) — The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
3 win Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in cosmology
Stockholm, Oct 8 (AP/UNB) — Three scientists won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved, and the Earth’s place in it.
Discovery of 20 new moons puts Saturn ahead of Jupiter
Cape Canaveral, OCT 8. (AP/UNB) — The solar system has a new winner in the moon department. Twenty new moons have been found around Saturn, giving the ringed planet a total of 82, scientists said Monday. That beats Jupiter and…
3 get Nobel Medicine prize for learning how cells use oxygen
Stockholm, Oct 7 (AP/UNB) — The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to scientists William G. Kaelin, Jr, Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of “how cells sense and adapt to oxygen…
Milky Way sends out cataclysmic beam 3.5 mn years ago: study
Astronomers found that an expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way, like a titanic lighthouse beam, more than 3 million years ago.
NASA sets 1st all-female spacewalk after suit flap in spring
The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after a suit-sizing flap led to an embarrassing cancellation.
Ex icddr,b scientist Prof Sachar gets Golden Goose Award
Dhaka, Sept 30 (UNB) – Prof David B Sachar, a former icddr,b scientist, has been awarded with Golden Goose Award 2019 by the ‘American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)’ at the Library of Congress, Washington, USA.
Google green energy buys boost ‘carbon-free’ portfolio
Google on Thursday announced a record-high boost to its green electricity purchases, saying the deals will spur construction of millions of solar panels and hundreds of wind turbines.
Google agrees 945-mn-euro tax settlement with France
US internet giant Google has agreed a settlement totalling 945 million euros ($1.0 billion) to end a tax dispute in France under an agreement announced in court on Thursday. The company will pay a 500-million-euro fine for tax evasion, as…
What is cloud seeding?
by Sahana Ghosh on 1 August 2019 Dreaming of a perfect blue-sky and rain-free wedding day? A luxury travel company promises to do just that for a price with the help of cloud seeding, a commonly used technique in weather…
NASA pioneer Sue Finley still reaching for stars
Sue Finley began work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the US prepared to launch its first satellite into orbit in 1958, racing to match the Soviet Union, which had accomplished the feat months earlier. Now 82, she is one…
Great leaps in science thanks to Apollo
The Apollo 11 mission to the Moon and back 50 years ago went down in history as mankind’s giant leap, changing the way we saw our place in the universe. But the program was also the catalyst for profound scientific…
NASA’s InSight lander captures sunrise, sunset on Mars
Los Angeles, May 2 (Xinhua/UNB) – NASA’s InSight lander has captured a series of images of sunrise and sunset on Mars recently, according to a release of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California on Wednesday. A camera on the…
Bangladesh releases Two new high yielding rice varieties
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has developed two new high yielding rice varieties having higher yield potentials over the two most popular existing rice varieties in the country.
Science, tourism clash on Great Barrier Reef
A row is raging over Australia’s warming-damaged Great Barrier Reef, with firms worried that scientists’ apocalyptic warnings are scaring visitors out of the water.
India’s Infosys shares plunge as sales outlook cut
shares plunged more than nine percent on the Bombay Stock Exchange Friday after the Indian software giant cut its earnings outlook for the year. The Bangalore-based IT services exporter reported a 13 percent rise in first-quarter net profit year-on-year but…
India man sent to jail for hacking estranged wife’s f/b account
A man was booked on Wednesday for hacking his estranged wife’s Facebook account and sending objectionable messages to her friends. Sachin Jindal from Faridabad was booked under Section 66A of the IT Act after his wife, a resident of Gurgaon,…
Exoplanet’s discovery to shed light on planet formation
Astronomers announced the discovery of the youngest planet ever found outside our solar system, lending new insight into how planetary systems form.The 11 million-year-old exoplanet, named K2-33b, swiftly orbits around its star-K2-33 — in just 5.4 days.The exoplanet’s existence suggests…
Pakistani roboteers hunt global soccer glory
The little striker wearing a crescent moon and star jersey lines up his penalty and kicks right, netting his goal as the keeper dives the wrong way and hits the ground yelping in pain. Both players are teammates practising to…