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[ad_1] We now have a good picture of the large space rock that will fly across Earth next week. On Saturday (April 18), the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, it captured a radar image of the asteroid OR2 1998, which will approach 3.9 million miles (6.3 million km) from our …

[ad_1] Lava leaving Kilauea fissure 8 on June 25, 2018.Image: USGS Scientists attribute the Kilauea Eruption 2018, which destroyed hundreds of homes on the Big Island of Hawaii, to a surprising source: heavy and sustained rains. According to new rainfall in the months leading up to the eruption, rocky support …

[ad_1] In 2008, astronomers made a big announcement: A giant exoplanet had been visually seen in Hubble images of the nearby bright star Fomalhaut! It was very exciting news; Most of the planets at that point (and even today) are detected indirectly, so physically seeing one in a picture was …

[ad_1] Stephen Hawking’s ventilator has been donated to the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge to help treat patients with coronavirus. The physicist, who had motor neuron disease, died in 2018, at age 76. Her daughter Lucy Hawking said: “Our father received brilliant, dedicated and compassionate medical care from Royal Papworth …

[ad_1] Australian bicycle retailers are struggling to keep up with the sales boom since coronavirus restrictions took effect last month. “We are the new toilet paper and everyone wants a piece,” Grant Kaplan, manager of Giant Sydney, a bicycle shop in Sydney’s CBD, tells Guardian Australia.. “We can’t keep up …

[ad_1] For the first time in world history, the aquarium in Tampa, Florida has successfully reproduced cactus coral in human care. Corals are just one of a variety of species rescued from Florida waters by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and NOAA Fisheries after the state’s coral reefs …

[ad_1] Stephen Hawking’s ventilator has been donated to the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge to help treat patients with coronavirus. The physicist, who had motor neuron disease, died in 2018, at age 76. Her daughter Lucy Hawking said: “Our father received brilliant, dedicated and compassionate medical care from Royal Papworth …

[ad_1] The volcano, located on the Italian island of Sicily, exploded alive on Sunday, April 19, releasing ash and obtaining gas. Volcano Discovery described the explosion as a “brief but intense episode of explosive activity,” with an eruption that occurred at 7:30 am local time. Just 45 minutes later, the …

[ad_1] Artist’s illustration of the distribution of satellites on SpaceX’s Starlink network. Credit: SpaceX Another 60 Starlink satellites are set for launch on Wednesday to transmit Internet signals to future SpaceX consumers, as the company seeks regulatory approval to fly the 4,400 relay stations in the first phase of network …

[ad_1] Africa has a good history of astronomy and is currently engaged in mega astronomy projects like the Square kilometer matrix (SKA)– which is about building the world’s largest radio telescope and African Very Long Baseline Interferometry (AVN), the latest addition to this is the African Millimeter Telescope. The African …