Category: Science & Tech

Registration Now Open for NASA 2022 International Space Apps Challenge

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Registration Now Open for NASA 2022 International Space Apps Challenge

The NASA International Space Apps Challenge – the world’s largest annual hackathon – returns this year with the theme “Make Space,” which emphasizes NASA’s commitment to inclusivity. This year’s challenge will focus on Earth and space science, technology, and exploration. Participant registration for in-person and virtual events is now open through Oct. 2. Space Apps provides a platform where everyone across the globe with a passion for creativity and innovation can use their unique perspectives to tackle challenges created by NASA experts. The challenges range in skill level, expertise, subject matter,…

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UN to debate how science and technology can boost COVID-19 recovery

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UN to debate how science and technology can boost COVID-19 recovery

Industry 4.0 and the challenges of sustainable urban development will be in focus at the 25th session of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development. Ministers, policymakers, heads of international organizations and leading experts will examine how science, technology and innovation can help the world recover better from the COVID-19 pandemic during 25th session of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development from 28 March to 1 April in Geneva and online. The sessions will focus on the themes of “Industry 4.0 for inclusive development” and…

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NASA’s futuristic space technology can turn science fiction into reality – Know more

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NASA’s futuristic space technology can turn science fiction into reality – Know more

NASA is always up for researching on new technology and upgrading the ones already existent to improve space missions. On February 26, NASA announced its future plans about a mind-boggling space technology that can turn science to fiction. The American space agency has funded 17 futuristic space technology concepts that have great potential. In order to conduct further research, these NASA futuristic technologies have received a total of $5.1 million. This funding is part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program which offers support to studies at an early…

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula

NASA’s highly sensitive James Webb Space Telescope has captured an extremely detailed image of thousands of never-before-seen young stars in a region known as the Tarantula Nebula. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is around 160,000 light years from Earth, the nebula, also known as stellar nursery 30 Doradus, is a region of very active star formation, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA’s mosaic image of the nebula covers an area of 340 light-years. Viewed with Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the region resembles a burrowing tarantula’s home. But…

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Spectacular image of heart of Phantom Galaxy highlights power of Webb and Hubble telescopes

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Spectacular image of heart of Phantom Galaxy highlights power of Webb and Hubble telescopes

The veteran and the new kid on the block have teamed up to produce a spectacular image of the Phantom Galaxy. The European Space Agency released a new photo Monday capturing the heart of Messier 74, located 32 million light years away in the Pisces constellation. It’s a view that combines the Hubble Space Telescope’s strong vision at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths with the James Webb Space Telescope’s unprecedented sensitivity at infrared wavelengths. “By combining data from telescopes operating across the electromagnetic spectrum, scientists can gain greater insight into astronomical…

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Omicron Not More Severe Than Delta Variant Of Covid: Top US Scientist

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Omicron Not More Severe Than Delta Variant Of Covid: Top US Scientist

Top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Tuesday early indications suggested the Covid-19 Omicron variant was not worse than prior strains, and was possibly milder, while cautioning it would take weeks to judge its severity. Speaking to AFP, President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor broke down the knowns and unknowns about Omicron into three major areas: transmissibility, how well it evades immunity from prior infection and vaccines, and severity of illness. The new variant is “clearly highly transmissible,” very likely more so than Delta, the current dominant global strain, Fauci said….

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U.S. State Department Apple iPhone hacked with Israeli company spyware – sources

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U.S. State Department Apple iPhone hacked with Israeli company spyware – sources

Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter. The hacks, which took place in the last several months, hit U.S. officials either based in Uganda or focused on matters concerning the East African country, two of the sources said. The intrusions, first reported here, represent the widest known hacks of U.S. officials through NSO technology. Previously, a list of numbers with potential targets including…

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Norway lauches World’s First Electric Autonomous Cargo Ship

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Norway lauches World’s First Electric Autonomous Cargo Ship

Zero emissions and, soon, zero crew: the world’s first fully electric autonomous cargo vessel was unveiled in Norway, a small but promising step toward reducing the maritime industry’s climate footprint. By shipping up to 120 containers of fertilizer from a plant in the southeastern town of Porsgrunn to the Brevik port a dozen kilometres (about eight miles) away, the much-delayed Yara Birkeland, shown off to the media on Friday, will eliminate the need for around 40,000 truck journeys a year that are now fuelled by polluting diesel. “Of course, there…

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America Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile Technology

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America Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile Technology

“We are very concerned by what China has been doing on the hypersonic front,” said Ambassador Robert Wood, the US permanent representative to the Conference on Disarmament. The United States successfully tested hypersonic missile technology, a new weapons system which is already being deployed by China and Russia, the US Navy said Thursday. The test, conducted Wednesday at a NASA facility in Wallops, Virginia, is a “vital step in the development of a Navy-designed common hypersonic missile,” the navy said in a statement. “This test demonstrated advanced hypersonic technologies, capabilities,…

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Germany’s Exolaunch expands business operations in North America

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Germany’s Exolaunch expands business operations in North America

Exolaunch, a provider of launch, deployment, and in-space transportation services, has expanded its business operations and sales in North America by opening offices in Denver, CO and Washington, DC. To lead its US operations (Exolaunch, Inc. doing business as Exolaunch USA), capture new market opportunities, and continue business growth in the region, Exolaunch USA has hired aerospace executive Chris Hearsey as its chief executive officer. Having doubled sales globally, compared to last year, in 2022 Exolaunch is expecting to further increase its sales and keep its high launch rate by…

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