Новости за 07.07.2020

Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 02, 2020
Northrop Grumman has reported the arrival of the company-built Galaxy 30 (G-30) spacecraft for Intelsat and the Mission Extension Vehicle 2 (MEV-2) at the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. The vehicles are scheduled to launch late July 2020, in a stacked configuration onboard an Ariane 5 rocket. "These satellites are excellent examples of our established leadership and innovation in th

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 07, 2020
Australian based company LatConnect 60 has has announced a global space partnership to build and deploy a smart satellite constellation over Australian skies to help the Australian government and commercial clients monitor and protect their interests in the region. The announcement comes amid rising global tensions, with the Australian Prime Minister last week announcing a $1.35 billion re

Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 07, 2020
Lithium is becoming common in our everyday lives. It is the key ingredient in the batteries of our mobile phones and electric vehicles, but have you ever wondered where it comes from? A new study led by Prof. ZHAO Gang and Dr. Yerra Bharat Kumar from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) provides a fresh understanding of both how lithium is made, and how

Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 07, 2020
As dying stars take their final few breaths of life, they gently sprinkle their ashes into the cosmos through the magnificent planetary nebulae. These ashes, spread via stellar winds, are enriched with many different chemical elements, including carbon. Findings from a study published in Nature Astronomy show that the final breaths of these dying stars, called white dwarfs, shed light on c

Nashville TN (SPX) Jul 01, 2020
The revolution in our understanding of the night sky and our place in the universe began when we transitioned from using the naked eye to a telescope in 1609. Four centuries later, scientists are experiencing a similar transition in their knowledge of black holes by searching for gravitational waves. In the search for previously undetected black holes that are billions of times more massiv

Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2020
The molecular gas in galaxies is set into motion by physical mechanisms such as galactic rotation, supernova explosions, magnetic fields, turbulence, and gravity, shaping the structure of the gas. Understanding how these motions directly impact star and planet formation is difficult, because it requires quantifying gas motion over a huge range in spatial scale, and then linking this motion to th

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 07, 2020
How do you design a vehicle that can withstand the furnace-like heat and crushing pressures of Venus? One idea being explored by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California is a wind-powered clockwork rover, and it's just been given a boost by designers, the maker community, and citizen scientists from around the world. In February, NASA launched a public competition to seek ideas fo

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 07, 2020
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has started a road trip that will continue through the summer across roughly a mile (1.6 kilometers) of terrain. By trip's end, the rover will be able to ascend to the next section of the 3-mile-tall Martian (5-kilometer-tall) mountain it's been exploring since 2014, searching for conditions that may have supported ancient microbial life. Located on the floor of

Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 07, 2020
Seven astronaut positions are available for an analogue space mission. The EPFL Space@yourService student association launched the recruitment of analogue astronauts on the 15th of June 2020. It will end the on 7th of July at midnight (swiss time). They will participate in its second mission, ASCLEPIOS II. Students from all over the world can send their application. During one week, they w

Lawrence KS (SPX) Jul 07, 2020
It lacks the drama of a shape-shifting alien creature, but another threat looms over the prospect of generations-long, interstellar space travel: Explorers arriving on Xanadu could face problems communicating with previous and subsequent arrivals, their spoken language having changed in isolation along the way. Therefore, a new paper co-authored by a University of Kansas professor of lingu

Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2020
Founded in 2004, the private US aerospace company has put 53 spacecraft into low-Earth orbit and most of its missions have been successful. Saturday's launch was initially scheduled for 5 July, however, due to a bad weather forecast, the company moved it one day earlier, a rare occurrence in the space industry. The CEO of Rocket Lab, Peter Beck, promised to "leave no stone unturned" after

Moscow (AFP) July 7, 2020
A former journalist and aide to the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos was detained on Tuesday on treason charges, the agency said. Roscomos said a probe was under way and that it was "fully cooperating with the investigative authorities". The agency said in a statement that the detention of Ivan Safronov in Moscow was not related to his employment at Roscosmos where he began work

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By Andrew Warshaw

July 7 – Wigan Athletic’s official supporters’ club have demanded a “full investigation” into how the second-tier Championship club became the first professional outfit in English football to be plunged into administration during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a shameful tale of injustice and outrage that has shocked neutral fans across the country, Wigan, who spent eight seasons in the top flight up to 2013, entered bankruptcy protection last week due to lack of funding... Читать дальше...

One Twitter user posted a photo of a man with a mask just over his mouth, adding: "Can someone educate people on the district line how to wear face masks."

So, about masks -- they do next to nothing if you don't wear them properly.

Johnny Depp is facing his ex-wife Amber Heard in court as part of his libel battle with News Group Newspapers over a story published in The Sun in 2018 which branded him a 'wife beater' - which he denies

Nifty July futures at discount

The road has been in bad condition for six months but the Tambaram Municipality has not taken any steps to repair it, residents allege

In Devon, one man dressed up as the Grim Reaper and greeted outsiders with a ‘Welcome Holidaymakers’ sign.

Waterspouts are essentially tornadoes that form over water. They can and do form over all the world's oceans. In the U.S., they're most common near the Florida Keys and in the Gulf of Mexico.

The bus was carrying high school students travelling to sit their final year college entry exams when it plunged into the Hongshanhu reservoir, in China's Guizhou Province

A lawyer has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a seven-year-old boy at Triyuga Municipality-12 in Udaypur district. 

A Nigerian national who has more than 2.5 million followers on Instagram, where he flaunts his lavish lifestyle, was extradited from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and appeared in court in the United States to face cybercrime-related charges.

Thousands of parents across the Black Country and Staffordshire are failing to pay compulsory child support to their ex-partners, new figures reveal.