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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - December 2018

Dec 2018

Jul 30, 2022

Astronomers Find Heaviest Neutron Star on Record

PSR J0952-0607, a so-called millisecond pulsar, has shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its stellar companion and, in the process, grew into the heaviest neutron star observed to date.
PSR J0952-0607 is located between 3,200 and 5,700 light-years away in the constellation of Sextans.
PSR J0952-0607 is in a 6.42 hr orbit around its very low-mass stellar companion.

Jul 29, 2022

Whale Sharks the World's Biggest Omnivores, Scientists Discover

Whale sharks are the biggest shark species in the world, and now scientists found that the giant sharks are even more prodigious eating machines than previously thought. In addition to gulping down enormous mouthfuls of krill — tiny shrimplike crustaceans — whale sharks also swallow huge helpings of seaweed, enabling the aquatic giants to officially dethrone Kodiak bears (Ursus arctos middendorffi) as the world's largest omnivores.

Jul 28, 2022

UAE's Sultan Al Neyadi to be the First Arab Astronaut to Spend Six Months on ISS

Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi would become the first Arab astronaut to be part of a long-term mission to the International Space Station (ISS) after he embarks on SpaceX's Crew-6 mission scheduled for early 2023. During the mission, he would conduct scientific experiments as part of the UAE (United Arab Emirates) Astronaut Programme. According to the Emirates News Agency, this makes the UAE the 11th country in the world to participate in a long-term space mission.
Al Neyadi will embark on the mission as part of the agreement signed between Texas-based Axiom Space and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre. But Al Neyadi is not the first Emirati to go aboard the International Space Station: that honour goes to Hazza Al Mansoori, who lived on the space station for eight days in 2019. Al Neyadi is expected to be onboard the ISS till September 2023.

Jul 27, 2022

Russia to Quit International Space Station 'after 2024'

Russia decided to quit the International Space Station "after 2024", the newly-appointed chief of Moscow's space agency told President Vladimir Putin.
The decision came weeks after the US criticised Russian astronauts for using the Space Station to push political narratives after cosmonauts displayed flags of Ukrainian areas controlled by Russian forces.
Russia and the United States have worked side by side on the ISS, which has been in orbit since 1998.
The space station is jointly run by the space agencies of Russia, the U.S., Europe, Japan and Canada.

Scientists Discover Places on the Moon where it's always 'Sweater Weather'

A team led by planetary scientists has discovered shady locations within pits on the moon that always hover around a comfortable 63 degrees Fahrenheit. The pits, and caves to which they may lead, would make safer, more thermally stable base camps for lunar exploration and long-term habitation than the rest of the moon's surface, which heats up to 260 degrees during the day and drops to 280 degrees below zero at night.

Jul 26, 2022

Scientists Discover Deadly Pool at Bottom of Ocean that Kills anything that Swims into it

Scientists from the University of Miami discovered a lethal pool at the bottom of the Red Sea that kills anything that swims into it. As per research, the brine pool was uncovered 1.7 kilometres beneath the surface using a remotely operated underwater vehicle.
The researchers explained that a brine pool is a depression in the seafloor that is filled with highly concentrated salt water and other chemical elements which is saltier than the surrounding ocean. These underwater pools can stun or kill animals and even pickle them alive.

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