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Images of Ultima Thule – Images of the Kuiper Belt object

January 3, 2019

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NASA’s New Horizons Mission Reveals Entirely New Kind of World Images of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule unveil the very first stages of solar system’s history NASA | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever explored […]

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Senegal opens museum dedicated to black civilizations

December 7, 2018

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Senegal opens museum dedicated to black civilizations The aim is to decolonize knowledge from the common European perspective of African history and culture CGTN After 52 years of waiting, Senegal is finally opening what has been described as the largest museum of black civilization in the capital, Dakar. The museum has the capacity for 18,000 […]

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NASA’s InSight sends its first photos back from the surface of the planet Mars

November 27, 2018

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NASA’s InSight sends its first photos back from the surface of the planet Mars NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC), located on the robotic arm of NASA’s InSight lander, took this picture of the Martian surface on Nov. 26, 2018, the same day the spacecraft touched down on the Red Planet. NASA’s […]

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to target Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

June 26, 2018

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to target Jupiter’s Great Red Spot By Eric Villard / Laura Betz NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, shedding new light on the enigmatic storm […]

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Without migration Europe’s fertility rates stays below replenishment level

April 12, 2018

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Without migration Europe’s fertility rates stays below replenishment level Eurostat Release date: 28 March 2018 Geographical information The European Union (EU) includes: Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United […]

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Early western Europeans had dark skin

February 7, 2018

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Early western Europeans had dark skin Scientists finally put a face to Cheddar Man, Britain’s oldest complete skeleton from 10,000 years ago. BBC News A cutting-edge scientific analysis shows that a Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark brown skin and blue eyes. Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum extracted DNA from Cheddar Man, Britain’s […]

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SpaceX has successfully launched its 10-satellite Iridium-4 mission

December 22, 2017

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SpaceX has successfully launched its 10-satellite Iridium-4 mission The Falcon 9 has 10 communications satellites. SpaceX launched Iridium-4 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. ____ Video: Final SpaceX rocket launch of 2017 lights up Southern California sky | ABC7 Los Angeles ____ Video: SpaceX Launch as seen from […]

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XXIII Olympic Winter -2018 PyeongChang – Venues

November 21, 2017

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XXIII Olympic Winter -2018: PyeongChang Venues for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang February 9, 2018 – February 25, 2018 ___ Video: Construction ‘complete’ on PyeongChang 2018 facilities ___ Video: A tour around competition and non-competition venues of 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics ___ Video: High Speed Rail opens in December 2017 Reaching sports destination for […]

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Three asteroids come close to Earth

September 21, 2017

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Three asteroids come close to Earth By Eric Mack Sci-Tech September 20, 2017 Astronomers discovered three never-before-seen asteroids as they whizzed by Earth significantly closer than the vast majority of passing space rocks. The trio pose no threat to our planet, but it is a little unsettling that the largest of the three (Asteroid 2017 […]

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Olympic Games 2024 and 2028

September 13, 2017

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Olympic Games 2024 and 2028 The International Olympic Committee elected the city of Paris to host the games of the XXXIII OLYMPIAD 2024 and the city o Los Angeles the XXXIV OLYMPIAD 2028. “Congratulations to Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028! This historic double allocation is a ‘win-win-win’ situation for the city of Paris, the […]

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