[ad_1] This year, at the end of September, the bottom of the pond fell in the Most region. From the old mine well, toxic substances entered the water and poisoned several tons of fish. The local tragedy is a small and insignificant reminder of the mass extinctions of (almost) all …
Read More »John Barrow’s Obituary | Science
[ad_1] Cosmologist John Barrow, who died at the age of 67 from colon and liver cancer, was a renowned popularizer of science. He combined mathematical and physical reasoning to increase our understanding of the very first moments of the universe. It did this by providing elegant mathematical characterizations of inflationary …
Read More »The spacecraft successfully sampled the planet. However, some are blocked
[ad_1] According to the first results, the American probe OSIRIS-REX has taken a sufficient number of samples from the planet Bennu. This was reported by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The removal of at least 60 grams of dust and stones has been completed, the office assured. …
Read More »The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to research in the field of black holes
[ad_1] Stockholm, October 6 (TASR) – British scientist Roger Penrose, German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel and American astronomer Andrea Ghez have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for their research on black holes. The AFP agency has informed. The names of this year’s winners were announced Tuesday by the Royal …
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