Washington: NASA’s InSight lander has detected impact sounds from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. It marks the first time seismic and acoustic waves from an impact have been detected on Mars. A new paper published in Nature Geoscience details the impacts, which ranged between 85 and 290 km from InSight’s […]
UK: Twitter on Tuesday said that the platform saw a record number of tweets and conversations after the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 at the age of 96. Since the Queen’s passing, there have been over 30.2 million tweets about the Queen, said the company. The day of the announcement on […]
San Francisco: Elon Musk announced that Starlink, the satellite Internet division of his rocket company, is now active on all the continents, including Antarctica. On the microblogging site Twitter, Musk wrote, “Starlink is now active on all continents, including Antarctica”. He also said “another batch with lasers reaches orbit” after the deployment of 54 Starlink […]
Dubai: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) will launch the National Seasonal Flu Awareness Campaign next week. Themed “Protect yourself…Protect your community”, the annual seasonal flu campaign will kick off on September 26 in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Centre for Public Health and Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Department of Health- Abu Dhabi. […]
New Delhi: Comedian Raju Srivastava passed away at the age of 58 today, 41 days after being admitted to AIIMS, Delhi. His nephew Kunal Srivastava confirmed the same. Despite showing improvements in health a few days ago, Raju’s nephew Kushal Srivastava confirmed, “Yes, it is true. He passed away half an hour back. We all […]
Dubai: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced its support in the development of the Metaverse that will simulate the UAE’s manned 2117 Mars mission. This first-of-its-kind project will be led by BEDU, Dubai’s foremost pioneer in Web3 technologies and solutions. Formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding, the 2117 Metaverse project will involve close collaboration between […]
World: As Apple iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max users try out the new Dynamic Island feature, some app developers have created games around the new design on the home screen. App developer Kriss Smolka has created a Pong-style game called ‘Hit the Island’. It challenges the user to bounce a ball between the paddle […]
Abu Dhabi: Miral, Abu Dhabi’s leading creator of immersive destinations and experiences, in partnership with SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, announced it has reached 90% construction completion of the next-generation marine-life theme park, SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, Yas Island’s latest mega-development. The development, which is due to open in 2023 as the latest addition to Yas Island’s tourism […]
UK: The overall winner of the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 14 is Gerald Rhemann for Disconnection Event, a rare photograph of a piece of Comet Leonard’s gas tail being disconnected and carried away by the solar wind. The image is currently on display alongside the winners of the other categories in the accompanying exhibition […]
Dubai: B1 Properties is proud to announce that they have sold the most expensive Signature villa on Palm Jumeirah Frond G, called Framed Allure. The luxury real estate brokerage is known for its highly curated portfolio of the Middle East’s most sought-after, opulent properties. B1 Properties’ most recent notable sale was of the most expensive […]
Hyderabad: A nine-year-old girl from Telangana, who did not have a name so far, finally got one after she met Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao with her parents recently. The parents, Suresh and Anitha, had actively participated in the Telangana statehood movement led by Rao, popularly known as KCR. When their daughter was born in 2013, […]
