Scientists are said to be on the verge of announcing a second image of the supermassive black hole put together from an array of 10 telescopes — which is collectively called the Event Horizon Telescope.
Rats playing hide and seek, gene therapies and recreating a 38-mn-yr-old skull of a common human ancestor are other big stories from the world of science.
It is imperative to acknowledge contributions from all parts of the world to astronomy, and shed the colonial Eurocentrism deeply entrenched in our education.
The black hole is located at the centre of the Messier 87 galaxy. It is 6.6 billion times the mass of the sun, and is located 53.5 million light years away.
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Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
Why t f they don’t find antidote of corona