Azerbaijan reopens its embassy in Iran as the countries try to ease tensions
– Azerbaijan reopened its embassy in Tehran on Monday after over a year of negotiations between Iran and Azerbaijan to ease tensions. – Relations between the two countries soured in January 2023 after a gunman stormed Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran, killing the security chief and wounding two guards. – Iran said it was a personal […]
NASA’s $5 billion Europa Clipper mission may not be able to handle Jupiter’s radiation
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is scheduled to launch in October 2022 to study Jupiter’s moon Europa and assess its potential habitability. The mission will cost $5 billion. Recently, the mission team discovered an issue with the spacecraft’s transistors, which control electricity flow. Testing showed some transistors may fail sooner than expected in Europa’s intense radiation […]
Houthis concerned that US targeted their ship
The Houthi militia in Yemen have been searching for a missing ship that disappeared in the Red Sea for the past 3 days. The ship was reportedly carrying weapons and military supplies from the Horn of Africa to Yemen to aid the Houthis. It was also carrying some foreign military experts. The ship lost contact […]
Galactic penguin honors the 2nd anniversary of James Webb Space Telescope’s 1st images
NASA released a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope to mark the 2nd anniversary of JWST starting science operations. The image shows two interacting galaxies known as Arp 142, which resemble a cosmic penguin with its egg. The penguin galaxy is NGC 2936 and the egg galaxy is NGC 2937. The galaxies are […]
‘Traffic jams’ around Uranus could solve the mystery of its weak radiation belts
– Scientists may have solved the mystery of Uranus’ unusually weak radiation belts, which are around 100 times weaker than expected based on observations from Voyager 2 in 1986. – The research suggests Uranus’ asymmetric and tilted magnetic field is causing “traffic jams” for particles circulating the planet in its radiation belts. – Simulations showed […]
Iranian labor union condemns Sharifeh Mohammadi’s death sentence
– An Iranian labor union condemned the death sentence given to Sharifeh Mohammadi, an imprisoned labor activist, by an Islamic Revolutionary Court in Rasht. – Mohammadi was sentenced to death on charges of “rebellion” which authorities alleged was due to her membership in an armed Kurdish opposition group, accusations that Mohammadi and others have denied. […]
‘Most complete dinosaur’ in a century unearthed in the Isle of Wight
– Paleontologists have discovered the most complete dinosaur fossil found in the UK in over 100 years on the Isle of Wight. – The dinosaur, named Comptonatus chasei, lived around 125 million years ago and was a large, herbivorous iguanodontian that reached over a tonne in weight. – The 149 bone specimen is nearly a […]
Astronaut snaps strange iridescent clouds at the edge of space
– NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed an unusual cloud formation called noctilucent clouds from the International Space Station on July 4, 2024. – Noctilucent clouds are very high atmospheric clouds that form around 50 miles above Earth’s surface in a layer called the mesosphere. They appear blueish-white and iridescent. – Scientists used to be puzzled […]
US targets company developing chemical weapons for Iran, State Dept says
– The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on an Iranian company called Kimia Biopharm and two of its managers for developing chemical weapons in Iran. – According to the US State Department, Kimia Biopharm has developed and tested chemical weapons like sulfur mustard gas which violate international law. – Under Secretary of the Treasury Brian […]
Oil tanker held by Iran for over a year heads reaches international waters, tracking data shows
An oil tanker called Advantage Sweet that had been held by Iran for over a year in a maritime dispute has reached international waters according to tracking data. The tanker was originally seized by Iran’s navy in April 2023 while carrying $50 million worth of oil from Kuwait to Chevron. An Iranian court has ordered […]