Notes of the ancient astronomers, kept on tablets of burned clay, confirm that the rotation speed of the Earth around its own axis decreases according to a material published by the Proceedings magazine, of the Royal Society A, informs the Live Science. In each century, the length of a solar day, or the period of time during which the planet makes one complete rotation around … [Read more...]
John Glenn, the former astronaut and senator, dies at 95
The former American astronaut and senator John Glenn, the first American who made an orbital flight around the Earth, died on Thursday at the age of 95 years, announced the governor of Ohio, John Kasich, quoted by the international press agencies. Glenn was hospitalized, announced on Wednesday a spokesman for the Ohio State University, the institution which gave the astronaut's … [Read more...]
The space waste represents one of the biggest environmental challenges
The spatial waste which moves on orbits around our planet with speeds of up to 28,000 km/h represents one of the most serious environmental problems of the mankind, according to the warning of Doctor Hugh Lewis made at the rostrum of the Royal Astronomical Society in London, informs Sky News and the AFP. Dr. Lewis, who studies the spatial waste at the University of Southampton … [Read more...]
France inaugurates the particle accelerator Spiral2, to decipher the origins of the atomic nucleus
A new particle accelerator, Spiral2, was launched in Caen, France, with the purpose of finding which are the origins of the atomic nucleus, to decipher the substance and existence's secrets, according to some materials published by AFP and RFI. After a long period of time when it was believed that the atoms are the smallest parts (indivisible) of the substance, at present it is … [Read more...]