Friday, July 26, 2019

Suspected meteorite crashes into rice field in India



A suspected meteorite about the size of a football has crashed into a paddy field in a village in eastern India.Villagers and farmers pose around the crater of a suspected meteorite that crashed in a field at Mahadeva village in the Indian eastern state of Bihar.

Thursday, July 25, 2019

20th-Century Global Warming "Unmatched" In 2,000 Years



While average global temperatures are currently around one degree Celsius hotter than pre-industrial times, there have been a number of periods of cooling and warming over the centuries. World temperatures rose faster in the late 20th century than at any other time in the last 2,000 years, according to research released Wednesday which experts said undermines climate deniers questioning of mankind's role in global warming.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Astronomers Decode Milky Way's Violent Birth In New Research



Milky Way gobbled up a galaxy one quarter of its mass 10 billion years ago in a "violent collision" that didn't fully settle for eons, astronomers said in new research published Monday. Previous studies had suggested that our home galaxy was composed of two separate sets of stars, but the precise chronology of the galactic merge remained elusive. Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) used the Gaia space telescope to take exact measurements of the position, brightness and distance of around one million stars in the Milky Way within 6,500 light years of the Sun.

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Wimbledon Open 2019 : Men's Final



The Serbian Novak Djokovic Beats Roger Federer To Win Fifth Wimbledon Title In Longest Ever Final Novak Djokovic saved two match points as he took his Grand Slam tally to 16, four off Roger Federer's overall record. The world number one triumphed 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 13-12 (7/3). At 4 hours and 57 minutes, it was the longest Wimbledon final ever played

Wimbledon Open 2019 : Women's Final



Romanian Simona Halep Beat Serena Williams for the Wimbledon Title 6-2, 6-2.