NASA's SOFIA Discovers Water On Sunlit Surface Of Moon

There may be far more water on the Moon than previously thought, according to two studies published Monday raising the tantalising prospect that astronauts on future space missions could find refreshment -- and maybe even fuel -- on the lunar surface.

The Moon was believed to be bone dry until around a decade ago when a series of findings suggested that our nearest celestial neighbour has traces of water trapped in the surface.

Two new studies published in Nature Astronomy on Monday suggest there could be much more water than previously thought, including ice stored in permanently shadowed "cold traps" at lunar polar regions.

 

Windows To Life - A Motivational Poem by Venkatesh M.R.

Windows To Life – A Motivational Poem by Venkatesh M.R.

When waves splash and our life slash

Our hopes to stay afloat is only wish

Look where sky and sea meet

And find in your heart light.

 

Wind and storm in life pass

When serenity in depth of ocean we realize

And dreams of our life to reach the shores

Where rain of happiness pours.

 

So what we dream night and day

Will see the light one day

You in your life never losing way

In your work being happy everyday .

 

What You Want To Know - A Didactic Poem by Venkatesh M.R.

Light  and sound are around

To keep you in ambiance sound

Just absorb the light of knowledge

And sound of serenity for all age.

 

 

Dawn begins with nature songs

To remember where you belong

So keeping your destination in sight

Blossom by doing what is right.

 

Life is neither east nor west

It is where you do your best

So being where you are                 

With blooming hope your life take care.

Navarathri Festival – A Poem by Venkatesh M.R.

Let by the sword of mighty goddess

Demons of darkness banish

And light of knowledge shine

In fruits of purity people to dine.

 

In nine different forms she possess

The whole power of universe

So if with  love and faith we pray

We will succeed each day.

 

If we surrender at her feet

We will never face defeat

So worshiping the goddess in our breath

We will see light beyond death.

 

Nobel In Economics Awarded To Americans Paul R Milgrom, Robert B Wilson

US economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work on commercial auctions, including for goods and services difficult to sell in traditional ways such as radio frequencies, the Nobel Committee said.

The duo was honoured "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats," the jury said.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences noted that the discoveries by Milgrom, 72, and Wilson, 83, "have benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world," it said in a statement.

 

Iga Swiatek demolishes Sofia Kenin in final to make French Open history

• First Pole to win a grand slam beats American 6-4, 6-1
• 19-year-old is youngest Paris winner since Monica Seles in 1992.

 

Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win 13th French Open title, 20th Grand Slam title

 RAFAEL NADAL BEATS NOVAK DJOKOVIC 6-0,6-2,7-5 TO WIN A RECORD-EXTENDING 13TH FRENCH OPEN TITLE AND EQUALS ROGER FEDERER'S RECORD OF 20 GRAND SLAM TITLES!

Nobel Peace Prize 2020 Awarded To World Food Programme

The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict.

The Rome-based organisation says it helps some 97 million people in about 88 countries each year, and that one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat.

"The need for international solidarity and multilateral cooperation is more conspicuous than ever," Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, told a news conference.

The WFP is a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic, which the WFP says could double hunger worldwide, has made it even more relevant, she said.

 

American Poet Louise Gluck Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize In Literature

American poet Louise Gluck has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal", the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.

Academy Permanent Secretary Mats Malm said Gluck was "surprised and happy" at the news despite receiving it in the early morning North American time.

A professor at Yale University, Gluck, 77, made her debut in 1968 with "Firstborn", and is seen as one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature.

Her poetry is characterised by "a striving for clarity", the Academy said, with a focus on childhood, family life, and close relationships between parents and siblings.

 

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna

Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the US on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping "scissors", the first time a Nobel science prize has gone to a women-only team.

"Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision," the Nobel jury said.

 

Physics Nobel Prize Awarded To Trio For Black Hole Research

Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for their research into black holes, the Nobel jury said.

The physicists were selected "for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole," the Nobel Committee said.

 

3 Win Nobel Prize For Medicine "For Discovery Of Hepatitis C Virus"

Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, the Nobel jury said.

The three were honoured for their "decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer in people around the world," the jury said.

 

Asteroid, The Size Of An Airliner, May Collide With Earth's Orbit: NASA

The latest asteroid visiting the Earth's neighbourhood is within two weeks of the last one on September 24, when it zoomed past Earth at a distance of about 13,000 miles above our planet's surface.

An asteroid is likely to cross the Earth's orbit on Wednesday. NASA's asteroid monitoring centre has said that 2020 RK2 - an asteroid - is likely to cross the Earth's orbit but it will be about 2,380,000 miles away from our planet. The space research agency believes the asteroid is unlikely to cause any damage.