Category: Science

Kathmandu: Glaciers across the globe – including the last ones in Africa – will be unavoidably lost by 2050 due to climate change, the UN says in a report. Glaciers in a third of UN World Heritage sites will melt within three decades, a UNESCO report found. Mount Kilimanjaro’s last glaciers will vanish as will… Continue reading Kilimanjaro’s and Africa’s last glaciers to go by 2050, says UN

Kathmandu: Nasa has called off the launch of its big new Moon rocket – the Space Launch System (SLS). As reported by BBC News, controllers struggled to get an engine on the 100m-tall vehicle cooled down to its correct operating temperature. They had previously worried about what appeared to be a crack high up on… Continue reading Artemis: Nasa calls off new Moon rocket launch

Kathmandu: The American space agency is counting down to the lift-off of its giant new Moon rocket – the Space Launch System. SLS is the most powerful vehicle ever developed by Nasa, and will be the foundation of its Artemis project which aims to put people back on the lunar surface after a 50-year absence.… Continue reading Nasa ready to launch new era of Moon exploration

Kathmandu: Next month Nasa will send a new crew into space. And for the first time there will be a Native American woman aboard. According to a report publised by BBC news, Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, will be mission commander – responsible for all phases of… Continue reading First Native American woman to travel to space

Kathmandu: The Medical Education Commission has said that the number of foreign students studying MBBS in Nepal has increased. According to the Commission, 265 foreign students were enrolled for study this year and this number is six times more than last year. Access to medical education is gradually increasing in the reach of ordinary people,… Continue reading Number of foreign students studying MBBS in Nepal increases

Kathmandu: Stunning images of a “stellar nursery” and a “cosmic dance” have been acquired by Nasa’s new $10bn space telescope. The two pictures, and others, were presented to the world on Tuesday to mark the James Webb observatory’s readiness to begin science operations. The facility has spent the past six months since launch undergoing testing.… Continue reading NASA space telescope delivers spectacular pictures

Kathmandu: The UK’s largest radio telescope – the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire – is being turned into a light and sound show. For the first time since 2019, at the Bluedot festival, the giant radio telescope will take centre stage. Images from space, including some stunning pictures from Nasa’s James Webb Space… Continue reading Giant Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank to become space light show

(BBC): All eyes are now on Newquay in Cornwall for the first ever satellite launch from UK soil. Sir Richard Branson’s US company Virgin Orbit successfully placed another seven spacecraft in orbit from California at the weekend and is now focused on moving operations to England. “Everything now is about getting to Cornwall,” said Flt… Continue reading September target for first UK satellite launch

(BBC): An unassuming patch of red dirt in remote Australia has made history as the site of Nasa’s first rocket launch from a commercial spaceport outside the US. The sub-orbital rocket blasted off from the tiny site early on Monday local time. It will enable astrophysics studies that can only be undertaken in the Southern… Continue reading Nasa launches first rocket from Australian commercial spaceport

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP): NASA is launching a study of UFOs as part of a new push toward high-risk, high-impact science. The space agency announced Thursday that it’s setting up an independent team to see how much information is publicly available on the matter and how much more is needed to understand the unexplained sightings.… Continue reading NASA launches study of UFOs despite ‘reputational risk’