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The eclipse of December 14: an “unprecedented phenomenon …

“Total solar eclipse is rare, occurring every two years in very different parts of the world, because in any part of the world they can happen and basically in a region like Argentina they happen once every generation or even two generations. It is something quite unprecedented and special when it happens “, said the … Read more

France to start testing vaccines

Three clinical trials are ready to start on vaccines from Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen. Just two months ago, Covireivac was launched, a new platform in France aimed at recruiting 25,000 volunteers to participate in clinical trials on vaccines against Covid. More than 40,000 registrants later and three projects selected by the Covid-19 Vaccines Scientific Committee, … Read more

A large asteroid passes near Earth tomorrow without danger … Know the details

Tomorrow, Sunday, November 29, 2020, the large asteroid – named 2000 WO107 – with a diameter of 500 meters from the Earth is approaching, and it will be at the closest distance from the Earth at 05:08 a.m. GMT, at a distance equivalent to about 11 times the distance between the earth and the moon, … Read more

A new “petrified galaxy” buried deep in the Milky Way was discovered | Urania

Scientists working on data from the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (SDSS) have discovered a “fossilized galaxy” hidden in the depths of our Milky Way. This result, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, could shock our understanding of how the Milky Way grew into the … Read more

Iconic radio telescope Arecibo in Puerto Rico is beyond repair | NOW

The observatory’s radio telescope in the Puerto Rican city of Arecibo has been irreparably damaged, the US National Science Foundation reports (NSFThursday. The iconic construction from 1963 with a diameter of 305 meters has been hit by severe storms in recent years. Two cable breaks that occurred this year have killed the radio telescope. Hurricane … Read more