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Accuracy has turned to acoustics at the Laboratoire de Précision, whose new testing method certifies the Constellation Observatory as a Master Chronometer, making it the first two-hand timepiece to achieve the precision standard.

Bangkok Post · Jun 4

GMDC to develop India’s first AI-powered rare earth supply chain observatory with £600,000 investment

Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd is partnering with the University of Cambridge to create India's first AI-powered rare earth supply chain observatory. This initiative will track the entire rare earth elements value chain in real time. It aims to enhance India's position in rare earth supply chain resilience. The project…

The Economic Times · Jun 2

How to repair the Power Plant and enter the Observatory in Subnautica 2

You've got a big job on your hands.

PC Gamer · May 19

Scientists alarmed as Rubin Observatory changes biography of astronomer Vera Rubin amid Trump's push to end DEI efforts

Astronomers are expressing disappointment and alarm as the federally-funded Rubin Observatory altered the biography of renowned astronomer Vera Rubin, for whom the facility is named, on its website.

Space · Feb 11, 2025

NASA's next-gen Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope gets its powerful eye (photos)

The optics for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have been delivered, marking a big milestone in the assembly of the powerful next-generation observatory.

Space · Nov 30, 2024

4 years after the giant Arecibo Observatory collapsed, we finally know what happened

The Arecibo Observatory collapsed in 2020, and a new report suggests a zinc decay was to blame for its death.

Space · Nov 8, 2024

Thiruvananthapuram Observatory staff uses mobile phone to capture the Perseid meteor shower

Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the debris field of a comet or of an asteroid as these objects orbit the sun, flaking fragments along their path.

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2023

Why Typhoon Mawar is causing Hong Kong's soaring temperatures, intense pollution without making direct hit

Typhoon Mawar is having a far-reaching impact on Hong Kong as it brings record-breaking temperatures for the month of May and causes serious air pollution, despite bypassing the city, according to meteorologists.

Bangkok Post · Jun 1, 2023

Traces of the universe’s first stars discovered by researchers

‘These findings bring us one step closer to understanding the nature of the first stars that formed after the Big Bang,’ the European Southern Observatory says of the University of Florence study

Evening Standard · May 3, 2023

Thee Sacred Souls reflects on the band's heady year: 'Sometimes it's hard to just take it all in'

How heady a year has 2022 been for Thee Sacred Souls, the young San Diego band reverently breathing new life into the sweetest soul music of the 1960s?

Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022