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Scientists recreate black hole energy effect in lab
17+ hour, 40+ min ago (294+ words) Scientists have recreated a phenomenon inspired by energy extraction from a spinning black hole in a laboratory experiment that could advance communications, optics and quantum technologies, reports a Qazinform News Agency correspondent. Researchers from the Advanced Science Research Center at…...
Chile unveils telescope with world’s largest digital camera
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (51+ words) Qazinform Chile unveils telescope with world’s largest digital camera According to Diario Usach, every night, the system will process around 10 TB of data and detect millions of transient phenomena in space – from moving asteroids to sudden flashes from distant objects....
JAXA shares Hayabusa2 photo of asteroid Torifune
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (119+ words) Qazinform The picture captured details of Torifune that may provide clues to the asteroid's origin, including the locations of rocks on its surface. "I can't forget how shocked I was when I saw the image," Yuya Mimasu, who heads JAXA's…...
China to build space-ground monitoring network for asteroid defense
1+ week, 5+ day ago (498+ words) China is working on a space-ground integrated monitoring and early-warning network as a core component of a planetary defense system that is under feasibility study, according to a scientist familiar with the plan, Xinhua reports. Li Mingtao, chief scientist at…...
Strawberry Moon to light up skies over Kazakhstan
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (309+ words) The June full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon, will be visible over Kazakhstan and many other parts of the world on the night of June 29-30, Qazinform News Agency reports. According to astronomical data, the full moon will reach its…...
‘Cosmic kiss’: Venus and Jupiter to meet in evening sky
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (303+ words) Venus and Jupiter will appear unusually close together in the evening sky around June 9 in a celestial event often nicknamed a “cosmic kiss,” Qazinform News Agency reports. According to NASA, the two planets will be visible low above the western…...
Total solar eclipse returns to Europe after 20 years
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (313+ words) A rare total solar eclipse will be visible across parts of Europe and the North Atlantic on August 12, 2026, Qazinform News Agency correspondent reports. The eclipse's path of totality will stretch for about 8,300 kilometers, running from the Arctic through the North…...
Jupiter’s dust ring may have built early planets
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) Scientists have identified what may have been one of the Solar System’s most important “planet building factories,” a dusty ring beyond Jupiter that produced multiple generations of early space rocks over millions of years, reports a Qazinform News Agency correspondent....
NASA confirms fireball explosion over Massachusetts with power reaching 300 tons of TNT
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (108+ words) A massive fireball explosion over the northeastern United States released energy equivalent to 300 tons of TNT, according to NASA officials, Qazinform News Agency cites TASS. Its speed hit 75,000 mph (120,700 km/h). It broke up at an altitude of 40 miles (64.3 km) above…...
Scientists spot 27 Tatooine-like planets orbiting two suns
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (349+ words) Astronomers have identified 27 potential new planets that orbit not one but two stars. The findings come from a new study based on observations from NASA’s TESS space telescope, Qazinform News Agency correspondent reports. These worlds are often compared to the…...