Data from old Soviet weapons tests are helping scientists get a high-resolution look inside our planet.
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Google discusses partnerships with Japanese media
Google has started negotiating with Japanese media companies to sign them up as partners in its new program called Google News Showcase.
The recently launched project involves Google paying news publishers to deliver their stories.
Google has already signed partnerships with about 400 news organizations in 7 countries, including Germany and France. The company has invested more than 1 billion dollars in the project.
Aptera Reveals $25,900, 1,000-Mile EV And Opens Pre-Orders
Aptera revealed its new EV. It starts at $25,900 and offers up to 1,000 miles of range with a full charge. Pre-orders require a refundable $100 deposit.
YuJet Surfer 24 mph electric surfboard with jet propulsion begins US sales
My list of “Things I didn’t know I needed” just grew by one, as Florida-based YuJet unveiled its new YuJet Surfer electric surfboard this morning. The powerful electric watersports board uses jet propulsion to rocket surfers up to speed.
The YuJet Surfer is a carbon fiber fully electric surfboard with a water jet drive similar to a jet-ski, yet without the gas and maintenance required by conventional jet skis.
That means you can get the surfing experience even without waves, such as on ponds, lakes, and rivers.
Astronomers Discover Hidden Black Hole “Near” Earth – Closest Ever Found to Our Solar System
An antimatter laser can turn matter in the black hole into energy.
Invisible object has two companion stars visible to the naked eye.
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found to date and forms part of a triple system that can be seen with the naked eye. The team found evidence for the invisible object by tracking its two companion stars using the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. They say this system could just be the tip of the iceberg, as many more similar black holes could be found in the future.
“We were totally surprised when we realized that this is the first stellar system with a black hole that can be seen with the unaided eye,” says Petr Hadrava, Emeritus Scientist at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague and co-author of the research. Located in the constellation of Telescopium, the system is so close to us that its stars can be viewed from the southern hemisphere on a dark, clear night without binoculars or a telescope. “This system contains the nearest black hole to Earth that we know of,” says ESO scientist Thomas Rivinius, who led the study published today (May 6, 2020) in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
