Applied sciences
Bulgaria approved the Project to Purchase 8 New F-16 Fighter Jets
The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria adopted a decision approving the project "Acquisition of 8 new F-l6C/D Block 70 aircraft, ammunition, training equipment, maintenance equipment, spare parts, initial maintenance and training for the Bulgarian Air Force".
Asteroid swoops past Earth just days after being discovered by NASA
Experts are concerned that we could be taken by surprise by a hazardous asteroid so NASA & other space agencies have launched planetary protection programs
The solar system could collapse because of a passing star, scientists predict
The researchers simulated the situation around 3,000 times. In nearly 2,000 of them, 26 ended with the planets smashing into each other…
Istanbul’s historic pharmacy to become museum
Melih Ziya Sezer, owner of one of the oldest pharmacies in Istanbul's Moda district, has died at the age of 90. It has been reported that the 120-year-old pharmacy will become a museum after the death of Sezer, who has been healing for years in the pharmacy he inherited from his father.
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Casualties as strong quake rocks southern Iran
At least five people were killed and 19 injured when a strong earthquake shook southern Iran early on July 2, the state news agency IRNA reported.
The 6.0 magnitude quake hit 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of the port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck just a minute after a 5.7 tremor.
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NASA to reveal deepest image ever taken of Universe
NASA administrator Bill Nelson said on June 29 the agency will reveal the "deepest image of our Universe that has ever been taken" on July 12, thanks to the newly operational James Webb Space Telescope.
German satellite sends images of Bosphorus
The German environmental satellite mission Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) has delivered its first images a month after its launch.
As part of the mission, which is managed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), EnMAP has recorded a strip about 30 kilometers wide and 180 kilometers long over Istanbul.
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Spotify breaks off deal with Obamas - The company wanted more shows, reportedly
Friction between the two parties had been visible for months
Tantalizing discovery hints at possibility of life on Pluto
“We found a field of very large icy volcanoes that look nothing like anything else we have seen in the solar system”
Rolls-Royce battery-powered plane crowned as world’s fastest electric vehicle
The plane reached a top speed of 387 miles an hour (623km/h)