Science

Astronomers say the lunar eclipse of the century is coming.

It will happen on July 27th and will start at 10:30 p.m. Bulgarian time.

Its duration will be impressive: an hour and 43 minutes.

It will be best seen from Africa, the Middle East, India, Australia, Southern and Eastern Europe.

No, this not a phrase made up just for the sake of a catchy title! This must have been the perception of the plant Borago officinalis in 16th and 17th century England. In his colossal work Herball-Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, English botanist and herbalist John Gerard wrote:

Stephen Hawking, the brilliant British theoretical physicist who overcame a debilitating disease to publish wildly popular books probing the mysteries of the universe, has died, according to a family spokesman. He was 76./ CNN

China will begin recruiting civilian astronauts for its military-backed space program and plans to increase the number of crewed missions to around two a year, a top official with the country’s space program said.

A new earthquake of 3,8 on the Richter scale was registered near Asenovgrad about 1 o'clock last night.

The earthquake has an epicenter of about 3 km. from Asenovgrad. We recall that an earthquake of magnitude 4.6 to 2 km from Asenovgrad was registered yesterday. It was felt strongly both in Plovdiv and on the high floors in Sofia.

A moderate tremor measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale rattled the Sporades island cluster in the northwestern Aegean and parts of the eastern mainland in the early hours of Tuesday.

Robots equipped with artificial intelligence technologies could become the “Kalashnikovs” of the future after entering the black market, a report by the technology think tank ThinkTech has suggested, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Feb. 13. 

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK) and the Global Environment Fund (GEF) is set to start supporting entrepreneurs working on innovation in clean technology, the council’s head has stated.

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale was registered in the territory of Croatia on Saturday and was felt in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Seismological Center reported.

An earthquake of magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale was registered this morning in the Republic of Macedonia. The epicenter of the earthquake is 6 km. east of the Macedonian capital Skopje, the Seismological Institute reports.