Jurassic World: Melburnians walk with dinosaurs for world premiere exhibit
Jurassic World: Melburnians walk with dinosaurs for world premiere exhibit Posted March 19, 2016 17:22:21 Melburnians will be the first to get up close and personal with dinosaurs at the world premiere of exhibition Jurassic World.Inspired by the Hollywood blockbuster Jurassic Park franchise, the exhibition at Melbourne Museum will show a glimpse of what life was like on Earth millions of years ago. Imagine Exhibitions chief executive Tom Zaller said the exhibition wa..>> view originalUN boss Ban Ki-Moon sees Red and others
UN boss Ban Ki-Moon sees Red and othersTheir faces were familiar and their plan was to charm United Nations' boss Ban Ki-moon.No, the visitors to the UN's New York headquarters on Friday were not Kevin Rudd or Helen Clark lobbying for Mr Ban's soon-to-be vacant secretary-general position.The former Australian and New Zealand prime ministers, both considered potential candidates for the UN's top job, were nowhere to be seem at a star-studded ceremony.The visitors were Angry Birds, the feathered, ..>> view originalSupermassive black hole in the Milky Way is spewing out cosmic rays
If you thought the Large Hadron Collider was intimidating, think again.The supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy is the most likely source of cosmic rays a hundred times more energetic than those produced at the LHC, new research has shown.This is the first time a source of cosmic rays in our galaxy has been seen to produce cosmic rays as energetic as one peta-electronvolt (PeV). That is a thousand times more energetic than any source in our galaxy seen before. The supermassive bla..>> view originalEarliest stage in protoplanet's formation seen for the first time
An image of a disc taken using the Atacama Large Millimeter /submillimeter Array in Chile shows a very young star known as HL Tau at its centre. The age of this star has been estimated at a million years and it is 450 light-years from earth. The star is located in the constellation of Taurus. The disc with concentric striations is the proto-planetary disc of dust and gas and combining into a planetary system around HL Tau. The ALMA study is considered as the clearest view till date of it. ALMA ..>> view originalHow Earth's magnetic field helped
Protective field was critical for life on the planet Not just water and oxygen, life thrived on early Earth thanks to another necessary ingredient: the presence of a protective magnetic field.A new study of the young, Sun-like star Kappa Ceti has found that magnetic field plays a key role in making a planet conducive to life.“To be habitable, a planet needs warmth, water, and it needs to be sheltered from a young, violent Sun,” said lead author Jose-Dias Do Nascimento from the Harvard-Smithson..>> view originalLights out in UAE today for Earth Hour
The UAE will once again switch off for ‘Earth Hour’ on Saturday, in a bid to shine a light on climate action on this planet. Key landmarks from across the UAE, including Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi will also dim their lights to focus on climate change. Celebrating Earth Hour every year since 2008, the UAE is also asking residents to switch off on 19 March, 8.30pm and switch on your social power with the hashtags, #EarthHourUAE and #ChangeClimateChange, to rais..>> view originalRare Great White Shark Nursery Found Off Western Australia
A diver recently captured an image of a juvenile great white shark in the water off Western Australia, lending credence to the theory that a nursery ground for the young animals lies somewhere close by. Marc Payne, of Esperance, is an accomplished abalone diver, with a 25-year track record. Recently, he photographed a baby great white shark at an undisclosed site in the Recherche Archipelago, recording the 1.4-meter animal as it playfully circled his boat. As the West Australian notes, the shar..>> view original
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