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Did Astronomers See a Star Explode Twice?

     From :- W.M. KECK Observatory       By :-  :   Meagan O’Shea      Editted by :- Amal Udawatta Artist interpretation depicts a hypothesized event known as a superkilonova. Initially, a massive star explodes in a supernova, which generates elements like carbon and iron (left). In the aftermath, two neutron stars are born, at least one of which is believed to be less massive than our Sun (middle). The neutron stars spiral together, sending gravitational waves rippling through the cosmos, before merging in a dramatic kilonova (right). Kilonovae seed the universe with the heaviest elements, such as gold at platinum, which glow in red light as depicted in the animation. Credit: Caltech/K. Miller and R. Hurt (IPAC)  A team of astronomers using a variety of telescopes, including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have discovered a possible “Superkilonova” that exploded not once but twice, evidence that this o...
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What are professional footballers tucking into at Christmas?

   From :- BBC News    By :- Srosh Khan and Naomi de Souza Edited by :- Amal Udawatta    Handout Tommy Cole works with nutritionists at football clubs to make sure players get the most out of their meals Many of us have been waiting all year to tuck into our favourite festive treats. Christmas dinner can look very different for each household - but for professional footballers, it is still a time to stay focused on fitness and recovery for matches. Private chef Tommy Cole whips up meals for Premier League players from major clubs - including Fulham, Chelsea and Brighton - all year round. When it comes to the main Christmas meal, he takes a traditional approach, but makes it "a little boujee-r" and healthier. "With roast potatoes, for example, it's just being careful not to roast them in a crazy amount of fat, whilst still trying to make them nice and crispy," he tells BBC Newsbeat. "Also things like your fillings, again, just being careful with the amount o...

‘A Popular History of Idi Amin’s Uganda’ by Derek R. Peterson review

       From :- History Today        By :-  Jonathon L. Earle  is Associate Professor of African History at Centre College,                       Kentucky.       Editted by :-  Amal Udawatta Idi Amin, dictator of Uganda, gives an interview, Pieter van Acker/Spaarnestad Photo. Nationaal Archief. Public Domain. A Popular History of Idi Amin’s Uganda  by Derek R. Peterson looks for the ordinary people who kept the regime’s wheels turning. I di Amin is often considered Africa’s most notorious postcolonial dictator. Around the time of his government’s fall in 1979, dozens of accounts and biographies emerged, each telling horrific stories of brutality. Henry Kyemba, a former minister in Amin’s government, published  State of Blood  in 1977, providing an ‘inside story of Idi Amin’s reign of fear’. Thomas Melady, US ambassador to Uganda during Amin’s p...

The Subaru Telescope just made its 1st discoveries: a 'failed star' and an exoplanet

  From:- Space.com     By  Julian Dossett   Edited by: Amal Udawatta A photo from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.   (Image credit: T. Currie/Subaru Telescope, UTSA) While our ability to view distant worlds with advanced telescopes has come a long way in a short time, we can still only photograph a tiny fraction of the planets throughout our cosmos with the technology we have today. However, astronomers in Hawaii just spotted a pair of exciting discoveries — a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf — using Japan’s  Subaru Telescope , which sits atop Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. These new celestial discoveries represent the first findings from OASIS (Observing Accelerators with SCExAO Imaging Survey), a program that relies on the Subaru Telescope, as well as data from other sources. The  exoplanet  that the astronomers found is called HIP 54515 b. It's 271 light-years away from Earth and orbits a star in the Leo cons...