Japan Suspends Moderna COVID Vaccine After Another Million Doses Found Contaminated
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Japanese officials have suspended the use of millions of doses of the Moderna COVID vaccine after foreign substances were found in a number of batches and two people died after receiving jabs from the affected lots.
New Type of ‘Hycean’ Exoplanet Could Support Life
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – When it comes to looking for life elsewhere in the universe, we tend to be very Earth-centric: We look for planets that are similar to our own, assuming that life elsewhere will be similar to us and require similar conditions.
US Reports World's First Deer with COVID-19
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US government said on Friday it had confirmed the world's first cases of Covid-19 in deer, expanding the list of animals known to have tested positive for the disease.
New Class of Habitable Exoplanets Represent A Big Step forward in Search for Life
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A new class of exoplanet very different to our own, but which could support life, has been identified by astronomers, which could greatly accelerate the search for life outside our Solar System.
Fastest Asteroid in Solar System Discovered
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A team of researchers led by Scott Sheppard, a staff scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Science, discovered the fastest-orbiting asteroid in the solar system.
Large Number of Rogue Supermassive Black Holes Wandering Universe
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Supermassive black holes tend to sit, more or less stationary, at the centers of galaxies. But not all of these awesome cosmic objects stay put; some may be knocked askew, wobbling around galaxies like cosmic nomads.
Chemical Element behind Geminids Asteroid’s Weird Comet-Like Tail
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – There's something strange about the near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon: It brightens up as it approaches the Sun, despite not having any reserves of ice that would normally cause this effect as they evaporate and scatter sunlight.
Heart Condition Linked to Moderna Vaccine More Common than Thought, Data Shows
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – New data has led to probe into whether a serious adverse effect associated with Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine may be more widespread than previously thought.
Saturn’s Rippling Rings Point to Massive, Soupy Core Hidden Inside
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Saturn’s rings aren’t just a beautiful adornment — scientists can use the feature to understand what’s happening deep inside the planet.
A ‘Break’ Discovered in One of Milky Way’s Spiral Arms
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Scientists have spotted a previously unrecognized feature of our Milky Way galaxy: A contingent of young stars and star-forming gas clouds is sticking out of one of the Milky Way’s spiral arms like a splinter poking out from a plank of wood.
In Search of Planets Supporting Life: ‘Cool’ Stars in Cosmos May Not Be So Unique
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Stars scattered throughout the cosmos look different, but they may be more alike than once thought, according to Rice University researchers.
Iran, Australia Jointly Developing COVID Vaccine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Companies from Iran and Australia are jointly working on a coronavirus vaccine that is expected to become available in late September, an Iranian official said.
Scientists Warn Time of Reckoning Has Come for Earth
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At the end of the 60s sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, the camera pans across the Daily Express case room to a front page proof hanging on a wall. “Earth Saved”, screams the headline. The camera pans. “Earth Doomed”, announces the proof beside it.
Size of Supermassive Black Hole Divulged by Eating Pattern
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Astronomers have finally linked the size of a supermassive black hole to the spectral patterns generated by its eating habits.
Source of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Possibly Found
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Roughly 66 million years ago, a massive object smashed into Earth just off the cost of the Yucatán Peninsula, bring a cataclysmic end to the 150-million-year reign of the dinosaurs. Now scientists believe they've finally found its source.
Researchers Announce Smallest Exoplanet Discovered Yet
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Most of the exoplanets we've discovered have been identified by large surveys like the Kepler mission or the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). While these projects are great at spotting stars that host planets, they mostly just tell us that the planets are there.
Scientists Create Golden Drop of Metallic Water
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Pure water is not a good conductor of electricity. It is, in fact, an electrical insulator. In order to conduct electricity, water must contain dissolved salts, for example, yet the conductivity of such an electrolyte is relatively low, several orders lower than that of metals.
Earth's Energy Imbalance Removes Almost All Doubt from Human-Made Climate Change
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – For decades, Earth’s energy system has been out of whack. Stability in Earth's climate hinges on a delicate balance between the amount of energy the planet absorbs from the sun and the amount of energy Earth emits back into space.
