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Arecibo Telescope: Key Facts
Built in 1963, Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Telescope was built in 1963. It is the second-largest single-dish radio telescope in the world. It was in news recently because of its collapse. It is owned by the US National Science Foundation. It is known for its finding that Mercury rotates in 59 days and not 88 days ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Arecibo telescope • Exoplanet • Gravitational Waves • Nobel Prize • Puerto Rico • Telescopes
Thirty Meter Telescope Project: Indian Astronomers collaborated with Nobel Laureate
The Indian Astronomers have collaborated with 2020 Physics Nobel Laureate Prof Andrea Ghez on the “Thirty Meter Telescope Project”. The telescope is being installed at Hawaii and is to revolutionise the understanding of the universe. Thirty Meter Telescope Project It is an international partnership project between India, China, Japan, California and Canada. About the Telescope ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Infrared • Nobel Prize • nobel prize for physics • Telescope • Ultraviolet
Nobel Prize for Economics, 2020
The Nobel Prize for Economics, 2020 was awarded to Paul R Milogrom and Robert B Wilson. They were awarded for improvements to Auction Theory and also for inventing new auction formats. The prize is also called Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The theory formulated by Milgrom allowed calculating common and private values that vary ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Alfred Nobel • Nobel Prize • nobel prize in economics
Nobel Peace Prize, 2020
The Nobel Prize for Peace, 2020 has been awarded to the World Food Programme. The WFP has been honoured with the prize for its role towards contributing better conditions for peace in conflict affected areas. It has been a driving force in preventing hunger in war zones. World Food Programme The United Nations World Food ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Food security • Nobel Prize • nobel prize for peace • United Nations • United Nations World Food Programme • World Food Programme
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2020
The Nobel Prize, 2020 was awarded to Louise Gluck for her poetry. She is the first female poet to win the prize since Wislawa Szymborska in 1996. Though Olga Tokarczuk and several other women have received the prize in literature category they were all writers and not a poet. Thus, Louis Gluck is the second ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Alfred Nobel • Literature • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Literature