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4.5 Billion Year Old Martian Meteorite Reveals Secrets of Earth's Origin

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What to do Mars Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system and the fourth planet from the sun. It is a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere. Iron oxide is abundant on the surface of Mars, giving it its reddish color and its nickname "Red Planet." The name Mars comes from the Roman god of war. ” data-gt-translate-attributes=”[{” attribute=””>Mars and Iceland have in common? These days, not so much. However, more than 4.5 billion years ago, it’s possible the Red Planet had a crust comparable to Iceland today. This discovery, hidden in the oldest Martian fragments found on our planet, could provide information about Earth that was lost over billions of years of geological movement. It could also help explain why the Earth developed into a planet that sustains a broad diversity of life, while Mars did not. These insights into Earth’s past came out of a new study that details how they found the likely Martian origin of t...

James Webb detects his first supernova 3 billion light years from Earth

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The brilliant light detected by NASA’s James Webb Telescope (JWST) three billion light years from Earth is believed to be the first $10 billion scope observation of a dying star’s explosion. Officially known as a supernova, it is the ‘last hurray’ that occurs when a star runs out of fuel. This causes the pressure to drop, where the cosmic object expands to at least five times the mass of our sun – which is about 333,000 Earths in size – and then explodes, releasing tons of debris and particles. A stellar explosion occurred in the galaxy SDSS.J141930.11+5251593, where a JWST image showed an object’s light dimming in the span of five days – a clue that fueled the supernova theory. Also of interest is the fact that JWST was not designed to find and detect new transients, Mike Engesser of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), told Inverse, which first reported the discovery. Scroll down for the video Not only did James Webb see the superno...

Canva takes a $20 billion hit after Blackbird Ventures slashes the software giant's valuation

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A huge blow to the young Australian founders of tech start-up Canva as the stock market darling is hit by a brutal $20 BILLION pullback Graphic design software group Canva has cut valuation by $20 billion Was valued at AU$54 billion on the Australian stock market 10 months ago Venture capital firm Blackbird Ventures reduces Canva’s value by 36 percent By Kylie Stevens For The Australian Daily Mail Published: 01:47 EDT, 27 July 2022 | Updated: 01:49 EDT, 27 July 2022 An Australian tech start-up that was once worth more than Telstra and Woolworths has taken a major hit after its value plunged more than a third. Graphic design software group Canva was the darling of the Australian stock market 10 months ago, with an estimated market cap of AU$54 billion. The start-up – founded by young Australians Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht a decade ago – has more than doubled in value in five months. But the compa...

Octopus launches $10 billion renewable energy platform, buys Australia's largest solar farm

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Octopus Investment Australia has officially launched a $10 billion renewable energy “platform,” which will seek to finance large solar, wind and battery storage projects and has purchased Australia’s largest operating solar farm. Octopus Australia – a subsidiary of one of the world’s largest investors in clean energy, the Octopus Group – said on Wednesday it had simultaneously closed two full subscription funds co-invested in Australia’s multibillion-dollar renewable energy portfolio. The two investment vehicles are the Octopus Australia Sustainable Investments (Oasis) Fund, open to institutional investors, and the Octopus Renewable Energy Opportunities (Oreo) Fund, open to wholesale investors. Among the institutional investors who have joined the Oasis fund so far are the federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Australian pension fund Hostplus, which has more than 1.5 million members and $86.6 billion in funds under management. O...

Astronomers Have Seen A Record-Breaking Magnetic Field In Space, And It's Incredible

Deep in the Milky Way, roughly 22,000 light-years from Earth, a star unlike any other roars with a magnetic force that beats anything physicists have ever seen. With 1.6 billion Tesla, a pulsar called Swift J0243.6+6124 broke the previous record of around 1 billion Tesla, found in the vicinity of pulsars GRO J1008-57 and 1A 0535+262. For a little context, your average new fridge magnet comes in at around 0.001 Tesla. More powerful MRI machines manage to reach around 3 Tesla. A few years ago, engineers were credited with hitting the semi-respectable 1,200 Tesla, keeping it in a flash of just 100 microseconds. So it makes sense that 1.6 billion Tesla would demand some truly amazing physics. The kind that can only be achieved by massive objects crammed into impossible volumes and spinning at incredible speeds, fast enough to accelerate electrons to ridiculous speeds. Swift J0243.6+6124 is already considered a noteworthy star. A type of super-compact cosmic heavyweight known as a pulsar...

Why is Twitter suing Elon Musk and could he be forced to buy the company for $65 billion?

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In the latest twist in the Twitter-Elon Musk saga, the company has sued the billionaire Tesla CEO in a bid to force him to complete a $44 billion (over $65 billion) takeover. Twitter claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Delaware that Musk’s “weird” actions and “bad faith” caused irreparable harm to the social media platform and sank its share price. Twitter chairman Bret Taylor also said the lawsuit was filed to hold Musk “responsible for his contractual obligations”. Legal experts say Twitter has a strong case, but the upcoming court battle could be long and controversial and the outcome uncertain. So what’s next for Twitter and Mr Musk in the battle for the future of social media companies? Load Why is Twitter suing Elon Musk? In short, Twitter wants to finalize the deal that both parties have agreed to, and says Musk’s reason for stepping down is just a cover for his cold feet because the takeover no longer makes financial sense ...

'They're the perfect couple': Harry and Meghan's wedding cellist wowed 1.9 billion people, then went home to study

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Plain text size Larger text size The text size is very large You can feel how quickly Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s star is rising when he tells you that his days as a music student ended less than 24 hours ago. After performing a final recital for his advanced diploma at London’s Royal Academy of Music the night before, the 23-year-old British cellist was free to continue his stint as one of the hottest properties in classical music. Credit: Today, he’s sitting in a corner office at his record company headquarters in King’s Cross, ready to talk about a new album and an Australian tour. He was wearing black jeans and a Paul Smith monochrome shirt with a pattern that, on closer inspection, was made up of hundreds of tiny faces. The old British menswear statesman and young cellist are both Nottingham natives and have become close friends. Kanneh-Mason was wearing a Paul Smith suit when he appeared and has lent his photogenic face to one of the label’s advertisin...

Problems with Elon Musk's high-stakes plan to pull out of his $44 billion Twitter deal

Late Friday, Musk’s legal team declared its intention to terminate the merger agreement, reiterating its claim that Twitter did not provide him with sufficient information about accounts and saying it was his belief that the share of spam and fake accounts was “significantly higher” than the amount Twitter claims. They also point to the recent firing of two Twitter executives, the layoff of a third of its talent acquisitions and the departure of several senior executives (reportedly because some of them don’t want to stay on what they hoped to be Musk’s Twitter) as material changes that hurt the business. . Musk signed a deal with a very limited breakout clause and made an easy exit from it even more difficult by restating back in April that: “I don’t care about the economy at all.” It was conceived as the purchase of luxury goods by the world’s richest man at a time when his wealth (and ego?) was on the rise. Now he has buyer...

CEO Arrested for Selling $1 Billion Counterfeit Cisco Hardware on Amazon, eBay

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A Miami-based CEO has been arrested for allegedly importing $1 billion worth of counterfeit Cisco equipment from China and then selling it on Amazon and eBay. Ministry of Justice announced (Opens in a new window) today that they have charged 38 year old Onur “Ron” Aksoy for selling counterfeit Cisco equipment through various online storefronts. Allegedly, Aksoy imported tens of thousands of counterfeit Cisco devices from China and Hong Kong. He then created at least 19 companies in New Jersey and Florida, dubbed the “Pro Network,” to help him resell hardware as genuine through e-commerce sites. One of the sites that Aksoy appears to be using to sell Cisco gear. “The operation allegedly generated more than $100 million in revenue, and Aksoy received millions of dollars for his personal gain,” the Justice Department said. The Cisco equipment that Aksoy allegedly sold was usually older, lower-end models that were previously purchased or discarded. Counterfeiters ...