'The Independent' reports that scientists have captured the first image of Sagittarius A, the black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
The image provides the first direct
evidence that the supermassive
black hole actually exists.
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The image was captured by the , Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, a global network of radio telescopes.
Ziri Younsi from University College London, a co-author
on the new papers, described the black hole as the , “the glue that holds the galaxy together”.
It is key to our understanding
of how the Milky Way formed
and will evolve in the future, Ziri Younsi, University College London,
via 'The Independent'.
Capturing the image took over five years
of work by over 300 researchers.
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The team hopes that the image can help
scientists better understand the event horizon,
the very edge of the black hole.
The event horizon is the literal edge of space and time – everything we know about space and time breaks down at the event horizon.
They don't have any meaning they cease to have any meaning cross it, and you’ll never return, you are causally disconnected, it's a literal edge of the universe, of reality, Ziri Younsi, University College London,
via 'The Independent'.
And we're starting to see matter now very close to the edge – I think it's amazing that human beings can even have the capacity to visualise that, Ziri Younsi, University College London,
via 'The Independent'.
The team's findings were published
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
UN to Join , International Efforts , to Restore the World's Wheat Supply.
'The Independent' reports that the United Nations
will join international efforts to distribute the
world's wheat supply currently stuck in Ukraine.
'The Independent' reports that the United Nations
will join international efforts to distribute the
world's wheat supply currently stuck in Ukraine.
On May 18, U.N. Secretary General
Antonio Guterres is expected to announce talks
aimed at releasing over 20 million tons of wheat. .
On May 18, U.N. Secretary General
Antonio Guterres is expected to announce talks
aimed at releasing over 20 million tons of wheat. .
The United States, the European Union,
Russia and Ukraine will reportedly
take part in the vitally important talks.
The United States, the European Union,
Russia and Ukraine will reportedly
take part in the vitally important talks.
Ukraine is the world's sixth-largest wheat exporter. .
Prior to Russia's invasion,
Ukraine would export 4.5 million tons
of agricultural produce every month.
Prior to Russia's invasion,
Ukraine would export 4.5 million tons
of agricultural produce every month.
Those shipments
have all but ceased
since the war began.
Both the U.S. and the EU
have blamed rising food prices
on Russia's Black Sea blockade.
According to the EU, about 90% of Ukraine's
grain and oil exports were shipped
through its ports before the war.
A spokesman for the U.S. state department stressed that governments around the world needed to put pressure on Russia to end the blockade and ensure global food security.
A spokesman for the U.S. state department stressed that governments around the world needed to put pressure on Russia to end the blockade and ensure global food security.
Their blockade of ports not allowing food and
wheat to leave Ukraine, their efforts to keep
farmers from planting their farms, their
attacks on food silos - all of this has
contributed to an already dire situation, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador
to the U.N., via 'The Independent'
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Rising Energy Costs, Expected to Drive Inflation , to an All-Time High in the UK.
'The Independent' reports that new data from the Office
for National Statistics will paint a clear picture of the , cost of living crisis , experienced by households across the UK.
Officials at the Bank of England
expect inflation to rise
over 10% in 2022.
According to 'The Independent,' forecasts predict 2022
will see the highest one-year increase since the
Consumer Price Index began keeping records in 1998.
April's rise in prices was reportedly
driven by a surge in energy bills, which
went up 54% for an average household.
A survey by consultancy firm McKinsey found that rising inflation was the largest concern felt by respondents in the UK, followed by the war in Ukraine and the COVID pandemic.
A survey by consultancy firm McKinsey found that rising inflation was the largest concern felt by respondents in the UK, followed by the war in Ukraine and the COVID pandemic.
'The Independent' reports that inflation figures
could affect interest rates set by the Bank of England's, Monetary Policy Committee.
If confirmed, this would place huge pressure
on the Bank of England to continue raising
interest rates at upcoming meetings, Matthew Ryan, Analyst at financial services firm Ebury, via 'The Independent'.
Communications from the MPC have
turned increasingly dovish and largely
muddled in recent weeks, although
we think that upcoming inflation prints
will likely force the bank’s hand, Matthew Ryan, Analyst at financial services firm Ebury, via 'The Independent'.
On May 16, the Bank's governor, Andrew Bailey, said that
the high price of global energy and goods will impact
consumer demand and potentially increase unemployment.
On May 16, the Bank's governor, Andrew Bailey, said that
the high price of global energy and goods will impact
consumer demand and potentially increase unemployment.
The main driver of inflation and
what brings it down is the very big,
real income shock which is coming
from outside forces and, particularly,
energy prices and global goods prices, Andrew Bailey, Bank of England Governor,
via 'The Independent'
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U.N. Warns, 1 in 4 Children Could Face, Water Shortages by 2040.
A report by the United Nations warns that the risk
of drought has increased by 29% in the last 20 years
and will only be worsened by the ongoing climate crisis.
A report by the United Nations warns that the risk
of drought has increased by 29% in the last 20 years
and will only be worsened by the ongoing climate crisis.
'The Independent' reports that the warning
was issued by the U.N. Convention to
Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
According to the report, while droughts present a global
problem, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Eastern
Europe and Latin America are particularly vulnerable.
According to the report, while droughts present a global
problem, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Eastern
Europe and Latin America are particularly vulnerable.
The report warns that the climate crisis
will lead to more people facing
water shortages around the world.
By 2040, an estimated one in four
children could face water insecurity. .
According to the UNCCD, efforts
to reduce projected warming and protect
land could mitigate these growing risks.
Barron Orr, lead scientist at UNCCD, said the report , "unambiguously tells the world:
everybody’s problem is drought.".
'The Independent' reports that droughts
directly impact human health and
the systems that society relies upon. .
Water shortages also carry
significant repercussions for
food production and economies. .
Water shortages also carry
significant repercussions for
food production and economies. .
According to the UNCCD report, drought
and other climate impacts threaten to displace
hundreds of millions of people by 2050.
The group stressed the urgent need
to coordinate and cooperate globally
in order to prepare for drought.
We cannot wait for
a disaster or a drought to happen.
We need to be prepared for drought, Daniel Tsegai, UNCCD officer, via 'The Independent'
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Parts of the Milky Way Are , Older Than Previously Thought, Study Reveals.
Space.com reports that the Milky Way is often viewed as being made up of two major parts:.
the thin disk, where the solar system and much of what we know as the Milky Way resides, and the
thick disk, which is larger and more sparse.
A new study, conducted by astronomers from the Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, .
has found that the thick disk appears to be about 2 billion years older than previously thought.
It's likely that the thick disk formed just 800 million years after the Big Bang.
For the study, the team examined the Milky Way's sub-giants, which are stars existing in the stage between regular stellar life and the red giant phase.
Since a star is only ever a sub-giant for a
few million years, astronomers are able to more accurately determine its age.
The ages of 250,000 sub-giants were discovered as part of the study by using data from China's Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia mission.
The researchers deduced that most of the
Milky Way's star formation occurred in two waves.
The first wave has to do with the
thick disk and took place 13 billion years ago.
Then, the Milky Way collided with another galaxy, Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus, resulting in the thin disk about 6 billion years later.
Since the discovery of the ancient merger with Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus, in 2018, astronomers have suspected that the Milky Way was already there…but we didn’t have a clear picture of what that Milky Way
looked like, Maosheng Xiang, an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and one of the paper's authors, via statement published by the ESA
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Astronomers Detect , the Most Distant Galaxy, Ever Observed.
Astronomy.com reports that astronomers have
discovered a distant galaxy named HD1 that is now
the farthest object detected in the cosmos...
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