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NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the day is a mesmerizing snapshot of a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Fornax. NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 22 December 2022: The Andromeda Galaxy is one of the most distant, yet easily visible objects to the eye. Spanning across nearly 260,000 light-years, this nebulous cloud resides in the constellation Andromeda. However, this is not the only galaxy known to man other than our own Milky Way Galaxy. In fact, a previous image captured by the Hubble space telescope had…

Don't write off the Hubble Space Telescope as yet, the old faithful has just captured a beautiful barred galaxy. The James Webb Space Telescope may well be looking farther back in time than the old veteran Hubble Space Telescope ever could with its dated technology, but that is not stopping it from unveiling awesome new secrets out there in deep space. And yes, Bubble Telescope has done it again. Barred spiral galaxies are latecomers to the Universe. Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. A barred…

Instant messaging and voice-over-IP service WhatsApp on Wednesday said the firm banned over 23 lakh accounts in the month of October, according to a spokesperson of WhatsApp. In another statement, it said as many as 811,000 of these 23 lakh accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users.A WhatsApp spokesperson in a statement said, "WhatsApp is an industry leader in preventing abuse, among end-to-end encrypted messaging services. Over the years, we have consistently invested in Artificial Intelligence and…

WhatsApp banned 26.85 lakh accounts in India in September, including 8.72 lakh accounts which were barred proactively before being flagged by users, the Meta-owned instant messaging firm said on Tuesday. The number of accounts blocked in September were 15 per cent more than the 23.28 lakh accounts the messaging platform banned in August."Between 1 September, 2022, and 30 September, 2022, 2,685,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 872,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users. An Indian…

Leiden University in the Netherlands has “removed” prominent theoretical astronomer Tim de Zeeuw, a former head of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), for bullying subordinates and what it calls “extremely unacceptable” behavior toward women colleagues over a long period of time. De Zeeuw will not be allowed to return to the university and can no longer supervise Ph.D. candidates. He will keep his job and salary, however. In an 18 October statement about the…

WASHINGTON —  As an expert in explosive device removal, H.S. spent nearly three decades carefully cleaning up land mines and disabling unexploded bombs planted by insurgent groups in Afghanistan. During the last 12 years of his career, H.S. — whom The Times is identifying by his initials for his safety — worked as an interpreter for U.S. government contractors training Afghan national police and army forces to do his job. A supervisor said his dedication and experience made him irreplaceable. But H.S. said that in 2020…

Donald Trump's social media app "Truth Social" in Apple's App Store on an iPhone 12.Christoph Dernbach | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesTruth Social, the would-be Twitter competitor created by Trump Media and Technology Group, remains unavailable on the Google Play store.Google said the app lacks effective systems for moderating user-generated content, which violates the store's terms of service."On Aug. 19, we notified Truth Social of several violations of standard policies in their current app submission and reiterated…

Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM -3.82% has notified Russian officials it will sue the government unless Moscow allows the company to exit a major oil-and-gas project, according to people familiar with the matter.A Kremlin decree banning certain transactions through the end of the year has blocked Exxon since early August from transferring operatorship and selling its 30% stake in the Sakhalin-1 venture in Russia’s Far East. Before the decree, Exxon had said in regulatory filings…

Amber Heard has been spotted on a vacation in Israel. Accompanying her is a close friend of hers, who was incidentally barred from attending her defamation trial against Johnny Depp. The journalist, Eve Barlow, has been one of Amber's most loyal supporters and was in regular attendance at the trial held in the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom in April. Also Read| Amber Heard suffered losses of around $50 million due to Johnny Depp's claimsAmber was seen holidaying with Eve in Israel. An Israeli journalist shared a picture on…

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have been making headlines for a number of years now, thanks to their long legal battle. Things got even crazier when the two met in court in Virginia over their defamation cases, with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor largely coming out as the victor. And some recently unsealed court docs reveal what Heard and Depp’s lawyers were barred from bringing up at the trial.The defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard went viral a number of times, thanks to cameras in the courtroom…