Tag: space

  • UFO? Shooting star? Prachuap Khiri Khan locals find out bright object is the ISS

    UFO? Shooting star? Prachuap Khiri Khan locals find out bright object is the ISS

    A bright object streaked across the sky last night, catching the attention of locals in Prachuap Khiri Khan and even shocking the local astronomy team observing the stars. It’s not a UFO. It’s not a comet. It’s actually the International Space Station.

    Astronomers from the province’s King Mongkut Science Park were observing the stars and photographed the streaks of line. After figuring out what it was, they made a post on Facebook reporting that the “mysterious line of light” is actually the ISS.

    The space station is moving through the southwest from the Indian Ocean to the northeast, crossing over many countries in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia.

    7 astronauts on board the ISS which is orbiting the Earth at 7.66 kilometres per second.

    People can follow the route to ISS and its mission HERE.

    SOURCE: King Mongkut Science Park

  • 2020’s movers, shakers and influences (that weren’t Covid) | VIDEO

    2020’s movers, shakers and influences (that weren’t Covid) | VIDEO

    2020
    The big events, the winners and the losers

    2020 has been one of the most disruptive years in history, certainly for anyone that has lived since the great depression and the world wars. But although Covid-19 has been the big headline for the year, there has still been highlights and big news in all fields. Some of these big stories have emerged because of Covid-19, some would have happened anyway. Who, and what, were some of the movers and shakers of the year that was both shaken and stirred.

    MUSIC
    K-Pop’s BTS dominates world music

    FILM
    2020’s highest grossing movie was…

    SPORT
    Sport, but without the crowds

    THAILAND
    Protests break the final taboo

    POLITICS
    The legacy of Donald Trump

    TECHNOLOGY
    Space race becomes space business

    MEDIA
    From messenger to target

    ECONOMY
    The stage is set

    TRAVEL
    The path less travelled

    LOOKING FORWARD

    Putting 2020 to bed we now look to 2021. A lot of people will want to kiss the last year goodbye and hope that a new year will bring new hope and an end to the turmoil of the past 12 months.

    But the start of the new year is just a calendar date and the truth is much of what happened in 2020 is just the entré for what is to follow. As far as the Covid-19 pandemic is concerned, whether you think it’s a real health scare or not, it will continue to define world events over the next 12 months.

    Happy New Year.