Pakistan has marked a major achievement in its national space programme with the successful launch of its second indigenous Earth Observation Satellite, EO-2, from China’s Yangjiang Seashore Launch Centre on Thursday. Developed by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), the EO-2 satellite is designed to significantly enhance the country’s earth observation and high-resolution imaging capabilities. The officials of Suparco said the satellite will provide critical data to sup

“This is a truly remarkable achievement,” said the Chairman of the Nobel Committee, Nils Mårtensson, about the findings discovered by this years’ Physics Laureates. Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne are awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves”. | Nobel Prize