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A Visitor From The Past , Myanmar Updates - The Mornin' Cup

Mar 09, 20217 minSeason 1Ep. 69
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A fireball that lit up the sky over the UK and Europe on Feb 28 has been confirmed to be a rare type of meteorite, space rock discovered on a driveway is one of the first of its kind being a testament to the early history of the solar system as well as life on earth sighting that this might be the way life started on our planet in the first place.  An extremely rare meteorite almost 300gm of which has been collected in Gloucestershire UK is formed of carbonaceous chondrite the substance is some of the most primitive and pristine material in the known solar system and has been known to contain organic material, as well as amino acids the building blocks of life itself,    Natural History museum said that the sample was in such good condition and recovered so quickly after impact that it matches both the quality and quantity of some of the space rock samples recovered by space missions, out of the 65k known meteorites on the earth only 1206 have fallen to the earth and then recovered in good condition and of those only 51, are carbonaceous chondrites further sighting how rare and remarkable an event of this scale actually is.  the rock was traveling at a speed of 14km per second before hitting the earth's atmosphere, the space rock is similar to rocks returned to earth recently by the Japanese Hayabusa 2 mission which returned about 5.4gm of samples from the asteroid ryugu according to the japan aerospace exploration agency, drawing that sample as it is a total of 300gms in comparison and other samples or dust might be found in the surrounding areas of Gloucestershire.    200 students were trapped by the police as well as military in Yangon for protesting in a small neighborhood for defying the 8 pm curfew the students were cornered and then surrounded, which sparked a massive outcry by the people and the rest of the nation demanding the police to step aside and let them leave or the protestors would no longer be peaceful across the nation,  


  In a landmark move the police allowed the 200 protestors to leave the area, after a massive display of defiance against the 8pm curfew ensued across the nation of Myanmar ,   media houses across the nation have been sanction a new order to shut down in a breach of freedom of speech according to the UN envoy this is by no means acceptable and it is keeping a close watch on the coup and all the atrocities being committed against the people siting that the ones responsible will be held in an international court of law for crimes against humanity, the coup by no means is over and by all means is raging on as we speak, numerous nations are showing solidarity with the people of Myanmar, 15police officers who refused to carry out the orders of the coup leaders and fled to India have not been sent back and are believed to be given refugee status sighting the ongoing situation and the fact that if returned as are the demands of the Myanmar army they would most definitely be killed to set an example for any and all other members of the armed forces as well as the police force who might not agree with the orders being handed down to them.  Stay tuned to this space for all your daily updates!!     Stay safe...Stay you.

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