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GEA Launches Program to Discover Saudi Talents

GEA Launches Program to Discover Saudi Talents
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GEA Launches Program to Discover Saudi Talents

GEA Launches Program to Discover Saudi Talents

The General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has launched the national program to discover talents dubbed "Entertainment Challenges". The program aims to discover, develop and enable the best talents to reach world class levels in 20 categories.

The program aims to discover national talents in various fields of entertainment, and its scope would be broadened to include all Saudis, along with encouraging all segments of the society to take part with a local entertainment content that suits the Kingdom’s image and culture. Winners will receive a fund of SR20 million ($5.3 million) to train and take their talents to an international audience.

Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), announced that winners of the three first places in all the challenges will be supported with training programs aimed at developing their talents and enhancing their potentials. Prizes will be given to the winners as follows: SR500,000 ($133,000) for the first place, SR300,000 for the second, and SR200,000 for the third.

The 20 entertainment challenges are: entertainment song, laughing marathon, graffiti artist, Saudi singer, national poet, Saudi circus, nature Olympics, entertainment activities, acting, folk dances, tank shows, kingdom chef, car shows, Saudi cartoon, animal shows, magic arts, skiing, Saudi comedy, video and photography, and events coverage.

The Authority said it will be ready to receive any proposal on other entertainment talents that are not included in the available categories.

The GEA announced that doors for registration have been opened until April 30. The evaluation and nomination stage is scheduled on May 1 to July 30, and live performance shows before the jury will take place from July 1 until Aug. 31.

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Study: Earth's Satellites at Risk if Asteroid Smashes into Moon

A huge asteroid threatens the Moon (European Space Agency)
A huge asteroid threatens the Moon (European Space Agency)
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Study: Earth's Satellites at Risk if Asteroid Smashes into Moon

A huge asteroid threatens the Moon (European Space Agency)
A huge asteroid threatens the Moon (European Space Agency)

If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to researchers.

Earlier this year there were briefly fears that the 60-meter-wide (200-foot-wide) asteroid called 2024 YR4, which is big enough to level a city, would strike Earth on December 22, 2032, according to AFP.

Subsequent observations from telescopes definitively ruled out a direct hit on Earth.

However, the odds that it will crash into the Moon have risen to 4.3%, according to data from the James Webb space telescope in May.

A new preprint study, which has not been peer-reviewed, is the first to estimate how such a collision could affect Earth.

It would be the largest asteroid to hit the Moon in around 5,000 years, lead study author Paul Wiegert of Canada's University of Western Ontario told AFP.

The impact would be “comparable to a large nuclear explosion in terms of the amount of energy released,” he added.

Up to 100 million kilograms of material would shoot out from the Moon's surface, according to a series of simulations run by the researchers.

If the asteroid hit the side of the Moon facing Earth -- which is roughly a 50% chance -- up to 10% of this debris could be pulled in by Earth's gravity over the following days, they said.

“A centimeter-sized rock travelling at tens of thousands of meters per second is a lot like a bullet,” Wiegert said.

In the days after the impact, there could be more than 1,000 times the normal number of meteors threatening Earth's satellites, he added.

Meanwhile, those of us on the ground would be treated to a “spectacular” meteor shower lighting up the night sky, the study said.