Science
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ESA-NASA’s solar probe snaps closest-ever photo of Sun
Paris: European Space Agency’s (ESA) and NASA Solar Orbiter has snapped images of the Sun in unprecedented detail. The images were taken on March 7, when the spacecraft was crossing directly between…
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NASA to develop second Moon lander, alongside SpaceX’s Starship
Washington: As NASA makes strides to return humans to the lunar surface under Artemis, the space agency has announced plans to create a second Moon lander other than SpaceX’s Starship, creating additional…
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SpaceX’s Starship orbital flight will ‘hopefully’ launch in May: Musk
San Francisco: SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket will “hopefully” take its first orbital flight in May, company founder and CEO Elon Musk has said. SpaceX is developing Starship to take people and cargo…
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NASA’s Perseverance to traverse speedily to Martian delta using AI
Washington: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before, using artificial intelligence. The six-wheeled scientist is on a 5-kilometre journey, that began…
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NASA spacecraft snaps images of Jupiter’s moons Io, Europa
Washington: NASA’s Juno spacecraft beamed back stunning new images of Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa. The Juno mission captured Jupiter’s southern hemisphere, with two of its many moons to the right of…
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Astronomers find no signs of Planet Nine
New York: A team of astronomers who scammed about 87 percent of the southern sky have found no trace of Planet Nine in our solar system yet. Pluto, discovered in January 1930,…
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Moon’s orbit proposed as gravitational wave detector: Research
Barcelona: A new research has proposed using the variations in distance between the Earth and the Moon, which can be measured with a precision of less than a centimetre, as a new…
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Ancient ice reveals scores of gigantic volcanic eruptions: Study
Copenhagen: New research led by the University of Copenhagen, Antarctica and Greenland has revealed gigantic volcanic eruptions during the last ice age. Sixty-nine of these were larger than any eruption in modern…
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China tests rocket engine for upcoming space lab launches
Beijing: A Chinese high-thrust oxyhydrogen rocket engine has completed a 520-second test in preparation for the upcoming launches of space station lab modules, its maker said on Wednesday. Developed by the China…
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Microbes, minerals might have triggered Earth’s oxygenation: Study
Washington: There was barely any oxygen in the air for the first 2 billion years of Earth’s history and though some microbes were photosynthesizing by the latter part of this period, accumulation…
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Study finds how worms make decisions
Washington: Like humans, animals also make complex decisions in life. But have you ever wondered about their process? New research from the Salk Institute in the US has investigated how worms with…
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Aerospace startup unveils rover to carry astronauts to Moon, Mars
Washington: US-based aerospace startup Venturi Astrolab has unveiled a prototype of an interplanetary rover that is designed to transport cargo and people across the surface of the Moon – and eventually, Mars…
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Mirror image biomolecule helps marine sea squirts lose their tails: Research
Tsukuba: A team, led by the University of Tsukuba, found that D-serine serves as a chemical signal that allows tissue migration in marine sea squirts when they lose their tails on transforming…
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Ice flow more sensitive to stress than previously thought, finds study
Cambridge: A new study, led by MIT researchers, has shown that the rate of glacier ice flow is more sensitive to stress than previously calculated. The study was published in the journal,…
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SpaceX launches 48 new Starlink satellites into orbit
San Francisco: Elon Musk’s space venture SpaceX has successfully launched 48 new Starlink satellites into orbit. The new batch of satellites was launched on Wednesday aboard a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, from…