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Burj Khalifa-sized asteroid to fly past earth

Rabia Shireen | November 28, 2020

An asteroid more than 800m high and over 500m wide is set to barrel past earth on Sunday 29 November at a whopping speed of 90,000 km/h. Asteroid 2000 WO107

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NASA Set for Next Space Station Resupply Mission

Rabia Shireen | November 26, 2020

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX will launch the 21st commercial resupply services (CRS-21) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space

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Study Dispels Myth of “Male” and “Female” Brain

Afreen K | December 1, 2015

A new study dispels the idea that men and women have different brains. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that specific

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Mars is Tearing Apart its Moon Phobos

admin | November 11, 2015

Mars is slowly ripping apart its biggest moon Phobos, new findings by NASA scientists showed. According to the scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, the

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Scientists create tractor beams that control objects using sound waves

Afreen K | October 29, 2015

Researchers at Universities of Sussex and Bristol say that they have created the world’s first sonic tractor beams that can move objects using soundwaves. Tractor beams, like the

Lifestyle

Digital Amnesia: Google is making us Shallow Thinkers

Afreen K | October 8, 2015

Our love affair with Google is apparently killing our memories, a new study by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab says. The research findings are pretty straightforward. According to researchers

These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water. Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale crater, corroborating their original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed formed by liquid water. The blue color seen upslope of the dark streaks are thought not to be related to their formation, but instead are from the presence of the mineral pyroxene. The image is produced by draping an orthorectified (Infrared-Red-Blue/Green(IRB)) false color image (ESP_030570_1440) on a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the same site produced by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (University of Arizona). Vertical exaggeration is 1.5. Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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NASA Calls for Ideas From Public to Make Mars Hospitable for Astronauts

admin | October 7, 2015

NASA said on Wednesday that it was offering an opportunity to the public to come up with innovative designs for structures on Mars that could enable astronauts to

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NASA’s Discovery of Flowing Water on Mars: Good News for Possibility of Life

admin | September 29, 2015

NASA scientists have identified strong evidence of the existence of flowing water on Mars, a milestone discovery that boosts the possibility of finding and sustaining life on the

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ISRO Successfully Launches India’s First Dedicated Space Observatory, Astrosat

admin | September 28, 2015

Astrosat, India’s first dedicated space observatory, soared to its destination on Monday at 10 a.m. local time from the Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. PSLV-C30, India’s Polar Satellite Launch

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9000 Year-Old-Skull Unearthed in Brazil; Oldest Case of Decapitation in Americas

Roshni Mahesh | September 26, 2015

Credit: Drawing by Gil Tokyo/PLOS ONE Decapitation was prevalent in Americas thousands of years ago. A 9,000-year-old human skull unearthed from an archaeological site in Brazil may be a

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