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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has completed record-breaking 25 flights in the tenuous atmosphere. When the tiny helicopter was sent to the one-way trip, engineers had only planned for five flights. However, Ingenuity has surpassed expectations and has taken over 25 flights.

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The discovery of a unique neutron star producing unusual radio signals in our Milky Way galaxy could open the path for a whole new class of stellar objects. The neutron star emitted strange-looking flash or pulse 1,300 light-years away that lasted roughly 300 milliseconds. The flash resembled a radio-emitting neutron star in appearance.

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Reports of bomb-like blizzards and scorching droughts provide a dreadful image of climate change's potential reality. In recent decades, modern data demonstrate an unnatural global warming trend that has taken control of the Earth's climate. Humans release heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, raising global temperatures.

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Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed enormous collection of rare artefacts from the Saqqara Necropolis on Monday. The team disclosed a stockpile of ornately decorated coffins or sarcophagi, sealed with mummies, along with a number of bronze statuettes.

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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have tried to find ways to ensure that motorists don't have to wait at a traffic intersection for the signal to change its colour. They have devised a method through which vehicles can reach the signal precisely at a time when it is green using consistency by an autonomous vehicle that uses artificial inte...

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A new warp speed experiment might provide an indirect verification of physicist Stephen Hawking's black hole prediction. Scientists propose to capture a glimpse of the ethereal quantum glow that envelops things travelling at close to the speed of light by coaxing an atom to become invisible. Because the effect is so closely related to the Hawking effect, scientists ha...

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A new research suggests that the Darwinian evolution could be happening up to four times faster than previously thought. Based on an analysis of genetic variation, the researchers state evolution can happen faster if there are more genetic differences in a species. This is because certain traits die off and stronger ones get established. The study is the first time th...

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In a new research, it has been revealed that the body's immune response and the lymphatic system (a part of the immune system) are critical in the heart's ability to repair itself after an attack. These macrophages release a specific sort of protein called VEGFC as the first responders on the scene after a heart attack.

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Singapore, after struggling to find staff during pandemic, has gradually adopted the shift towards deploying robots to help carry out a range of tasks, from surveying construction sites to scanning library bookshelves. Robots are also being used for customer-facing tasks, with more than 30 metro stations set to have robots making coffee for commuters.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation is taking help of doctors in building its human-rated spacecraft for the Gaganyaan mission. This will be India's first human spaceflight to take astronauts into a low earth orbit.

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ESA and partners are actively looking for options to launch Mars Rover Rosalind Franklin, a part of the ExoMars mission between Europe and Russia. As the plan was cancelled by ESA in March this year after Russia’s invasion of Europe, ESA can now plan to launch the mission alone, or teaming up with a partner such as NASA or SpaceX.

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Researchers from University of Chile found that the Pseudomonas bacteria, one of the predominant bacteria groups in the Antarctic Peninsula, can be a source of 'resistance genes'. These bacteria are said to carry natural antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance and have the potential to spread out of the polar regions.

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Billionaire Elon Musk was sued by Twitter investors claiming he manipulated the company's stock price downward, as the chief executive of electric carmaker Tesla Inc mounts a $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,41,552 crore) takeover bid for the social media platform.

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In a recent discovery, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet or a super-Earth that is four times the size of our planet. The planet, Ross 508 b, orbits the star at a distance that offers temperatures conducive to the formation of water on the surface of the planet.

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New study suggests that yawning could be a way for animal groups to synchronise with each other and coordinate group behaviours. The idea is that if yawning indicates that a person is feeling sleepy then watching him yawn may alert other members of the group.

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A new research has suggested a very unlikely source for water on the lunar surface. It stated that the presence of water on the Earth's closest neighbour could be a result of volcanoes, which we now know occurred a number of times on the moon in the past.

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Global warming is posing an existential threat to the Siberian tundra, the frozen lands near the Arctic Circle, researchers have said in a new study. They said that the tundra could virtually disappear by mid-millennium if temperatures continued to grow rapidly.

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The researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) focussed on thalamus region of the brain in their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team said this could be an ideal target for treatments to reverse memory loss in elderly people.

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Skygazers have an opportunity to see a new meteor shower, which will likely take place in the coming week. Named the Tau Herculids, this minor shower is set to fall from the shattered SW3 comet beginning May 30. The “shooting stars” event is set to peak on May 31. It will be seen across the US and parts of Canada.

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In a new research by scientists at University of Exeter, artificial intelligence (AI) can track the health of coral reefs by learning the “song of the reef”. The team used several recordings of healthy and deteriorated reefs to train a computer algorithm, allowing the machine to learn the difference.

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A group of engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, has found a new way of modelling how waves break. Using machine learning and AI, they have tweaked the equations that were previously used for for designing and building offshore platforms and structures.

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ESA and partners are actively looking for options to launch Mars Rover Rosalind Franklin, a part of the ExoMars mission between Europe and Russia. As the plan was cancelled by ESA in March this year after Russia’s invasion of Europe, ESA can now plan to launch the mission alone, or teaming up with a partner such as NASA or SpaceX.

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Researchers from University of Chile found that the Pseudomonas bacteria, one of the predominant bacteria groups in the Antarctic Peninsula, can be a source of 'resistance genes'. These bacteria are said to carry natural antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance and have the potential to spread out of the polar regions.

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Billionaire Elon Musk was sued by Twitter investors claiming he manipulated the company's stock price downward, as the chief executive of electric carmaker Tesla Inc mounts a $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,41,552 crore) takeover bid for the social media platform.

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James Edward Huchingson, Professor emeritus and lecturer of Religion and Science at Florida International University, has published a piece to throw light on what the Voyager Probes could teach about humanity and legacy. The Golden Records have messages packed in a bottle, which include spoken greetings in 55 languages, sounds, and images from nature.

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A group of researchers has found a previously overlooked trove of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies. These black holes, the researchers believe, can offer insights into the journey of the supermassive black hole that sits at the centre of the Milky Way.

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Boeing Starliner astronaut capsule returned from the International Space Station, landing safely in New Mexico on Wednesday. The CST-100 Starliner capsule returned less than a week after its launch from the Cape Canaveral US Space Force Base in Florida.

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Northwestern University engineers have created the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot in the shape of a crab. Though the research is still in its early stages, the team hopes their technology will help them get closer to developing micro-sized robots that can do practical jobs in constrained locations.

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Researchers from Delft University of Technology have teleported quantum information across a basic network, taking a big step towards the quantum Internet. This accomplishment was made feasible by significantly increased quantum memory and improved quantum link quality between the network's three nodes.

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The World Economic Forum and leaders of some of the world’s largest businesses have announced to expand a partnership to promote green technologies. Sweden, India, Japan, Denmark, the United Kingdom and other countries also joined the initiative.

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NASA is working towards exploring if solar sails could be a viable way for space-based travel. Solar sails are mirror-like devices mounted on spacecraft that capture the Sun's light. The captured light exerts radiation pressure on the sails and thus propels the spacecraft through the vacuum of space.

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Boeing's Starliner capsule is ready to return to Earth tonight in the final step of a key test flight. This will be the final challenge for the flight before it could get NASA’s approval to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.

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NASA’s Curiosity rover clicked a few pictures of what appeared to be a mysterious ‘alien’ doorway on Mars. However, it has now joined the longer list of wacky images spotted on Red Planet. Despite failures, scientists should continue to search for life on Mars.

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A team of astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered that AI can reveal unsuspected connections hidden in complex mathematics arising from general relativity. An AI algorithm built to locate exoplanets revealed that the theories employed to explain these findings were incomplete.

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Elon Musk's use of social media has been under scrutiny ever since he proposed to buy Twitter. Amid the Musk-Twitter deal, the SpaceX chief’s interviews and documents has shed light on the SEC’s view of its relationship with the billionaire.

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A recent study conducted by a team of experts from the University of Cambridge and the University of Hong Kong suggests that watching less than an hour of television every day can bring down the risk of coronary heart disease by 11 percent.

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A group of astronomers has revived an alternative gravity theory, known as Milgromian Dynamics or MOND. It is a controversial alternative to Albert Einstein's General Relativity that does not require dark matter.

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AA team of scientists including Andrea Bianchi, a physics professor at the University of Montreal, and his students Avner Fitterman and Jeremi Dudemaine, have discovered a new state of matter is discovered in quantum physics. The researchers documented their study in the scientific journal Physical Review X.

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station tomorrow on May 25 and will make its return to Earth. The uncrewed capsule will be landing in the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. NASA has made arrangements to broadcast the upcoming return activities live for the spacecraft.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has reportedly raised accusation against China of stealing unclassified American technology. In a United States House Appropriations Committee hearing on May 17, the space agency claimed that China has been stealing vital information, ranging from military secrets to medical research. Meanwhile, China's aerospace ex...

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Japan and the United States says want to put the first Japanese astronaut on the Moon as the allies deepen cooperation on space projects. No non-American has ever touched down on the lunar surface, and Japan has previously said it hopes to achieve a Moon landing by the end of this decade.

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A mirror world is a common trope in fantasy and fiction, but it may also be the answer to one of Space's biggest mysteries today. A group of scientists behind a new research paper suggest that a “mirror world” of particles that remains unseen from us may be the answer to the Hubble Constant problem.

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A NASA satellite, named Lucy which was launched in October 2021, managed to capture a unique perspective on the total lunar eclipse, which occurred on May 15-16. The satellite was launched for a 12-year journey to probe eight different asteroids, including one asteroid from the main asteroid belt in the solar system.

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University of Cambridge researchers have designed a battery-like device that can take us a step further to solve the carbon dioxide emission problems in the present world. This supercapacitor device can selectively absorb CO2 during its charging process.

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According to NASA, an asteroid named 7335 (1989 JA) is estimated to just whizz past our planet on May 27. It is estimated to make a close approach at 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometres) from Earth. It’s the largest asteroid that will come close to Earth this year.

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SpaceX is looking to raise $1.7 billion in fresh funding, a massive initiative as its controversial founder Elon Musk continues to make news, reports television channel CNBC.

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NASA, in a blog post, mentioned that its engineers have successfully addressed issues identified during previous rehearsal attempts of SLS. For the next wet dress rehearsal, the space agency is targeting June and the test will have to take place about 14 days after the rocket arrives at the pad. NASA officials said they are aiming for a launch window in August.

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NASA in association with ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will document and expand resources and understand a wider range of changes that are taking place in the environment and human society around the globe. The dashboard will include six areas of focus — atmosphere, agriculture, biomass, water and ocean, cryosphere, and ...

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A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hopes to scientists to ...

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A team of scientists at the University of Iowa, US, have discovered how discrete auroras form on Mars in the absence of a global magnetic field. It has been reported that discrete auroras on the Red Planet are governed by the localised interaction between the solar wind and magnetic fields generated by the crust on Mars – unlike Earth, where auroras appear when part...

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Boeing's Starliner capsule docked with the International Space Station on Friday at 8:28 pm ET (5.58am IST) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is a major milestone for the uncrewed test flight as the US aerospace giant seeks to restore its reputation following past failures.

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A team of researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and Empa have combined efforts to develop an innovative concept for memristor to allow it to be used in a far wider range of applications. They have outlined their research in a paper published in the journal Nature Communication.

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Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX chief executive, will arrive Brazil on Friday to discuss "connectivity and protection of the Amazon" with President Jair Bolsonaro's government, tweeted country’s Communications Minister Fábio Faria. Musk's visit will act as a boost for Bolsonaro.

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The Webb team has already begun technical operations to test instruments aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observatory. The team is running a final test to check how precisely the Webb telescope can find distant stars and galaxies and acquire their images and spectra.

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A team of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have come up with a new artificial intelligence system based on the activity of the human brain. The brain has the capacity to transform its neural topology as needed, which allows it to store or recall memories as needed.

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Elon Musk took to Twitter on Thursday to deny the claims of alleged sexual harassment on him published in a recent article. The SpaceX head called the news "utterly untrue" that reported he sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016.

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The ESA's Solar Orbiter reached inside the orbit of Mercury in March 2022, the closest planet to our Sun. In it first close approach to the Sun, the probe captured the chaotic encounter in dazzling detail. The Orbiter captured powerful flares, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a mysterious but spectacular solar ‘hedgehog'.

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The US Energy Department has launched a programme on Thursday to fund four large-scale projects across the country that can remove carbon dioxide from the air. The federal department invested $3.5 billion in the technology. The programme would create four regional direct air capture hubs to spur the widespread deployment of the technology and carbon dioxide transport ...

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Boeing's Starliner capsule was heading for the International Space Station, in a critical uncrewed test flight that followed years of failures and false starts. The spacecraft encountered some propulsion troubles early in its journey, with two thrusters responsible for orbital maneuvering failing for unclear reasons, says NASA.

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The Lunar Eclipse May 15 will be a total lunar eclipse — the first of 2022. The total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of South and North America, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, and the east Pacific. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon all align, casting the Moon into Earth's shadow

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On its official Instagram handle, the Hubble Space Telescope shared a photo of the Little Sombrero galaxy, also known as NGC 7814 or Caldwell 43. Set against a background of more distant galaxies, Little Sombrero is approximately 40 million light-years away from Earth, 80,000 light-years wide, and billions of years old.

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Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon - samples retrieved during NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 - in an achievement that heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds.

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A group of researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has developed a system that turns diluted waste carbon into valuable compounds. The patent-pending system solves several problems that have plagued efforts to make biomass an economically viable source of renewable energy.

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Scientists have provided the first look at the black hole — called Sagittarius A*, or SgrA — lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, unveiling an image of a supermassive black hole that devours any matter wandering within its gargantuan gravitational pull.

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Jeff Bezos' space tourism venture Blue Origin says it has delayed its fifth crewed launch that was scheduled for Friday as one of the New Shepard rocket's back-up systems did not meet expectations.

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For the first time in 50 years, the US Congress held an open hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). Of the roughly 140 UFO sightings, officials were able to explain only one. Yet not much meaningful data came out of it, scientists said.

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A group of scientists from the University of Limerick, Ireland, have come up with an idea that can control air pollution by soaking the pollutants. They team has developed a new material that can engulf in atmospheric pollutants and toxic components. The material, with its unique features, can revolutionise the way humankind is struggling for better air quality.

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NASA has announced new possible dates for the launch of Artemis I, starting from July till December 2022. The new time-frames for the launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket along with Orion spacecraft includes six brief tenures and 73 opportunities within 2022.

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A team of Chinese researchers have developed a compact wireless device – a flexible (smart) contact lens – that appears to detect rising eye pressure. When the lens detects that eye pressure has reached a risk level, the wireless system triggers the release of the drug. The drug flows from the underside of the lens across the cornea into the eye.

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NASA has recently shared an image that showed the world around Herschel 36. The image featured a cosmic landscape that appears to be incredibly serenic, but the region is full of turbulence as well. This star is at the centre of the Lagoon Nebula, a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius and located around 4,000 light-years away.

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NASA says will keep using the spacecraft’s seismometer to register marsquakes until the power peters out, likely in July. Then flight controllers will monitor Insight until the end of this year, before calling everything off.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX is said to become the most valuable US startup as its valuation rose to over $125 billion in an ongoing share sale in the secondary market, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Researchers have developed an organic anti-ambipolar transistor capable of performing any one of the five logic gate operations by adjusting the input voltages to its dual gates. There are five logic gate operations — AND, OR, NAND, NOR, or XOR. The researchers also explained that an anti-ambipolar transistor (AAT) is a type of heterojunction transistor, which is a...

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The international team of experts found a mysterious circular ring that is believed to be the remains of an exploded star. This giant ring-shaped phenomenon near our neighbouring galaxy is being called a "rogue" supernova remnant. Named J0624–6948, it is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

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Two new studies published in the journal Science have claimed the Tonga volcanic eruption to be the biggest explosion in last 140 years. It was comparable in terms of atmospheric intensity only to the Krakatau eruption, which took place in Indonesia in 1883. More than 30,000 people are believed to have died in that catastrophic event.

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Scientists have discovered a new technique for recording quantum non-demolition measurements. This technique involves mechanical quantum systems – objects relatively large in quantum computing terms but otherwise exceedingly tiny.

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With their study, the researchers at the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have tried to understand how the brain places an order of urgency or treatment of emotions during dreaming. Their findings, published in the journal Science, can open new ways to understand and address mental health issues, including PTSD.

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Stem cell therapy, earlier proved effective for animals, have now been used to treat newborns with brain damage. The researchers, including a team from University Medical Center Utrecht, administered stem cells to 10 newborns via nose droplets, a procedure that took only several minutes.

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A team of researchers have found that a quadruple star system – known as HD 74438 – could represent a new channel by which thermonuclear supernova explosions can occur in the universe. In their study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, they have shown that the gravitational effects of the outer binary system are changing the orbits of the inner binary, maki...

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A new research study, published in Nature Aging, provides an answer to how much sleep does our brain need to operate properly in the long term. The study suggests that seven hours of sleep per night was optimal, with more or less than that bringing fewer benefits for cognition and mental health.

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In the new study, children were asked how many hours a day they spent on social media, watching videos or TV, and playing video games. The answer was: a lot of hours. On average, children spent two and a half hours a day watching online videos or TV programmes, half an hour socialising online, and one hour playing video games.

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has recently shared images of a spiral galaxy named NGC 3147. This majestic galaxy is located about 130 million light-years away in the constellation Draco, also called the "dragon". The image shows the galaxy's graceful, winding arms appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. In reality, these spirals contain pinkish ne...

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Invisible walls are not anything like the walls of a room. Instead, they are more like barriers. Scientists think these walls could have been created by a “fifth force” mediated by a hypothetical new particle called a symmetron.

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Lund University, Sweden, researchers investigated a 1.3 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars and found it had limited exposure to water. In other words, the existence of life at that specific time and place was unlikely.

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University of Cambridge Researchers in the UK, may have found the answer to this by using algae. They have powered a microprocessor for more than six months using nothing more than a common species of cyanobacteria, called the synechocystis.

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A SpaceX rocket carried 53 satellites for the Starlink internet constellation into orbit after blasting off from California.

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Researchers at the Open University of Catalonia in Spain have developed an algorithm that can identify people who are unhappy by screening the posts they share on social media. The researchers believe this tool could be useful in diagnosing possible communication problems and mental health.

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The Lunar Eclipse May 15 will be a total lunar eclipse — the first of 2022. The total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of South and North America, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, and the east Pacific. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon all align, casting the Moon into Earth's shadow

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On its official Instagram handle, the Hubble Space Telescope shared a photo of the Little Sombrero galaxy, also known as NGC 7814 or Caldwell 43. Set against a background of more distant galaxies, Little Sombrero is approximately 40 million light-years away from Earth, 80,000 light-years wide, and billions of years old.

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Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon - samples retrieved during NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 - in an achievement that heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds.

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A group of researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has developed a system that turns diluted waste carbon into valuable compounds. The patent-pending system solves several problems that have plagued efforts to make biomass an economically viable source of renewable energy.

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Scientists have provided the first look at the black hole — called Sagittarius A*, or SgrA — lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, unveiling an image of a supermassive black hole that devours any matter wandering within its gargantuan gravitational pull.

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A new research suggests potential treatment for Parkinson's disease which involves non-neuronal cells and their transformation. Once they change into neurons, they can stay in the brain and do the regular functions like linking to other nerve cells making the neural tissue, forming synapses, and dispensing dopamine. These cells would help repair the damage done by the...

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NASA's Curiosity rover is finding some sneaky details on the planet. Curiosity keeps sending images from Mars to scientists on Earth. The current shots show a rather curious detail in the rocky terrains of the planet. From the photos, it seems like Curiosity stumbled upon a perfectly carved door among the Martian rocks.

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The James Webb Space Telescope will produce "spectacular color images" of the cosmos in mid-July — its first observations dedicated to its mission of scientific discovery, according to an astronomer overseeing the project.

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The Hubble Space Telescope has recently shared an image displaying a galaxy located about 11 million light-years away. The galaxy, Caldwell 5, in its core has an active star nursery capable of producing thousands of stars in a couple of million years.

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A quake of magnitude 5 shook the surface of Mars on May 4, as per a seismometer placed by NASA's InSight lander on the planet. The Mars quake has been dubbed a “monster” quake by the space agency.

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Boeing is said to have feuded with Aerojet Rocketdyne, a key supplier for its Starliner spacecraft, as the US aerospace giant races to test launch the uncrewed astronaut capsule and mend its reputation in the space sector, according to people familiar with the matter.

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According to a new climate update released by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), there is a 50:50 possibility that the annual average global temperature will rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels within next five years.

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Two Columbia University researchers have invented a method of observing into the void between a pair of supermassive black holes that may be more convenient than previous ways. With this new development, astronomers may be able to study black holes smaller than Messier 87 in galaxies further away.

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NASA's James Webb space telescope has delivered an image of a portion of the sky that was previously captured by the now retired Spitzer space telescope. The latest image is a lot sharper than the archival shot.

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Scientists are working to make the ideal building blocks to make these quantum computers more usable. A quantum computer uses building blocks known as qubits for functioning. These qubits function much like the cat in Schrodinger's cat thought experiment. Just as the cat is dead and alive at the same point in time, a qubit can simultaneously exist in a 0 and 1 state...

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A team of experts including researchers from University of Minnesota Twin Cities has introduced a gadget that electronically makes one metal to behave like another, which can be used as a catalyst to accelerate chemical reactions. The gadget, known as a ‘catalytic condenser', shows electronic modification of alternative materials to provide new features can result...

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Chinese cargo vessel Tianzhou-4 docked with country’s under-constriction space station ahead of a three-person crew’s arrival next month. The spacecraft was slung into space from the Wenchang Launch Base in the southern island province of Hainan. Chinese state media said it docked with the station about seven hours later on Tuesday.

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While observing galaxy 1ES 1927+654, which is situated 239 million light-years away, scientists observed an abrupt change in the brightness around the galaxy's massive black hole. Usually, black holes show a very stable magnetic field. Hence, this observation has surprised scientists.

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In their pioneer research, the team discovered a fresh technique to experiment with the Unruh effect. They discovered that by shining a high-intensity laser on an accelerating particle, the Unruh effect may be amplified to the point where it can be measured.

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In the latest release from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter, a unique characteristic of the planet’s geology has been revealed. The surface of the Red Planet displays several marks, which are part of the Tantalus Fossae, a massive fault system on Mars. The image is 'true colour' and depicts what humans would see if they looked at the area with thei...

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Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin has reportedly criticized billionaire Elon Musk for allegedly providing the Ukrainian troops with military communication equipment and warned him about possible repercussions.

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NASA's Hubble Instagram page shared iconic Hubble images that captured disks of dust fuelling black holes at the centres of galaxies. The first image showed a giant disk of cold gas dust fuelling a black hole at the centre of an elliptical galaxy, named NGC 4261.

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Researchers from China have claimed that the lunar soil has the potential to generate oxygen and fuel. They say the soil on the Moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels.

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Use of artificial intelligence in cricket can help coaches give a more detailed feedback to players. It can also help identify players with lateral backlift components, like legendary cricketer Sir Donald Bradman who was a pioneer of lateral backlift.

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A group of researchers tried to study the development of intelligent metasurfaces with an eye to the future. They say intelligent metasurfaces can benefit the development of 6G wireless communications, green IoT, and digital twinning tremendously.

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The new tool, developed by Indian and US researchers, can be applied to address biological questions like memory formation, and for the development of inducible light-activated therapies for the treatment of cancer and neurodegeneration.

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Genetic Assessment has provided new hope to save small tropical porpoise native to Mexico's Gulf of California with its population dwindling to about 10. Computational simulations performed by the researchers to predict extinction risk showed that vaquitas have a high chance of rebounding if fishing gillnets are completely eliminated from their habitat.

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SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft launched to the international space station (ISS) safely returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida to end months of orbital research ranging from space-grown chilies to robots.

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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have detected a new object, roughly 3,000-4,000 light-years away, giving out mysterious flashes of light. They suspect that this object could be the elusive “black widow” star.

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While Hoth looks similar to Pluto, Mustafar shares resemblance with Venus. Geonosis, with rugged dry landscape in red hues, appears to be a look-alike of Mars. Endor's appearance seems to have taken inspiration from one of the Jupiter's largest moons, Ganymede.

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Neuralink, a Silicon Valley start-up backed by Elon Musk, has developed a neuroprosthetic brain-computer interface device. According​ to Musk's claims, this chip might prove useful in curing tinnitus, the neurological condition that causes ringing in your ears, within next five years. Neuroscientists back Musk's claims as they are broadly optimistic about the device...

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Bolivian river dolphins' behaviour has raised several theories. While some believe adult males could have been teaching hunting techniques to the young ones, others think the juveniles could've been present at the spot out of curiosity. Another theory indicates this amusing behaviour of dolphins to be sexual in nature.

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Scientists have finally begun studying the samples of the lunar surface, 50 years after Apollo 17 astronauts brought it back to Earth. The study will help prepare for the forthcoming Artemis missions to Moon's South Pole.

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The algorithm helps in modelling the properties of materials at the atomic and molecular level. It learned the calculation of force fields of nanosized clusters for each element, and gave a successful demonstration within record time.

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that it is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the solar system's hottest planet, and also unravel the mysteries under the Sulfuric Acid clouds enveloping it.

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The challenge required US and international student teams to design, engineer, and test a human-powered rover on a course simulating terrain found on rocky bodies in the solar system.

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Meteors showers are named for the constellation in which their radiant lies. So, the Eta Aquariids have a radiant near the star Eta Aquarii – the tenth-brightest star in Aquarius.

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Boeing's Starliner capsule is said to be finally ready to reattempt a key test launch to the international space station on May 19. The uncrewed flight, named OFT-2, is a vital step towards certifying the spaceship for eventually carrying passengers, giving NASA a second taxi provider alongside SpaceX.

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Stanford University astrophysicists have been working on a new conceptual imaging technique that would be 1,000 times more precise than the strongest imaging technology now in use. Scientists could theoretically manipulate the warping effect of gravity on space-time, known as lensing, to develop imagery far more advanced than any currently available.

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A new study has found that bacteria change their swimming pattern while moving through tight spaces. The researchers, from the University of Hawaii in the US, said the sudden change in the behaviour of bacteria has come as a surprise.

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Government aims to promote Kisan drops to support crop assessment, digitisation of land records, as well as spraying of pesticides and nutrients. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed that the government has already made a budget provision to ensure this development.

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Google earlier refused to publish Stronger Baselines because it did not meet its standards. Soon after, the company fired the researcher. The fired employee’s lawyer denied the allegations and added that he did not leak Stronger Baselines.

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Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station (ISS) programme and pull out of the station amid the sanctions by the US and its key allies over its invasion of Ukraine. The move was announced by the leader of the country's space agency Roscosmos.

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Rocket Lab is undertaking these demonstrations to test the company's novel cost-savings approach to recovering used rockets for multiple mission to space.

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Imagine you are in a virtual reality (VR) environment beside a drinking fountain and want to drink water from it. While you could lean and drink water, you were unlikely to feel anything. That is set to change. Researchers at a private institution in the US have found a way that allows people to feel the sensation of the water touching their lips in the so-called Meta...

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With battery-grade nickel breaking fresh records after the invasion of Ukraine as Russia is a major nickel producer, the prices of EV battery materials have soared over the last year.

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, the first probe to ever fly on another planet, has captured images of the landing gear that helped it and its companion, the Perseverance rover, land on Mars in February 2021.

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The disease diagnosis device uses nanotechnology, whereas conventional phase-imaging methods rely on a range of bulky components such as prisms and interference setups, which cost thousands of dollars.

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The May celestial calendar for looks exciting for skygazers. The month begins and ends with a couple of great planet-spotting opportunities and NASA has shared a full list of those events as part of its monthly, “What's Up” series. The agency called on all moon gazers to mark their calendars for the month's highlight: the next total lunar eclipse, which will be vi...

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