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A team of researchers have developed a method to help explore the darkest areas of the Moon that never receive sunlight. These are some of the coldest locations on the Earth's only natural satellite, and could contain ice which could be useful for future space missions. Researchers used a deep learning-driven post-processing tool and produced high-resolution and high-...

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NASA's JWST has captured an image of a star located around 5,600 light-years away in detail, which shows the celestial body surrounded by large concentric circles of light. The pair, known as colliding wind binary, consists of an extremely rare Wolf-Rayet star called WR 140 and a hot and massive O-type star companion, which is also a rare object.

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A team of researchers at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel have developed nanometric diamond particles that could be used for medical and cosmetic remedies through the skin. The researchers also claimed the development of a safe laser-based optical method, which is capable of quantifying nanodiamond penetration into the various layers of the skin.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to make its second attempt to launch its powerful new Moon rocket this Saturday. The uncrewed mission which is dubbed Artemis 1 will bring the United States closer to returning astronauts to the Moon after five decades.

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The oldest visible planetary nebula has been discovered by astronomers inside a 500-million-year-old galactic open cluster. These planetary nebulas are glowing shrouds ejected from dying stars, which present a spectacular sight. Believed to be of high astrophysical value, the rare celestial jewel has been discovered inside a cluster called M37 and is said to have a ki...

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Greenland's ice sheet is reportedly losing ice faster than previously estimated. A new report claims that it is destined to lose over 100 million metric tons of ice before re-establishing balance with the prevailing Arctic climate.

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Researchers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) telescope to peer into the spectacular Phantom Galaxy, also known as M74. The galaxy is located around 32 million light-years away and could help us understand the origin and structure of galactic spirals.

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Astronomers from Guangzhou University in China have used data from a range of X-ray observatories while covering a time period of 200 days. They tried to identify the high-energy signatures that are expected to be detected in a close supermassive black hole binary or a decaying orbit.

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A new study suggests that the nature of gravity has remained constant for the entire history of the universe. To make things clearer, researchers from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Collaboration have used the Cerro Telolo Inter-American Observatory's Victor M. Blanco 4-metre telescope in Chile and observed galaxies up to 5 billion light-years away.

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A technology to move and levitate objects using just sound waves has been developed by researchers. The technique was demonstrated on small polystyrene balls that were lifted off a reflective surface without any physical contact. The reseachers fine-tuned the so-called acoustic tweezers using an adaptive algorithm and further miniaturisation, to make the technology mo...

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Scientists are using data sonification, the process of converting data into sound, to understand space at a deeper level. Its use as a tool in science is still in its early stages, but astronomy groups are leading the way. A new paper, published in Nature Astronomy, discusses the current state of data sonification in astronomy and other fields, and provides an overvie...

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Robotic IVC thrombectomy is a highly safe and effective alternative approach, according to a study by researchers at the Mays Cancer Center and Department of Urology at UT Health San Antonio. The surgical alternative to the open IVC process, involves the removal of cancer from the vena cava vein. Patients whose surgery was carried out using the robotic method develope...

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Researchers have discovered an image of a black hole in the M87 galaxy contains a photon ring that was not previously visible. The first-ever picture of a black hole was captured using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in 2019. When a beam of light passes close to the black hole, it tends to change its direction due to the warping of spacetime. The blurry image of the...

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A team of researchers at the University of Strathclyde have discovered a method to mould matter into complex shapes that involves the usage of “twisted” light. The new technique builds on the temperature-sensitive property of atoms. When atoms are cooled till, or close to, the absolute zero temperatures (-273 degrees Celsius), they stop behaving like particles an...

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An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently shared an "intriguing" daylight sight of a bright dot in the middle of a desert on Earth.

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Artemis I will launch on August 29. The combined SLS-Orion spacecraft will take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral to send an uncrewed capsule around the Moon and back to Earth on a six-week test flight called Artemis I.

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NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) telescope has discovered more water on the Moon's surface. The fresh findings of water have been made in the Southern Hemisphere of the Moon. The team have discovered water in the Moretus Crater region, which is close to the Moon's Clavius Crater, where the original findings were made.

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A new study, by researchers at the University of California, attempted to measure the dream during REM sleep through the electrical activity of a sleeping brain. It proved that eye movements during REM sleep may disclose gaze shifts in the virtual world of dreams, providing a window into the cognitive processes happening in the dream.

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A new study suggests that even if we achieve the goal set up by the Paris Agreement, tropics and subtropics regions will experience dangerously sweltering temperatures during most days of the year by 2100. The countries in these regions include India, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has, for the first time, detected evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system. The evidence has been spotted on the exoplanet WASP-39 b, which was discovered in 2011.

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Scientists have developed synthetic mouse embryos from stem cells. The model embryos feature beating hearts and even foundations for the brain and other organs of a mouse's body. The achievement is likely to help researchers unravel why some embryos successfully develop into a foetus while others fail to do so.

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In its latest discovery, the NASA's Perseverance rover has found that the floor of the crater, which once hosted a lake billion years ago, is made up of volcanic rocks rather than sedimentary rocks, as believed earlier. The rover started examining the floor in the spring of 2021, after which scientists studied the data. It was found that the floor was formed by two ty...

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T-Mobile plans to use Starlink satellites to give mobile users Internet access in remote parts of the United States. The US wireless carrier plans to connect users’ smartphones directly to the satellites in the orbit thereby cutting out the need for cell towers.

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Researchers have discovered the fossil of a new species of mosasaurs named Thalassotitan atrox. Mosasaurs were like giant marine lizards that could grow up to 12 metres in length. They were distant relatives of modern monitor lizards and iguanas and looked similar to a Komodo dragon.

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An engineer, from the US space agency NASA, has developed a tiny yet high-powered laser that can help locate water sources on our Lunar neighbour. This laser can be used to develop an instrument called a heterodyne spectrometer, which would be capable of zooming in on particular frequencies and confirming the presence of water on the surface of the Moon.

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A team of researchers have recently discovered a planet about 100 light years away from Earth that they believe could be completely covered in water. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the planet - called TOI-1452 b - is believed to be 70% larger than Earth and is located in a "Goldilocks zone," where temperatures are neither too ho...

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Astrophotographers have captured one of the most detailed images of the Moon so far. Both astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy and planetary scientist Connor Matherne, spent over 9 months editing the image, after clicking over 2 lakh photos of the Moon and meticulously stitching thenm .

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A group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), have created a simulation engine capable of creating photorealistic environments to train AI for autonomous vehicles (AVs) which can be used for very realistic locations used to train the AVs.

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Scientists have utilised data collected over a decade by NASA and the ESA to generate a water map of the Red Planet. The high-resolution map reveals locations of aqueous minerals, whil providing hints at ancient traces of water on Mars. It could also help plan future mars missions

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Artemis I is being readied for launch on August 29, as NASA prepares the for its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft to blast off from the Kennedy Space Center. The US space agency is readying for the next generation of space travel, as it prepares to send humans to the Moon after its Apollo missions.

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Researchers from the CUNY Graduate Center's Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences (ITS) have looked for ways to decompose the arrow of time by observing specific parts of the system and the interactions between them. The study sheds light on the concept of the arrow of time, which defines the unidirectional flow of time.

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A team of researchers have demonstrated that water splits into two different liquids under low temperatures. This new kind of phase transition in the water was first proposed in a study 30 years ago, and has now been demonstrated in a new study by a team from the University of Birmingham that used a computer simulation to show the high-density and low-desity liquid ob...

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To reveal the unique memory property of the compound, the team conducted experiments and observed that VO2 could memorise the entire history of previous stimuli. The team noted that VO2 was capable of storing some kind of information in the recently applied current for at least three hours. According to Matioli, it could store the information for longer but the team l...

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured some intriguing photos of Jupiter. Apart from powerful winds and giant storms, the new images also feature some magnificent auroras on the gas giant. The pictures offer some intricate details of Jupiter that scientists think may shed more light on its inner life.

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An electrochemical sensing device has been developed to monitor lithium levels in patients, which could help keep track of patients' medication intake. The sensor uses a water-based gel containing glycerol to detect charged particles of lithium in the sweat which usually is present in minute amounts. The results showed that the measurement fell were close to those der...

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A technology to move and levitate objects using just sound waves has been developed by researchers. The technique was demonstrated on small polystyrene balls that were lifted off a reflective surface without any physical contact. The reseachers fine-tuned the so-called acoustic tweezers using an adaptive algorithm and further miniaturisation, to make the technology mo...

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Scientists are using data sonification, the process of converting data into sound, to understand space at a deeper level. Its use as a tool in science is still in its early stages, but astronomy groups are leading the way. A new paper, published in Nature Astronomy, discusses the current state of data sonification in astronomy and other fields, and provides an overvie...

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Robotic IVC thrombectomy is a highly safe and effective alternative approach, according to a study by researchers at the Mays Cancer Center and Department of Urology at UT Health San Antonio. The surgical alternative to the open IVC process, involves the removal of cancer from the vena cava vein. Patients whose surgery was carried out using the robotic method develope...

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Researchers have discovered an image of a black hole in the M87 galaxy contains a photon ring that was not previously visible. The first-ever picture of a black hole was captured using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in 2019. When a beam of light passes close to the black hole, it tends to change its direction due to the warping of spacetime. The blurry image of the...

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Hawaii has introduced legislation to protect the sacred Mauna Kea summit future generations that also says science must be balanced with culture and the environment. The mountain that is sacred to Native Hawaiians is also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky. A new authority to govern the use of the land may offer a first-in-the-world test case...

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Elon Musk has approached brain chip implant developer Synchron about a potential investment as his own company Neuralink plays catch-up in the race to connect the human brain directly to machines, according to four people familiar with the matter.

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Hair growth in the human body can be stimulated with a new molecule, according to a team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine. A signalling molecule that stimulates and acts as an activating agent contributing to hair growth has been discovered. 

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Researchers have discovered a method of breaking down PFAS or perfluoroalkyl chemicals, also known as "forever chemicals" that have been in use as a waterproofing and nonstick agent for more than 70 years. The new technique could be used to successfully degrade 10 perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs) and perfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic acids (PFECAs).

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A team of researchers have created a 3D model of a megalodon, one of the believed to be the largest shark that ever roamed the Earth's waters. For the modeling, a team of researchers in collaboration with the University of Zurich (UZH) used the specimen of an individual megalodon which was discovered back in the 1860s. It was believed to have died in Belgium's Miocene...

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A study has discovered that cutting salt intake by 1 gram daily is enough to prevent roughly 9 million cases of heart attack and stroke, saving four million lives by 2030. According to World Health Organization, one must keep the daily salt consumption below 5 grams to keep such diseases at bay, but some regions like China have a daily average intake of 11 grams of s...

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Researchers have uncovered evidence of anti-vaccine groups thriving on Facebook and other social media platforms, as the tech industry struggles to keep disinformation in check. Law enforcement and extremism researchers say there’s evidence that far-right groups are using scepticism about COVID-19 and vaccines to expand their reach.

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A provincial capital in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered by record-high temperatures.

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R136a1, a massive star with a mass around 150 or 200 times the Sun, has been observed in great detail, along with other stars in the cluster. The images from Gemini South's Zorro instrument have provided scientists with the clearest images of the star so far, which suggest it may not be as massive as previously thought.

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A mysterious asteroid impact crater have been spotted on the seafloor which is believed to have formed at the same time when dinosaurs were wiped out from the planet. This could mean that not one, but two asteroid impacts were behind the extinction of dinosaurs.

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A team of researchers has produced a new plasma-based method through which the resources available in the Martian environment can be utilised to make oxygen. The method would not only allow astronauts to breathe on the planet during future Mars missions, but could also help make fuel, building materials, and fertilisers there.

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A NeuRRAM chip, or a neuromorphic chip, has been created by scientists in order to run AI applications by performing computations directly in memory. The chip does not require a network connection to the cloud to do so and consumes a small amount of energy. The newly discovered chip may allow for AI usage across a range of edge devices.

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The researchers used 10 atomic ions of an element called ytterbium, that were pulsed with laser sequence based on Fibonacci numbers to create a new phase of matter that acts like it has two dimensions. The research could help in the development of quantum computers that are capable of holding data for a long time without distortion.

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A team of space medicine experts investigating the possibility of a human landing on Mars, have proposed a mathematical model that could be used to predict if an astronaut can safely reach Mars and carry out missions. The researchers simulated the impact of prolonged exposure to zero gravity on the cardiovascular system through the model.to study whether a human body ...

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NTPC Limited announced on Wednesday that it had achieved 69454 MW of group installed and commercial capacity. The country's largest integrated energy company commissioned its 56 MW Kawas Solar PV Project at NTPC Kawas, Gujarat on Monday. The Ministry of Power in a statement said that NTPC is steadily lowering its carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions t...

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Last year in August, a group of scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California conducted a landmark experiment that yielded more than 1.3 megajoules of energy. It was confirmed to be a nuclear fusion reaction that was energetic enough to sustain itself. However, since that day, the team has been busy conducting a series of experiments in a bid ...

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In s new study, researchers have tried to unravel what the signal from aJupiter-like planet be like. They have developed a model of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and applied it to a planetary system called HD 189733. They have simulated the interaction between the star's stellar wind and the planet's magnetic field and performed calculations around the planet's radio sig...

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Scientists in China have broken all previous records, to generate the strongest steady magnetic field in the world. The record was set at the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) in the Chinese city of Hefei. The system relies on a hybrid magnet that was developed in 2016. Scientists have been working on the magnet, gradually making it stronger, from its origi...

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Nuclear conflict could wipe out over 5 billion people due to starvation if a modern full-scale war were to occur between two superpowers. Researchers at Rutgers University calculated the amount of soot that would be injected into the atmosphere due to the detonation of nuclear weapons. Here's what the study discovered about the threats to humankind posed by nuclear wa...

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Russia's space agency Roskosmos on Monday unveiled the first physical model of what a planned new Russian-built space station will look like. This has further fueled speculations about Russia’s decision to abandon the International Space Station (ISS) and going solo. The model of the planned space station, dubbed "ROSS" by Russian state media, was unveiled at a mili...

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Asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system may have brought water to Earth, claim scientists after analysing rare samples collected on a six-year Japanese space mission Hayabusa-2. The researchers are scrutinising material brought back to earth in 2020 from the asteroid Ryugu.

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The heatwaves will now be given male and female names alternately and weather experts will go in the reverse alphabetical order for this. Hence, Zoe is the first name to be chosen.

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In an in-depth analysis conducted by a team of Japanese researchers at JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), it is found that the Ryugu samples brought on Earth in December 2020 by the Japanese aircraft Hayabusa-2 are the most “uncontaminated” samples. This will help scientists get a crystal-clear insight into the chemistry of the particl...

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Researchers have used a new CRISPR technology that enables them to control these microglia cells. This, according to the team, can lead to a new approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The team geared up to detect the genes that were responsible for specific states of the microglial activity. With this, they could switch the genes on and off and put the disl...

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Researchers from Duke University have created the first gel-based substitute for natural cartilage, which, according to them, is more durable than the original. The hydrogel material is made of water and absorbing materials, and can effectively resist wear and tear up to three times more than the natural cartilage.

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In a new study, scientists have discovered a long-hidden secret that might now help in making plants survive even using less water. They have noted that when the humidity level dropped outside the leaf, the relative humidity in the air space inside also witnessed a decline, which was sometimes as low as 80 percent. However, it was also observed that despite the drop i...

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According to a recent study conducted by the researchers at the University of California San Diego, Mars' subsurface has little to no evidence of water. The surprising results were derived after studying the seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission. The InSight lander studies the subsurface of the red planet digging roughly 300 meters beneath the landing site.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched new batch of Starlink satellites into low-orbit Earth on Friday. The Falcon 9 rocket launched with 46 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The new satellites are part of Group 3, which orbits in a shell that might be prone to debris "squalls" from a Russian anti-satellit...

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In a new study, a research team used the artificial womb to grow natural mouse embryos (fertilised from sperm and eggs), which lived for 11 days. The lab-created womb, or external uterus, was a breakthrough in itself as embryos could not survive in petri dishes. scientists started with collections of stem cells. The conditions created by the external uterus triggered ...

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Betelgeuse, an aging star that lost a chunk of its visible surface in 2019, is healing with time, astronomers say. The star will eventually explode into a supernova. The recent observations give a glimpse into how red stars lose mass in the later years of their lifespan.

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A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a human-made analog synapse that can run 1 million times faster than the biological ones in the human brain. The researchers used programmable resistors in repeating arrays to create a complex layered network of artificial neurons and synapses, which executed computations just like ...

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A recent study has suggested that the Moon may have inherited some noble gases, such as neon and helium, deep from the Earth's mantle. The discovery was made by analysing lunar meteorites found in Antarctica. Upon analysing the glass particles, the team found chemical fingerprints or isotopic signatures of the solar gases in them.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX and European Space Agency (ESA) have begun preliminary technical discussions to temporarily use the company’s launchers after the Ukraine conflict blocked Western access to Russia's Soyuz rockets. The final decision depends on the still unresolved timetable for Europe's delayed Ariane 6 rocket.

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A new project by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) aim sat peering into the most elusive galaxies in the universe. This is likely to help astronomers paint a clearer and more comprehensive picture of the universe's history of star formation. The instrument will also help detect those galaxies that are too dim and are obscured by cosmic dust.

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A research team led by UCL has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) programme that can identify minute brain anomalies that lead to epileptic seizures. The algorithm reports the locations of abnormalities in cases of drug-resistant focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), a major cause of epilepsy.

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A new study has suggested that the Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the world over the past 43 years. This means the Arctic is on average around 3 degree Celsius warmer than it was in 1980. The Arctic sea ice is covered in a bright layer of snow which reflects around 85% of incoming solar radiation back out to space.

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The first of the small satellites to be used in NASA's SunRISE, or Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment, have been completed at Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL). The SDL has been contracted by the American space agency to build, test, and commission all six satellites for the mission to detect and track hazardous explosive space weather even...

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Rocket parts that are often left in orbit during space launches may have a six to 10 percent chance to injure or kill humans in the next decade, claims a study conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia, Canada. If the leftover rocket parts have a low enough orbit, they can re-enter the atmosphere in an uncontrolled way.

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Phytoplankton are an important part of the food web, and are widely considered the foundation of all life on the planet. Scientists have now incporporated the day/night (diel) light cycle to understand how they get their energy at the base of the food web, in order to better understand the interactions of the rest of the global ocean food web.

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Iran has dismissed the US claims suggesting that the country launched Khayyam satellite with an intent to spy. According to the US, Russia's growing cooperation with Iran should be viewed as a "profound threat". Iran earlier said that Khayyam satellite is designed and built to meet the needs of the country in crisis and urban management, natural resources, mines, and ...

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are conducting biology experiments aimed at studying how skin heals in space. The study could benefit both astronauts in space, and human life on Earth. The US space agency's Expedition 67 mission began in March this year and is aimed at conducting research and investigations that will facilitate human spaceflight bey...

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NASA will send a tiny surgical robot to space for a test mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. The robot named MIRA or miniaturised in vivo robotic assistant has been in the making for nearly 20 years by the researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Thunderstorm lighting can also strike upwards from the clouds and the phenomena are called the gigantic jets. Unraveling this, scientists conducted a detailed 3D study of the massive Oklahoma electrical discharge that took place on May 14, 2018. It is considered to be the most powerful gigantic jet studied so far.

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Three workers at a Google Data Centre in Iowa, the United States, were injured in an explosion, according to a report in Newsweek. The three workers - all electricians - were transported to the local hospital after suffering severe burns, the outlet further said.

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The space prediction centre of American agency National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has spotted a fresh geomagnetic storm on the Sun's surface that will have some effect on life on Earth.

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a region of colourful dust and gas clouds encircling an HH 505 or a Herbig-Haro object in the Orion Nebula. Herbig-Haro objects, which are bright regions surrounding young stars, are created when stellar winds or jets of gas emitted by these stars collide violently with neighbouring gas and dust.

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American Space Agency NASA's Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of a comet disintegrating as it approached the Sun.

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Researchers have discovered a mechanism through which hydrogen peroxide can be generated from rocks under the Earth's surface during the movement of geological faults. The oxygen source could have influenced the early evolution of life on Earth when photosynthesis wasn't there, according to the researchers.

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Experts are divided on the climate change's impact on sea turtle species' survival. The sea turtles' sex is influenced by the sand's temperature where the eggs are buried. Male sea turtles are already a minority, outnumbered by about 10 to 1. And as the sand heats up, fewer and fewer males begin to grow.

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Russian space agency Roscosmos has launched Soyuz-2.1b Rocket Carrying Iranian Satellite Khayyam. The Russian mission control has also confirmed its subsequent entry into orbit. The development comes amid controversy that Moscow might use the satellite to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine.

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The length of a day on Earth is increasing, according to atomic clocks and precise astronomical measurements. Scientists have no idea why days are getting longer on the planet, a phenomenon that could impact not just timekeeping but also technology like GPS. Over millions of years, Earth’s rotation has been slowing down due to friction effects associated with the ti...

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A Singapore-based research team has developed a methodical and effective 3D food printing technique to solve issues with the food supply. Alternative proteins may eventually replace animal proteins as the primary source of protein consumed by humans, according to a researcher from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The study found a way to c...

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NASA's Curiosity rover launched on November 26, 2011, and made its descent on the Martian surface on August 5, 2012. The rover has so far covered 29 kilometres and ascended 625 metres on the Gale crater, where it landed.

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In a study led by the University of Bonn and the University of Saint Andrews (Scotland), astronomers suggest that the dark matter halos are absent from the dwarf galaxies in the Fornax Cluster, the second closest galaxy cluster to Earth. The findings were published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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A recent study found only 10 per cent of current wearable technologies for autistic people addressed their needs. Emotional regulation technology in smartwatches that detect physiological stress signals and prompts users to start coping techniques can be more beneficial to people who suffer from autism.

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D1) on Sunday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. However, the rocket places satellites into an elliptical orbit instead of a circular one. According to the ISRO, the satellites are no longer usable.

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A study, by bioengineers at the University of Notre Dame, talks about a new strategy that can restore damaged stem cells, and enable them to grow new tissues again. Under the new strategy, each damaged stem cell is given a nanoparticle backpack. 

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Scientists had attributed the fall of several ancient civilizations including the Akkadian Empire, the Old Kingdom of Egypt, to factors like climate change and shifting allegiances. However, a new study proposes that this could be due to some extinct pathogens.

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Fusing wearable technology with artificial intelligence, researchers, at the University of Chicago, have developed a flexible stretchy device that records heath data and processes by mimicking the functioning of a human brain.

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A mysterious object from space crashed into the ocean off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2014. Called the CNEOS 2014-01-08, the meteorite has still kept scientists puzzled about its origin but initially, it was speculated that it could be an interstellar object. Now, researchers are chalking up plans to scan the ocean floor for the object.

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Researchers have found a way to capture millimetre-wavelength light originating from a collision of a neutron star with another star. The flash emerging from this collision was among the most energetic short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ever observed, according to the researchers.

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Stem cells can be used to create a "synthetic embryo" without using a sperm, eggs, or a womb, according to scientists. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science were able to create an artificial embryo using only stem celll from mice. These synthetic embryos grew normally until day 8.5 when the early organ progenitors are formed such as heartbeat, blood stem ce...

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Scientists at Caltech have discovered four exoplanets — TOI 560b, TOI 1430.01, TOI 1683.01, and TOI 2076b – that appear to be shrinking in size and losing their atmosphere gradually. The rate at which this change is taking place suggests that these celestial bodies, called mini-Neptunes, will eventually lose their atmosphere completely to become a terrestrial plan...

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Twitter on Thursday dismissed Elon Musk's claims in a Delaware court filing that he was hoodwinked into signing the deal to buy the social media company, saying that it was "implausible and contrary to fact."

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Reseachers have developed a nanostructured high-entropy alloy that is far more ductile and stronger than other state-of-the-art additively manufactured materials. Created by researchers at from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Georgia Institute of Technology, the material could pave way for building higher-performance components used in aerospace, energ...

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NASA and the White House are said to have drawn up plans to deal with contingencies related to Russian participation on the International Space Station since late last year. The US space agency which is involved with firms like Boeing, SpaceX and Northrup Grumman, is also juggling its relationship with Russia in space, amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis.

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The next full moon and the last supermoon of this year will appear on Thursday, August 11, reaching its peak at 9:36pm EDT, as per Space.com. Accordingly, in India, it will be visible on Friday, August 12. 

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A recent study has revealed that warmer water in the ocean is moving towards the East Antarctic ice sheets and is likely to accelerate the rise in global sea level. This, according to experts, will damage the marine life and threaten human coastal settlements.

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The Perseid meteor showers are set to occur on August 12 and August 13 this year, according to NASA. However, the brightness of the full Moon may affect visibility of the Perseids this year, the space agency says. Here's everything you need to know about the celestial phenomenon ahead of their appearance this month.

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Just hours into Lucy's 12-year journey in October 2021, the first-ever Trojan asteroids mission met an unexpected challenge. Data showed that one of Lucy's solar arrays, which is intended to unfold like a hand fan and power the spacecraft's systems, hadn't fully expanded and locked. To troubleshoot the issue, teams from NASA and Lucy mission partners promptly gathered...

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A SpaceX debris has been found at an Australian sheep paddock by a local farmer. The Australia's space agency has confirmed the debris had come from one of Elon Musk's missions and told locals to report any further finds to SpaceX. The piece is believed to be a part of a trunk jettisoned by the earlier Crew-1 capsule when it re-entered Earth's atmosphere in 2021.

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The Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano that erupted in the South Pacific in January injected 1,60,900 tonnes of additional water vapour into the stratosphere, according to researchers. The excess water vapour could heat up the planet for several years, a new study reveals.

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A new study, based on cocaine-seeking in rats, discovered that inhibiting certain acetylcholine receptors made it more difficult to resist cocaine-seeking urges. These receptors are located in the lateral habenula (LHb), a region of the brain that balances reward and aversion. The study was carried out by the National Institutes of Health under the National Institute ...

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In a new study, researchers have applied the first principle of quantum chemical calculations to predict the mid-infrared signatures of the ionised forms of fullerene. The team has noted that some positively charged fullerenes have strong emission bands that substantially match with the position of key astronomical UIE emission features at 11.21, 16.40 and 20-21 micro...

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A geomarnetic storm, or solar storm, is headed towards Earth and is predicted to hit the planet today. It has been classified as G1, which means it is mild, the geomagnetic storm is unlikely to cause any damage to life on Earth. However, it can still affect power grids and impact some satellite functions such as those used for GPS systems and mobile devices.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a new image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, the US soace agency said in a joint statement with the European Space Agency on Tuesday. The Cartwheel gained its shape during a spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies, and is located around 500 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Sculptor.

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Researchers looked at the makeup of the dark matter that surrounds galaxies as they appeared 12 billion years ago, to observe dark matter from the farthest reaches of the universe. Distant galaxies are observed as they existed billions of years in the past, due to the finite speed of light.

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Researchers have developed a method to image atoms 'swimming' in liquid, using a technique called transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The process usually requires high vacuum conditions, but the scientists were able to develop a method to image these atoms in situ in liquid and gaseous environments.

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NASA's Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured an intriguing picture of Mars. Taken near the centre of the Gamboa Crater on the Red Planet, the image features some blue ripples on the planet with red surface. According to NASA, the picture is called a false-colour image that helps scientists learn about the weather and geology.

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James Webb Space Telescope have identified a galaxy 35 billion light-years away from the Earth. Researchers speculate that this galaxy, a far-off red blob, might be the furthest ever spotted. According to the research, the CEERS-93316 galaxy originally appeared barely 235 million years after the Big Bang, an event that created the universe's first stars and galaxies 1...

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NASA's New Horizons mission data along with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling has helped scientists to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. The team realistically replicated Charon surface conditions to measure the composition and colour of hydrocarbons produced on Charon's winter hemispher...

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ISRO is all set to launch its new Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on August 7. The launch, scheduled for 9:18am IST is open for the public to witness through ISRO's Launch Viewers gallery. The ground testing of the newly developed solid booster stage (SS1) was carried out on March 14.

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A new study conducted by UCL researchers has found that using smartphones, smartwatches and other digital devices can improve the memory skills of a person. For the test, the team developed a memory task for 158 volunteers aged between 18 and 71. It was found that using a digital device as external memory helps people to remember the information saved, as well as unsa...

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Researchers have developed a battery that is cheap to assemble, biodegradable and made of renewable materials. The new battery is water-activated, disposable, and could significantly reduce the amount of electrical trash produced by single-use devices, including those used in the medical and industrial sectors.

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A team of researchers from the University of Washington developed a tool that can design a passive gripper that is 3D-printed and can determine the most effective way to pick up an object. The gripper could help robots in factories easily pick up various kinds of objects without altering their shape, like the tongs on a forklift, to reduce costs.

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Research by a professor emeritus in Japan has revealed that mass extinctions increase in proportion to climate change. The evidence revealed by the study shows a high correlation between the size of mass extinctions and historical fluctuations in the Earth's temperature.

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Researchers have developed a new pressure sensing technology for robotics systems that could one day help transform prosthetics and robotic limbs. The new project to create innovative sensors for use in robotic systems, with accurate pressure sensors capable of delivering more tactile ability to allow robots to function to their full capacity.

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A robot created at Standford University in the United States is diving down to shipwrecks and sunken planes and allowing its operators to feel like they’re underwater explorers too. 

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