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Interactive: What Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year
3 hours, 17 minutes ago

Interactive: What Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year

Raw Story  

As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth’s history. February 14 3.97 billion years ago: Beginning of the Archean Eon By Valentine’s Day, the hottest period in Earth’s history – the Hadean Eon – has finally come to an end. September 17 1.3 billion years ago: Formation of the supercontinent Rodinia One …

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Avalanches, icy explosions, shooting geysers: New Year begins on Mars
15 hours, 15 minutes ago

Avalanches, icy explosions, shooting geysers: New Year begins on Mars

India Today  

As the New Year approaches on Earth, Mars scientists are celebrating a significant milestone: the completion of a Martian year on November 12, 2024. As temperatures rise, ice begins to thin, resulting in frost avalanches cascading down cliffsides and carbon dioxide gas violently erupting from the ground. Mars' thin atmosphere prevents liquid water from pooling on its surface; instead, ice …

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Experimental payloads developed by Karnataka-based academia and start-ups to be launched in ISRO upcoming mission
22 hours, 34 minutes ago

Experimental payloads developed by Karnataka-based academia and start-ups to be launched in ISRO upcoming mission

The Hindu  

Of the total 24 PS4-Orbital Experiment Module payloads which will be flown onboard the PSLV-C60 SpaDeX mission, four have been developed by Karnataka-based academia and start-ups. The GLX-SQ payload developed by GalaxEye Space Solutions Private Limited demonstrates the generation, capture, and processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar images in a space environment. Walking robotic arm In addition the mission will “Designed …

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before
1 day, 1 hour ago

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. Plans call for Parker on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface. At that moment, if the sun and Earth were at opposite ends of a football field, Parker …

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Dark energy mystery is finally SOLVED - as scientists come up with a radical new theory to explain the mysterious force
2 days, 21 hours ago

Dark energy mystery is finally SOLVED - as scientists come up with a radical new theory to explain the mysterious force

Daily Mail  

Dark energy, one of the most mysterious concepts in astronomy, has baffled the world's greatest minds for decades. Lead author professor David Wiltshire says: 'Our findings show that we do not need dark energy to explain why the Universe appears to expand at an accelerating rate.' Scientists claim to have solved the mystery of dark energy by showing why we …

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Huge 'Christmas Eve asteroid' the size of a 10-story building will skim past Earth at 14,743mph on 24 December, NASA warns
3 days, 1 hour ago

Huge 'Christmas Eve asteroid' the size of a 10-story building will skim past Earth at 14,743mph on 24 December, NASA warns

Daily Mail  

This Christmas Eve, children around the world may be hoping to catch a glimpse of Santa's sleigh flying through the skies. NASA has warned that the huge 'Christmas Eve asteroid' will skim past Earth on December 24 at 14,743mph The Christmas Eve asteroid was only spotted on December 12 as NASA and the European Space Agency's planetary defence systems noticed …

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Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals the gruesome way deadly 'mirror bacteria' could take over the human body - as scientists call for an urgent halt on all research on it
3 days, 4 hours ago

Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals the gruesome way deadly 'mirror bacteria' could take over the human body - as scientists call for an urgent halt on all research on it

Daily Mail  

The idea of a deadly artificial bacteria taking over the human body might sound like something from the next season of The Last of Us. It might sound like something out of The Last of Us but scientists now warn that a deadly 'mirror bacteria' could take over the human body A Nobel Prize-winning scientist has revealed how deadly 'mirror …

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China's commercial CERES 1 rocket launches satellites from sea
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3 days, 15 hours ago

China's commercial CERES 1 rocket launches satellites from sea

China Daily  

China launches a CERES 1 Y4 carrier rocket from the waters near East China's Shandong province on Thursday, placing four satellites into their planned orbits. Galactic Energy, a private rocket maker in Beijing, made the fourth sea-based launch mission of its Ceres 1 carrier rocket on Thursday afternoon. The company said in a news release that the rocket blasted off …

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China's commercial CERES 1 rocket launches satellites from sea
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3 days, 15 hours ago

China's commercial CERES 1 rocket launches satellites from sea

China Daily  

China launches a CERES 1 Y4 carrier rocket from the waters near East China's Shandong province on Thursday, placing four satellites into their planned orbits. Galactic Energy, a private rocket maker in Beijing, made the fourth sea-based launch mission of its Ceres 1 carrier rocket on Thursday afternoon. The company said in a news release that the rocket blasted off …

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Earth’s moon might be older than previously thought
3 days, 15 hours ago

Earth’s moon might be older than previously thought

Salon  

It’s widely believed that Earth’s moon is 4.35 billion years old, an estimated age based on lunar samples brought back to Earth. In the paper, scientists propose that the moon underwent a "remelting" 4.35 billion years ago due to a tidal pull of the Earth. Related NASA detects more dark comets “We predict that there shouldn't be any lunar rocks …

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Winter solstice connected with our daily lives
3 days, 20 hours ago

Winter solstice connected with our daily lives

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The sun rising in the east is a universal truth we all grow up believing. But if you observe the sun every day, you will find that it does so only twice a year — during the March and September equinoxes,” said Raghunandan Kumar, founder-director of the Planetary Society of India. Explaining how the winter solstice is a significant milestone …

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Google Maps trend takes over TikTok as nostalgic users reminisce over old photos of their homes - here's how you can try it
3 days, 23 hours ago

Google Maps trend takes over TikTok as nostalgic users reminisce over old photos of their homes - here's how you can try it

Daily Mail  

From having a 'brat summer' to being 'very demure, very mindful', TikTokers have taken part in a number of weird and wonderful trends this year. TikTokers are looking up photos of their childhood homes on Google Maps to see how they have changed through the years. TikTokers are looking up photos of their childhood homes on Google Maps to see …

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Inside the daring rescue mission to save two NASA astronauts stranded in space for almost a year
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4 days, 1 hour ago

Inside the daring rescue mission to save two NASA astronauts stranded in space for almost a year

Daily Mail  

Two NASA astronauts trapped on the International Space Station since June have been dealt another blow as their rescue mission is delayed once again. Veteran astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrived at the ISS aboard Boeing's doomed Starliner capsule with plans to stay for just eight days. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were only meant to spend a …

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The Moon might be older than scientists previously thought
4 days, 2 hours ago

The Moon might be older than scientists previously thought

Raw Story  

A physicist, a chemist and a mathematician walk into a bar. The three of us were all interested in the Moon, but from different perspectives: As a geophysicist, I thought about its interior; Thorsten Kleine studied its chemistry; and Alessandro Morbidelli wanted to know what the Moon’s formation could tell us about how the planets were assembled 4.5 billion years …

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Titan pays tribute to Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma with Unity Watch on its 40th anniversary
4 days, 3 hours ago

Titan pays tribute to Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma with Unity Watch on its 40th anniversary

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Celebrating four decades of excellence, Titan Watches marked its 40th anniversary by paying homage to one of India’s most cherished milestones – the historic space journey of Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to venture into space. In a heartwarming felicitation ceremony, Titan presented the first Unity watch of the collection, which is limited to 300 pieces, to …

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The spy drone lurking above our heads: British-built solar powered aircraft can quietly cruise through the stratosphere for months at a time
4 days, 3 hours ago

The spy drone lurking above our heads: British-built solar powered aircraft can quietly cruise through the stratosphere for months at a time

Daily Mail  

It looks like a cross between a toy airplane and a drone, but this British solar-powered aircraft could be the future of aerial surveillance. BAE Systems has completed new stratospheric test flights of the PHASA-35, a British-built solar powered drone with a 115ft wingspan that can operate in the air for 20 months It is powered by the sun during …

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Sorry Flat Earthers! Professor Brian Cox gives brutal response that instantly proves our planet is ROUND
4 days, 4 hours ago

Sorry Flat Earthers! Professor Brian Cox gives brutal response that instantly proves our planet is ROUND

Daily Mail  

It's one of the most rampant conspiracy theories around the world. Professor Brian Cox, Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, bluntly claims that if he met a Flat Earther, he would 'hit them over the head with Newton's Principia'. But there's bad news for Flat Earthers, as a world renowned physicist has given his damning verdict on …

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A rounded history of Flat-Earthers: How mad theory popularised in the Victorian era has been parroted by celebrities including Freddie Flintoff
4 days, 7 hours ago

A rounded history of Flat-Earthers: How mad theory popularised in the Victorian era has been parroted by celebrities including Freddie Flintoff

Daily Mail  

When Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff, the great England cricket hero, gave credence to the belief that the Earth is flat, he was in good company. In the 20th century, what became the Flat Earth Society was led by tireless campaigner Samuel Shenton and then California-based Charles Johnson. In 2018, daredevil amateur 'Mad' Mike Hughes launched himself nearly 2,000 feet in the …

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Snuggle up, it's December 21 and time for winter solstice
4 days, 15 hours ago

Snuggle up, it's December 21 and time for winter solstice

India Today  

Take out your holiday lights and warm blankets to snuggle into as the winter solstice is here on Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere. During the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, the upper half of the Earth is tilted away from the sun, creating the shortest day and longest night of the …

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NASA Postpones Return of Stranded Starliner Astronauts to March
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54 years, 11 months ago

NASA Postpones Return of Stranded Starliner Astronauts to March

Wired  

NASA has again postponed the return to Earth of Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the astronauts stranded on the International Space Station after Boeing's Starliner capsule malfunctioned in the middle of this year. "Fabrication, assembly, testing, and final integration of a new spacecraft is a painstaking endeavor that requires great attention to detail,” said Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial …

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How to catch a supernova explosion before it happens – and what we can learn from it
5 days, 3 hours ago

How to catch a supernova explosion before it happens – and what we can learn from it

Raw Story  

Stars are born, live and die in spectacular ways, with their deaths marked by one of the biggest known explosions in the Universe. In 2009, astronomers observed a bright event 65 million light years away that on first impressions resembled a supernova explosion. Dubbed SN 2009ip, the explosion did not brighten as expected and was reclassified shortly after discovery as …

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Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think
5 days, 3 hours ago

Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think

Raw Story  

Could humans expand out beyond their homeworld and establish settlements on the planet Mars? But based on technology that’s ready to go, it would take astronauts six months to travel to Mars and six months back to Earth. This makes it easier to travel to the planet and live on the surface because it’s not necessary to bring these commodities …

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Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams forced to extend their stay on the ISS – but what’s it really like to be stranded in space?
5 days, 5 hours ago

Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams forced to extend their stay on the ISS – but what’s it really like to be stranded in space?

The Independent  

It wasn’t clear how serious he was being. open image in gallery Nasa astronauts Wilmore and Williams depart the Neil A Armstrong Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft That decision ended almost three months of speculation about how the pair would get home. In their early days on the space station, much …

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Did Meitei insurgent group in Manipur use Elon Musk's Starlink?
5 days, 10 hours ago

Did Meitei insurgent group in Manipur use Elon Musk's Starlink?

Firstpost  

On December 13, a joint team of security forces carried out a search operation in Manipur’s Imphal. The surprising seizure has raised concerns over the internet use by insurgents to coordinate attacks during internet blackouts The Assam Rifles and the Manipur Police carried out a joint operation in the hill and valley regions of Churachandpur, Chandel, Imphal East, and Kangokpi. …

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