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  Cosmonaut aboard ISS begins experiment to print living tissue on 3D-bioprinter

  December 09, 2018 7:43 IST

  "As of now, the first results of the experiment have already been obtained: the organic construct of the mouse's thyroid gland has been created in zero-gravity conditions," Roscosmos said in a statement on Thursday.  

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  China's Change'-4 lunar rover takes off to explore far side of moon

  December 08, 2018 8:04 IST

  The lunar rover would provide a first close-up of the part of moon that is eternally out of view from Earth.

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  NASA's InSight lander 'hears' Martian wind

  December 08, 2018 7:05 IST

  InSight sensors captured a haunting low rumble caused by vibrations from the wind, estimated to be blowing between 10 to 15 mph (5 to 7 metres a second) on December 1, from northwest to southeast, NASA said on Friday.  

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  NASA's Mars InSight lander flexes its robotic arm with reach of nearly 2 metres

  December 07, 2018 17:01 IST

  Over the past week and a half, mission engineers have been testing these instruments and spacecraft systems, ensuring they are in working order.

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  Scientists develop first global map of distribution of atmospheric ammonia

  December 06, 2018 18:58 IST

  Atmospheric ammonia merits particular attention because it breaks down into fine ammonium salt particles that degrade the quality of the air we breathe.

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  SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with 6,000 pound of re-supply mission launched to International Space Station

  December 06, 2018 13:55 IST

  Besides delivering supplies and hardwares, the Dragon will also deliver science experiments including the Robotic Refuelling Mission 3 (RRM3) and the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI).

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  Chinese scientists planning to draw detailed 3D map of human brain

  December 06, 2018 12:49 IST

  The team in 2010 developed a brain-imaging instrument with independent intellectual property rights that was published in the Science journal.

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  Climate reality check: Global carbon pollution up in 2018

  December 06, 2018 10:09 IST

  The Global Carbon Project uses government and industry reports to come up with final emission figures for 2017 and projections for 2018 based on the four biggest polluters: China, the United States, India and the European Union.  

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  Christmas turkey, fruitcake rocketing toward space station

  December 06, 2018 10:06 IST

  The SpaceX booster missed its landing zone on the ground after liftoff, however, and ended up in the sea just a couple of miles offshore.  

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  Medical marvel: Woman gives birth to baby via uterus transplant from a deceased donor

  December 05, 2018 8:09 IST

  The baby girl was delivered last December by a woman born without a uterus because of a rare syndrome.

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  ISRO launches GSAT-11 from French Guiana; Ariane-5 rocket lifts India's heaviest satellite into orbit

  December 05, 2018 7:31 IST

  Blasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou, a French territory located along the northeastern coast of South America at 02:07 am (IST), the Ariane-5 vehicle injected the GSAT-11 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 33 minutes.

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  Scientists discover over 100 new exoplanets using NASA's Kepler Space telescope

  December 04, 2018 14:37 IST

  If a planet crosses in front of its parent star, then the observed brightness of the star drops by a small amount. The Kepler Space Telescope detected many exoplanets using this method.

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  Scientists detect four new gravitational waves from separate black hole mergers

  December 04, 2018 12:03 IST

  GW170814 was the first binary black hole merger measured by the three-detector network and allowed for the first tests of gravitational-wave polarization.

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  NASA's spacecraft arrives at asteroid Bennu after two-year space travel

  December 04, 2018 9:59 IST

  The spacecraft's full name, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, has revealed its major tasks. It is expected to return the sample to Earth in September 2023, according to NASA.

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  SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying 64 small satellites in single mission

  December 04, 2018 6:48 IST

  The Falcon 9 carried to orbit 64 spacecraft, in particular 15 Micro satellites and 49 cubesats, from 34 different organisations from 17 countries.

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  Russia launches Soyuz Rocket carrying three astronauts to International Space Station since October failure

  December 03, 2018 18:46 IST

  NASA and Roscosmos said that all onboard systems were operating normally and the crew was feeling fine.

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  India's first earth observation satellite HySIS sends first image, covers parts of Gujarat's Lakhpat area

  December 03, 2018 16:59 IST

    The satellite, along with 30 other international co-passenger spacecraft, was injected into the orbit by the PSLV-C43 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on November 29.

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  Three astronauts set to launch to International Space Station today

  December 03, 2018 0:01 IST

  Following a six-hour journey making four orbits of Earth, the crew will dock the Soyuz to the station's Poisk module to begin their mission on the orbital laboratory.

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  NASA set to launch rocket to get closer look at Earth's atmosphere leaking into space

  December 02, 2018 11:31 IST

  The VISIONS-2 mission, short for Visualizing Ion Outflow via Neutral Atom Sensing-2, is scheduled to launch no earlier than December 4.  

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  Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSight

  December 02, 2018 9:19 IST

  NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down on the sweeping, red equatorial plains Monday, less than 400 miles (640 kilometers) from Curiosity, the only other working robot on Mars.  

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  SpaceX founder Elon Musk will not smoke weed in public again: NASA chief

  December 02, 2018 7:20 IST

  Bridenstine said he has spoken with Musk recently that he does not want NASA contractors engaging in questionable behaviour.

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  NASA InSight landed 4 degrees tilted on Mars

  December 02, 2018 7:17 IST

  Early last week, InSight touched down on a lava plain named Elysium Planitia on the Red Planet.   

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  Himalayan region to witness high-magnitude earthquake in near future, warn scientists

  December 01, 2018 17:37 IST

  The researchers followed the local geology and structural map published by the Geological Survey of India, besides using Google Earth and imagery from Indian space agency ISRO's Cartosat-1 satellite.  

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  Branson's Virgin Galactic to be in space by Dec 25: Report

  December 01, 2018 17:22 IST

  In an interview with CNN Business' Rachel Crane on Friday, Branson stated that Galactic is on the verge of a major achievement and will send astronauts into space by Christmas.

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  IIT Kharagpur study confirms healing of Antarctic Ozone hole

  December 01, 2018 6:58 IST

  "A research team from the Centre of Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Science (CORAL) at IIT Kharagpur has come up with new data confirming that the Antarctic Ozone Hole is on a healing path," said an IIT Khragpur statement.  

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  NASA probe on course to reach asteroid Bennu on Dec 3

  December 01, 2018 6:56 IST

  Launched in September 2016, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft has been slowly approaching Bennu, NASA said on Thursday.   

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  Chinese researcher who claimed to have edited human gene barred from carrying out scientific experiments

  November 30, 2018 18:51 IST

  Jiankui had earlier this week claimed that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.

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  Six antibodies with 'dual diagnostics' capability discovered to combat Zika virus

  November 30, 2018 17:01 IST

    The antibodies "may have the dual utility as diagnostics capable of recognising Zika virus subtypes and may be further developed to treat Zika virus infection," said Ravi Durvasula from Loyola University in the US.