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  Did a giant radio telescope in China just discover aliens?

  June 20, 2022 15:58 IST

  Technosignature searches have been ongoing since the 1960s, when the American astronomer Frank Drake pointed the 26-metre Tatel telescope toward two nearby Sun-like stars and scanned them for signs of technology.

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  NASA launches study of UFOs despite ‘reputational risk’

  June 10, 2022 13:30 IST

  NASA considers this a first step in trying to explain mysterious sightings in the sky known as UAPs, or unidentified aerial phenomena.

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  New space policy soon; India can have its own 'SpaceX-like ventures': Scientific Advisor Sood

  June 01, 2022 17:08 IST

  Principal Scientific Advisor Ajay Kumar Sood stated that the government will encourage the manufacturing of satellites in the private sector for a range of applications from health care, and agriculture to urban development and property tax estimation. 

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  ISRO taking help of doctors in developing human-rated spacecraft for Gaganyaan mission

  May 29, 2022 19:24 IST

  The ISRO has roped in doctors to understand the impact of the spaceflight on humans and will design the spacecraft accordingly.

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  NASA suspends routine spacewalks due to leaky spacesuit helmet

  May 22, 2022 20:04 IST

  Water was found in the helmet worn by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer following a March 23 spacewalk.

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  ISRO plans to launch Azadisat and 75 student satellites this year

  May 18, 2022 20:40 IST

  ISRO chairman S Somnath said this during a joint meeting of science departments and ministries chaired by Science & Technology Minister Jitendra Singh here.

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  First image of supermassive black hole at centre of Milky Way galaxy revealed

  May 12, 2022 20:37 IST

  Scientists had previously seen stars orbiting around something invisible, compact, and very massive at the centre of the Milky Way.

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  India to send twin satellites DISHA to study upper atmosphere

  May 10, 2022 18:40 IST

  The DISHA satellites will study space weather, solar-terrestrial interactions and provide an advance warning on space based weather happenings and preventive actions can be taken.

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  NASA records biggest ever 'Monster quake' on Mars, estimated to be magnitude 5

  May 10, 2022 18:06 IST

  The quake was recorded when InSight was sent to Mars with a highly sensitive seismometer, provided by France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), to study the deep interior of the planet.

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  NASA releases new images comparing sharper view of Universe using MIRI vs Spitzer telescopes

  May 10, 2022 16:28 IST

  The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s largest, most powerful, and most complex space science telescope ever built. Webb’s image, taken by its MIRI instrument, features light from “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons."

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  SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown

  May 06, 2022 16:09 IST

   Musk's company has now launched 26 people into orbit in less than two years, since it started ferrying astronauts for NASA. Eight of those 26 were space tourists. 

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  NASA scientists crack 60-yr-old mystery of explosions on Sun

  May 02, 2022 4:00 IST

  An explosive process called magnetic reconnection triggers solar flares, which can, in just minutes, release enough energy to power the whole world for 20,000 years. Scientists have spent the last half-century trying to understand how this process happens.

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  Rare 'planet parade' lights up skies as Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn form alignment after 1000 years

  April 27, 2022 7:13 IST

  The last such parade of these planets occurred in 947 AD around 1,000 years ago.

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  Asthma drug can block crucial SARS-CoV-2 protein: Study

  April 25, 2022 19:16 IST

  Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the drug, called montelukast, has been around for more than 20 years and is usually prescribed to reduce inflammation caused by conditions like asthma, hay fever and hives, the official release by IISC stated on Monday.

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  Sun emits massive solar flare with potential to impact satellite communications: CESSI

  April 20, 2022 13:56 IST

  According to NASA, the biggest flares are known as 'X-class flares' based on a classification system that divides solar flares according to their strength.

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  Geomagnetic solar storm to hit earth? GPS, radio, power supply may get hit

  April 14, 2022 18:27 IST

  Geomagnetic storm means discharge of coronal mass ejection in significant amounts with high-intensity energy coming towards the earth.

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  Some 3,800 years ago, earth was hit by super earthquake, triggered tsunami up to 66 feet high: Study

  April 14, 2022 0:10 IST

  The impact of the super earthquake was extremely devastating that it uplifted land structures and sent humans into hiding for almost 1000 years, say scientists.

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  India has 217 space objects orbiting earth; working towards reducing space debris: Report

  April 10, 2022 20:56 IST

  According to Orbital Debris Quarterly News issued in March by NASA, India had 103 spacecraft, including active and defunct satellites, and 114 space debris objects, including spent rocket bodies orbiting the earth. So, the country has a total of 217 space objects orbiting the earth.

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  Scientists now detect microplastics in lungs after cosmetics, blood

  April 10, 2022 14:52 IST

  Micro-plastic pollution is one of the most crucial environmental issues in recent times. The latest finding comes after two major studies, published last month, showed the presence of microplastics in cosmetic products and in human bloodstream in detectable levels.

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  Hubble finds new planet forming in intense, violent way

  April 06, 2022 14:35 IST

  The new analysis, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, combines data from two Hubble instruments: the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrograph.

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  Blue Origin conducts 4th flight to edge of space with 6 people

  April 01, 2022 9:36 IST

  Blue Origin is owned by entrepreneur Jeff Bezos. The company completed its fourth flight with a crew on Thursday.

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  Astronomers discover super bright, giant, farthest star that formed 13 billion years ago

  March 31, 2022 7:07 IST

  While Hubble has spied galaxies as far away as 300 million to 400 million years of the universe-forming Big Bang, their individual stars are impossible to pick out.

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  Scientists find microplastics in human blood for first time

  March 26, 2022 9:01 IST

  The research, published in the scientific journal Environment International, shows that miniscule pieces of plastic from our living environment are absorbed into the human bloodstream.

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  NASA confirms existence of over 5,000 exoplanets including small, rocky worlds like Earth

  March 23, 2022 7:47 IST

  The discovery of exoplanets, which began in 1992 is opening an era of discovery that will go beyond simply adding new planets to the list, the scientists said.

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  'Early Warning and Early Action' theme for this year's World Meteorological Day

  March 22, 2022 19:55 IST

  Weather, climate, and water extremes are becoming more frequent and intense in many parts of the world as a result of climate change. More of the world regions are exposed than ever before to multiple related hazards, which are themselves evolving as a result of population growth, urbanization, and environmental degradation.

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  National Science Day 2022: Why the day is celebrated on February 28; know its history, significance

  February 28, 2022 11:11 IST

  On the occasion of the first National Science Day (28 February 1987), the NCSTC had announced the institution of the National Science Popularization awards for recognizing outstanding efforts in the area of science and communication.

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  National Science Day: How science has advanced in last two decades

  February 28, 2022 10:13 IST

  Modern science is nothing but a skilled magician. It has stepped up the speed of our life and widened our space of occupation, extended the limits of our curiosity, increased the ways of utilizing our leisure and given us comfort and facilities in ways that our forefathers never dreamt of.

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  ISRO successfully orbits 3 satellites in its first launch mission in 2022

  February 14, 2022 23:46 IST

  Following a smooth countdown of 25 hours and 30 minutes, the workhorse launch vehicle, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C52) with the three satellites onboard blasted off at 5.59 am from here amid dark, early morning skies.