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  China, Russia welcome international partners in moon station cooperation

  April 24, 2021 14:08 IST

  China and Russia's aerospace authorities have invited all interested countries, international organizations and partners to cooperate in a moon station project.

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  Martian subsurface has ingredients for present-day microbial life

  April 23, 2021 23:43 IST

  The Martian subsurface might be a good place to look for possible present-day life on the Red Planet, according to a study. 

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  This human molecule is helping Covid virus escape antibodies

  April 23, 2021 18:59 IST

  A natural molecule called biliverdin present in human body is helping SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, escape antibodies - a discovery that can help explain why some Covid patients become severely ill despite having high levels of antibodies against the virus, report researchers.

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  Double and triple mutants of coronavirus one and the same; vaccines effective on it: Scientist

  April 23, 2021 18:27 IST

  The double and triple mutant strains detected in India are one and the same variant of the coronavirus, and the available vaccines are effective on it, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics Director Soumitra Das said on Friday. 

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  Earth Day 2021: Why it is celebrated? History and significance

  April 22, 2021 8:58 IST

  Earth Day 2021: Earth Day is celebrated on April 22. It is also recognised as the largest civic event in the world.

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  Bad offshore weather delays SpaceX crew launch until Friday

  April 21, 2021 20:31 IST

  SpaceX on Wednesday bumped its next astronaut launch by a day because of dangerously high waves and wind offshore. 

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  Astronauts flying reused SpaceX rocket, capsule for 1st time

  April 21, 2021 7:55 IST

  This will be SpaceX's third crew flight for NASA from Florida's Kennedy Space Center in under a year. The commercial flights ended the US' reliance on Russian rockets launched from Kazakhstan to get astronauts to and from the space station after the shuttles retired.

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  ISRO invites scientific research proposals on AstroSat data

  April 20, 2021 18:36 IST

  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said the announcement of opportunity (AO) is open to Indian scientific community for submitting research proposals towards utilisation of data from any and/or all the experiments for limited financial assistance.

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  Multivitamins, omega-3, probiotics may cut risk of COVID-19: Study

  April 20, 2021 17:10 IST

  Taking multivitamins, omega-3, probiotics or vitamin D supplements may reduce the risk of testing positive for the novel coronavirus which causes COVID-19, at least among women, according to a large observational study

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  NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet

  April 19, 2021 17:23 IST

  NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the planet’s thin air on Monday, achieving the first powered flight on another planet.

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  Wearing two fitted masks may double protection against COVID-19: Study

  April 19, 2021 16:04 IST

  Wearing two tightly-fitted face masks can nearly double the effectiveness of filtering out SARS-CoV-2-sized particles, preventing them from reaching the wearer's nose and mouth and causing COVID-19, according to a study.

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  This is how highly infectious Covid variant gets neutralised

  April 18, 2021 17:01 IST

  Scientists have revealed how a highly infectious variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus binds to host but succumbs to antibodies later, a discovery that could help in the development of more potent Covid vaccines.

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  Wearing 2 masks doubles protection against Covid-19 virus: Scientists

  April 17, 2021 12:43 IST

  The reason for the enhanced filtration isn't so much adding layers of cloth but eliminating any gaps or poor-fitting areas of a mask, according to the study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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  SpaceX wins $2.9bn NASA contract to build moon lander

  April 17, 2021 10:35 IST

  NASA has picked Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop the first commercial lander and take the next two US astronauts to the moon, the US space agency said on Friday. The contract is worth $2.9 billion and is part of NASA's Artemis programme, which aims to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 as a stepping stone to the first human mission to Mars, DPA news agency reported. SpaceX had been competing against Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' private space company Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics.

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  NASA again delays first flight of Mars helicopter

  April 14, 2021 16:15 IST

  The US space agency, which is yet to declare a new date for the attempt, earlier rescheduled the flight after a test completed earlier than planned.

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  Masks, social distancing by 60 per cent people may curb COVID-19 spread: Study

  April 14, 2021 13:36 IST

  Using data collected by The New York Times to gauge the model's effectiveness, the researchers analysed the cumulative cases per capita in all 50 states in the US between July 14, 2020, through December 10.

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  Covid-19 virus can persist in dust for a month: Study

  April 14, 2021 11:47 IST

  The study, published in the journal mSystems, did not evaluate whether the dust can transmit the virus to humans. But, it offers another option for monitoring Covid-19 outbreaks in specific buildings, including nursing homes, offices or schools.

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  NASA shares stunning image of blue dunes on Mars

  April 12, 2021 16:39 IST

  Mars water pictures, Mars water images: NASA releases beautiful pictures of blue dunes that were spotted on Mars as its Odyssey Orbiter completes 20 years in the Red Planet's orbit.

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  Elon Musk rejigs his Twitter bio; adds 'Imperator of Mars'

  April 12, 2021 15:10 IST

  Tesla CEO and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is obsessed with colonizing the red planet, changed his Twitter bio for the second time within a month to add 'Imperator of Mars' with a winking emoji.

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  NASA delays first flight of Mars helicopter to April 14

  April 11, 2021 23:42 IST

  NASA has decided to postpone the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's first experimental flight to April 14 after a test completed earlier than planned.

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  NASA to land first person of colour on Moon

  April 10, 2021 8:58 IST

  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will land the first person of colour on the moon as part of an international spaceflight program called Artemis, according to the US space agency.

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  NASA's Mars Helicopter to make first flight attempt tomorrow

  April 10, 2021 7:48 IST

  NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity's first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. 

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  Mars did not dry up all at once, says study

  April 09, 2021 20:17 IST

  Mars had drier and wetter eras before drying up completely about three billion years ago, says a new study which suggests that the Red Planet did not dry up all at once.

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  NASA's Odyssey spacecraft marks 20 years of mapping Mars

  April 09, 2021 16:34 IST

  Launched 20 years ago on April 7, the orbiter, which takes its name from Arthur C. Clarke's classic sci-fi novel "2001: A Space Odyssey", was sent to map the composition of the Martian surface, providing a window to the past so scientists could piece together how the planet evolved.

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  Indian astronomers trace rare supernova explosion to Wolf-Rayet stars

  April 06, 2021 19:19 IST

  The rare Wolf-Rayet stars are highly luminous objects a thousand times that of the Sun and have intrigued astronomers for long, the Union Ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement on Tuesday.

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  Researchers debunk Covid link with blood group

  April 06, 2021 18:43 IST

  The findings, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, showed that the blood types A, B, AB and O were not associated with disease susceptibility or severity.

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  NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity survives its first chilly Martian night

  April 06, 2021 7:55 IST

  NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has survived its first cold Martian night on its own. 

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  How 'chimpanzee poop' is helping prevent Covid-19

  April 05, 2021 17:43 IST

  The Oxford–AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, a version of which is also being used in India, is made from an adenovirus isolated from chimpanzee poop, which has been genetically changed so that it is impossible for it to grow in humans.