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  China's unmanned submersible Haidou-1 takes 10,907-meter dive at world's deepest point in new record

  June 09, 2020 12:14 IST

  "Haidou-1" set the record by submerging under the Pacific Ocean surface of the Mariana Trench, the deepest area in the world.

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  'Mirror image' of earth, sun found 3000 light-years away

  June 09, 2020 10:00 IST

  Scientists have discovered a massive exoplanet that orbits a star located some 3,000 light-years away from us and it may be potentially habitable. 

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  REVEALED: World's biggest, oldest temple built in Maya civilisation, bigger than Pyramid of Giza

  June 09, 2020 10:28 IST

  The search for any clues of any remains from the world's ancient civilizations has kept the archaeologists occupied. Now with the latest laser technology, the archaeologists have made a breakthrough in this regard. Archaeologists have revealed the world's biggest, oldest Maya civilisation temple in Mexico that covers more ground than even the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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  World's oldest millipede found in Scotland

  June 07, 2020 11:43 IST

  Scientists have found a 425-million-year-old millipede fossil from the Scottish island of Kerrera is older than any known fossil of an insect, arachnid, or other related bugs. A team of scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has used fossil dating techniques and discovered the world's oldest bug.

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  Chance of finding young Earth-like planets higher than previously thought: Study

  June 06, 2020 15:47 IST

  Researchers in the UK have found that the chance of finding Earth-like planets in their early stages of formation is much higher than previously thought. 

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  Oxford study says Hydroxychloroquine is not helping COVID-19 patients

  June 05, 2020 23:31 IST

  Coronavirus has currently no vaccine or medicine that effectively eliminates the infection. A ray of hope was briefly seen as Hydroxychloroquine was touted to work against Covid-19.

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  Lunar Eclipse 2020 HIGHLIGHTS: Strawberry Full Moon in India

  June 06, 2020 23:01 IST

  Lunar Eclipse or Chandra Grahan, as better known in Hindi, was over the skies on June 5. The eclipse began on June 5 and ended on June 6. There are three types of lunar eclipses: Total, partial, and penumbral. The one that occurred on Friday was a penumbral lunar eclipse. The June full moon is nicknamed as the strawberry full moon.  

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  COVID-19 patients with blood group 'A+' more likely to need oxygen support: Study

  June 05, 2020 9:23 IST

  A recent study conducted by a group of international researchers at the University of Kiel n Germany stated that patients with blood group 'A+' are more likely to need oxygen support and suffer serious illness if they contract the novel coronavirus.

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  COVID-19 lockdown-like interventions may help combat air pollution in India, say scientists

  June 04, 2020 13:19 IST

  The scientist explained that multi-spectral measurements of aerosol absorption, in addition to data available from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), indicate that the drastic decrease in pollution levels is mainly due to a reduction in fossil fuel burning emissions.

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  Asteroid 2020 KN5 to pass by Earth today: All you need to know

  June 04, 2020 14:31 IST

  Asteroid 2020 KN5 is approaching Earth's orbit with an average velocity of over 28,000 miles per hour. NASA’s automated asteroid tracking system has detected an approaching near-Earth object that’s bigger than a building.

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  Lunar Eclipse 2020 Live Streaming: Where to watch penumbral lunar eclipse LIVE on June 5

  June 05, 2020 8:05 IST

  Lunar Eclipse 2020 Live Streaming: India is all set to witness its second lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) between June 5 and June 6. The first lunar eclipse of the year 2020 occurred in the month of January. Here's where to watch live streaming of lunar eclipse 2020

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  Lunar Eclipse 2020: Year's second Chandra Grahan on June 5. Here's best time to watch

  June 04, 2020 11:14 IST

  Lunar Eclipse 2020: The second lunar eclipse of the year is set to appear on June 5 (Friday). This would be a penumbral lunar eclipse, a phenomenon during which the Earth places itself between the Sun and the moon. Astronomers across the world have termed Friday's lunar eclipse as 'Strawberry Moon Eclipse'.

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  South Africa, NASA collaborate to support human missions to Moon, Mars and beyond

  June 04, 2020 10:32 IST

  South Africa has partnered with NASA to host a deep-space ground station, which will support human spaceflight missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. With this collaboration, South Africa became the fourth country after the US, Spain and Australia to host a deep space ground station.

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  Scientists detect superflares '10 million times' more energetic that of Sun

  June 04, 2020 9:27 IST

  The most technologically advanced telescopes at the European Southern Observatory, Chile, have spotted superflares that are '10 million times more energetic than those on the sun'. An international team of scientists, working on the project, examined stellar objects called 'extreme horizontal branch stars' (EHB) that are found in tightly packed stellar groups called globular clusters.

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  Scientists identify unique trait in coronavirus in India

  June 03, 2020 19:16 IST

  They have named this unique cluster of virus population as 'Clade A3i' found in 41 per cent of the genome sequenced in India.The researchers sequenced 64 genomes.

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  170-ft wide asteroid among 5 flying by Earth today. Details inside

  June 03, 2020 16:39 IST

  About five asteroids are headed in the direction of Earth between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday early morning, media reports quoted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as saying.

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  Today's CO2 levels higher than past 23 million years: Study

  June 02, 2020 21:00 IST

  Researchers have revealed that today's carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are actually higher than they have been for the past 23 million years.

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  New study shows how hydroxychloroquine may cause heartbeat disturbances

  June 02, 2020 11:11 IST

  Researchers have used an optical mapping system to demonstrate how the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been promoted as a potential treatment for COVID-19, creates serious disturbances in the electrical signals that govern heartbeat. 

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  2020 gives triple eclipse treat in a row to skywatchers. Check details

  June 02, 2020 9:27 IST

  According to the astronomers, triple eclipses are very rare as compared to the double or single eclipse. Between June 5 and 6, a penumbral lunar eclipse will occur, which will then be followed by an annular solar eclipse on June 21 and another lunar penumbral eclipse on July 5. 

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  Earth-sized planet found orbiting nearest star Proxima Centauri

  June 01, 2020 11:40 IST

  Astronomers have discovered an earth-sized orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our solar system. Proxima Centauri is only 4.2 light years away, and the target planet - Proxima b - is just 1.17 times the size of Earth.

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  SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docks with space station

  May 31, 2020 20:34 IST

  The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the beginning of a new era in the US space programme.

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  5 reasons that make SpaceX-Nasa crew dragon launch historic

  May 31, 2020 10:31 IST

  For many spectators who filled parks, beaches and roads along Florida's Space Coast, the launch of two astronauts into orbit Saturday was a welcome accomplishment and a reprieve from the coronavirus pandemic, economic worries and now unrest in the streets.

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  Oxford University vaccine is a humanitarian cause: Indian-origin scientist

  May 31, 2020 8:49 IST

  Chandrabali Datta, who was born in Kolkata, works in the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at the university's Jenner Institute where Phase II and III of human trials of the vaccine named ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 are being conducted as a possible tool to fight the deadly virus.

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  SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 NASA astronauts

  May 31, 2020 1:29 IST

  A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel and putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil

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  SpaceX, NASA create history with Crew Dragon launch | LIVE

  May 31, 2020 1:35 IST

  Elon Musk’s SpaceX and NASA made history by sending two astronauts to the International Space Station, on Sunday.

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  'How coronavirus jumped from animals to humans decoded'

  May 30, 2020 11:46 IST

  The novel coronavirus was well-suited to jump from animals to humans by shapeshifting and gaining the ability to infect people, according to a study which sheds light on the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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  NASA designs simpler, affordable ventilator; 3 Indian companies in contention for manufacturing

  May 30, 2020 11:20 IST

  In times when the whole world is in desperate need of readily available ventilators, NASA has come up with a simpler, more affordable piece of tech that can be modified for field hospitals and go a long way in assisting the fight against coronavirus.

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  Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by October, claims American pharma giant Pfizer

  May 30, 2020 10:07 IST

  American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has claimed that a COVID-19 vaccine could be ready as early as end of October 2020.