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LightSail spacecraft complete primary objective of its first test flight
CANDADA: The LightSail spacecraft has completed the primary objective of its first test flight: unfurling its solar sail. The vehicle...
Yellow breasted bunting on verge of extinction, study
WASHINGTON: Yellow-Breasted songbirds - buntings - are nearing extinction, according to a new study released Tuesday, June 9, 2015. The...
A massive galaxy called SDP.81 discovered by scientists
NEW YORK: A massive galaxy called SDP.81 has been discovered by scientists with utmost precision at the Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-millimetre...
ESO astronomers capture images of a butterfly nebula
LONDON: Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have captured images of a butterfly nebula, generated as a dying star spews...
Scientists found new evidence how early humans migrated into Europe
HONG KONG: Historians date the beginning of Europe as we know and love it today began about 5,000 years ago....
U.S. astronauts will ride Russian rockets to International Space Station
NEW YORK: Come 2018, it's almost certain U.S. astronauts will still be riding Russian rockets to the International Space Station....
Astronauts prepare for return to Earth from ISS
ISS NEW YORK: Three astronauts have begun their return to Earth from the International Space Station, one month after a...
Indian origin scientist develops device that predicts solar storms in advance
MEXICO: The scientists at NASA including one of Indian-origin have developed a new tool that can predict solar geomagnetic storms...
Chimpanzees drinking ‘homemade’ palm wine, picture show
AFRICA: A West African chimp has been caught on camera having a cheeky drink from a container of palm wine....
Supersonic NASA parachute ripped apart in recent try
HONG KONG: NASA scientists working toward putting people on Mars said Tuesday a supersonic parachute they are developing to slow...
Asteroid impact will destroy civilisation this September
NEW YORK: Yet again, conspiracy theorists have claimed that a cataclysmic climate event will destroy civilisation in just three months...
NASA denies alleged impact of an asteroid on Earth
NEW YORK: U.S. space agency NASA has denied the alleged impact of an asteroid on Earth, after a theory went...
ISS shifts orbit position after glitch
HONG KONG: A glitch at the International Space Station on Tuesday caused its position in orbit to change, but the...
Dinosaur welsh cousin of T-Rex found on a beach in Penarth
PARIS: Wales has joined the ranks of countries able to boast of dinosaur discoveries. Researchers have announced the unearthing of...
Scientists reveal 1st image from LightSail
NEW YORK: An innovative spacecraft launched into orbit by citizen scientists has beamed back its first images. The LightSail craft,...
LightSail spacecraft complete primary objective of its 1st test flight
CANDADA: The LightSail spacecraft has completed the primary objective of its first test flight: unfurling its solar sail. The vehicle...
Space weather satellite provides warning about harmful solar storms
LONDON: The Unites States' first operational space weather satellite intended to provide an early warning of potentially harmful solar storms...
Stanford scientist Manu Prakash makes water based computer
NEW YORK: A water-based computer has been developed by researchers at Stanford University after nearly a decade of research and...
Diabetes rate jumps over 45% since 1990
MEXICO: The global diabetes rate has risen by nearly half over the past two decades, according to a new study,...
Astronomers create Earth sized telescope to see Milky Way black hole
LONDON: Sheperd Doeleman's project to take the first-ever picture of a black hole wasn't going well.For one thing, his telescope...
