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ESA’s new ‘Space Brolly’ satellite to weigh global forest carbon like never before
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a special satellite that can see deep inside the world's tropical rainforests.
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Plants are losing genetic diversity and it's visible from space, study finds
A new study reveals that rising vegetation in European mountains, fuelled by climate and land use shifts, is cutting genetic diversity in medicinal plants like Greek mountain tea.
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Meet Tejpaul Bhatia: Indian-origin executive steps in as Axiom Space CEO ahead of Indian astronaut’s ISS mission
Axiom is racing to replace the ageing ISS by 2030. The firm aims to build and operate a fully commercial space station.
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Axiom-4 Mission: IAF officer Shubhanshu Shukla set to fly to space on May 29 – here’s what he will do
Shubhanshu Shukla will be the first Indian to visit the ISS. His journey is a huge step for India's space ambitions.
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NASA’s Juno dives into Jupiter’s wild winds and probes Io’s magma-filled crust
NASA’s Juno mission has gathered new data from Jupiter. This includes updates from the planet’s cloudy atmosphere and its volcanic moon, Io.
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Fossil of terrifying prehistoric land crocodile discovered in the Caribbean islands
The fossils found in 2023 included a single tooth and two spine bones. The tooth matches those of South American sebecids.
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Giant glowing cloud, the size of 40 moons, discovered near our Solar System
molecular hydrogen cloud, detected using far-ultraviolet light. This marks the first time such a cloud has been spotted this way.
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Where did the precious metal gold come from? NASA finally has the answer
The universe began with mostly hydrogen, helium, and tiny amounts of lithium. Heavier elements came later, forged in stars and scattered across galaxies. But how the first gold, platinum or uranium formed has remained unclear.
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Gravity is just a cosmic code and universe might be a huge quantum computer, says new theory
Instead of seeing gravity as a pulling force alone, Dr Vopson proposes it may be a result of how data is stored in the cosmos.
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A massive underwater volcanic eruption on Earth shook the atmosphere all the way to space
Even before the eruption, the volcano gave off subtle signals. A low-frequency wave, known as a Rayleigh wave, was detected by seismometers 644 kilometres away.
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Super-Earths more common in the universe than expected, study says
An international team has revealed that super-Earth exoplanets—rocky worlds larger than Earth—are likely scattered across the universe in great numbers.
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World’s oldest ant found: 113-million-year-old ‘hell ant’ fossil discovered in Brazil
The 113-million-year-old fossil was unearthed in the Crato Formation in northeast Brazil. The area is already renowned for its superior fossil preservation.
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53 years later, old Soviet Venus spacecraft to fall back to Earth — but there’s a potential risk
Cosmos 482 launched in late March 1972 toward Venus. However, the upper stage of its Soyuz booster shut down early. This left major parts of the craft stranded in Earth's orbit.
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Meet Inostrancevia: The ancient predator that roamed before dinosaurs after Earth's worst extinction
The Permian-Triassic extinction eliminated almost 90 percent of all species. The devastating loss came after violent volcanic eruptions throughout the Siberian Traps.
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Countdown begins: After years of work, ISRO and NASA set to launch NISAR in June
NISAR’s radars can see through clouds and work day or night. The satellite will scan almost the entire Earth every 12 days.
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NASA's PUNCH Mission snaps stunning first views of Sun's secret world
NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission successfully completed spacecraft commissioning this week, opening its instrument doors to capture “first light,” the mission’s first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere and the surrounding space.
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Scientists confirm lone black hole wandering through Milky Way
By examining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and Gaia space probe, which were gathered from 2021 to 2022, the team discovered even more robust evidence.
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Universe’s largest structure, Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, is 50% larger than thought
The Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, one of the universe's largest structures known to exist, could extend longer than previous estimates had implied.
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World’s first T-Rex leather handbags set to launch soon from fossil DNA
Researchers are using fossilised collagen from 80-million-year-old T-Rex remains. Synthetic DNA, designed by The Organoid Company, is integrated into Lab-Grown Leather’s Elemental-X™ stream.
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From Blue Marble to Ash Grey: NASA images Reveal how Earth changed in 60 years of climate change
The Amazon, once believed to be endless, is disappearing. Australia and California are torched by fires. Forests become ashes.
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The International Space Station is dying and could break apart in orbit, NASA warns
NASA officials say the ISS has entered its most dangerous phase. Cracks have persisted for years, with air leaks occasionally disrupting station operations.
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The clearest and widest high-resolution image of the Sun ever captured
Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA. The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument is led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB).
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Meet Deinosuchus: A prehistoric 'terror crocodile' that once hunted dinosaurs and dominated Earth
Deinosuchus had a wide snout like an alligator’s. But unlike alligators, it thrived in salty waters. It lived between 82 and 75 million years ago.
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A world on its last breath: Astronomers spot dying planet producing comet-like tail
The planet, recently renamed BD+05 4868 Ab, is losing its outer layer piece by piece, with a comet-like trail of dust left behind in space.
