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Normally, seagulls feed on fish, insects, crabs, snails, or even smaller birds and eggs. Watching one consume a rabbit in this manner has shocked many viewers.
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Researchers found that Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks contains water matching Earth’s oceans. The comet, nicknamed the “devil comet,” was studied using advanced observatories in Chile and Hawaii.
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Astronomers were photographing the Pleiades star cluster (M45). Long exposures were made to show faint nebulosity clearly.
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NASA confirmed asteroid 2025 QK3 is heading towards Earth. The rock is nearly 120 feet wide in size. It is travelling at a speed of 28,482 miles per hour.
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The Crab Pulsar is seen as a bright spot within the nebula. It sits inside the gaseous swirl at the nebula’s core.
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Cecil lives at Waterford Beach Park in Connecticut. He has gained fame for his relentless food-stealing acts. Locals say everyone knows his yellow eyes.
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Astronomers have uncovered an unusual X-ray pulsar emitting powerful bursts, challenging existing theories. This discovery could reveal hidden secrets about neutron stars and the extreme physics shaping our universe.
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By using Hubble’s advanced instruments, scientists plan to map 19 nearby galaxies. They aim to identify more than 50,000 nebulae in total.
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NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 PR is on course. The rock measures about 71 feet in width.
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The Surya model and its training datasets are freely available online, hosted on HuggingFace and GitHub. NASA hopes researchers, students, and developers worldwide will adapt the tool for new applications.
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Researchers built detailed family trees of more than 1,000 snakes, captured and released over years of fieldwork. Their findings show inbred snakes were 13% less likely to produce surviving young and had 12% lower annual survival.
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The clip shows a group of turtles forming a circle, with two turtles meeting in the middle. The scene resembles a roundtable conference of animals.
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Seasonal Black Moons appear only once every 33 months. Another version of the term refers to a second new moon in a calendar month. That type will not appear until 31 August 2027.
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Wildlife officers in Sri Lanka report male elephants engaging in same-sex bonding, grooming and mounting in national parks.
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Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla shared a timelapse of India from space, showing thunderstorms, the Himalayas and sunrise from orbit, while calling the Axiom-4 mission a historic achievement for the nation.
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ISRO is set to launch the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission, G1, by December 2025. Vyommitra, the half-humanoid robot, will fly onboard to test spacecraft systems ahead of future human missions.
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NASA has confirmed asteroid 2023 PX will pass Earth soon. The rock is around 73 feet wide in size. It is moving at a high speed through space.
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The lion-tailed macaque is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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A rare black panther cub has been spotted in Karnataka’s Bhadra Tiger Reserve, thrilling visitors and wildlife enthusiasts, as forest staff confirm the new addition alongside an already resident adult panther.
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Ayyappan had been under treatment for several months due to health complications. He died on Tuesday morning at the age of 55, according to the Kerala Elephant Owners Federation.
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The rover is studying an area known as The Boxworks, on the slopes of Mount Sharp within Gediz Vallis Ridge. The site holds fractured, vein-filled rocks unlike anything Curiosity has seen before.
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For the first time, researchers spotted the inner layers of a dying star during a massive blast called a supernova.
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NASA confirmed the asteroid’s upcoming flyby earlier this week. The rock measures about 160 feet in width.
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The discovery raises Uranus’ total moon count to 29. This is the 14th small inner moon found within the planet’s complex system.
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Psyche’s twin cameras recorded long-exposure images of Earth and the Moon. From 180 million miles away, both appeared as faint dots.
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ur Solar System is wrapped in such a shield, a bubble created by the Sun. Known as the heliosphere, it extends billions of kilometres into space and protects life on Earth.
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Normally, each season only sees three new moons. But the lunar cycle does not align perfectly with the calendar. Occasionally, an extra new moon appears, and the third is called a Black Moon.
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The Axial Seamount, located about 300 miles off the Oregon coast and nearly 4,900 feet below the surface, has been inflating since January and is now showing signs of unrest.
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The Bion-M No. 2 spacecraft will launch aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It will carry 75 mice, 1,500 fruit flies, plants and microorganisms.
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Star clusters are stellar groups held together by gravity, which are born together in cosmic nurseries. Open clusters, such as the Hyades and Pleiades, are youngish and look like loose groups throughout the disc of the Milky Way.
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NASA estimates around 44 tonnes of meteoritic material fall towards Earth each day. Almost all of it is vaporised in the atmosphere, leaving glowing streaks visible across the night sky.
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The rock, named 1997 QK1, is nearly 990 feet wide. The asteroid is travelling at 21,994 miles per hour.
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NASA and Freelancer announced on 15 August the 25 finalists in the “Moon Mascot: Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge.” The toy chosen will float inside Orion once microgravity begins.
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Birdsong may be more like human speech than we thought. A new study reveals birds follow the same language efficiency rule, preferring shorter, quicker notes over longer ones.
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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a large coronal hole on the sun is releasing a powerful stream of solar wind towards Earth.
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The rare orange shark was discovered on a sport fishing expedition off Tortuguero National Park, 37 metres deep. Approximately two metres long, it represented an extraordinary first-time sighting of its type.
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A new education policy to provide students from gurukuls direct entry into IITs is an example of misplaced inclusivity. Indian Knowledge Systems ought to be subjects of serious study. But to mix them with a system that is fundamentally different in its approach to accumulation of knowledge risks diluting one of India’s premium brands: IIT
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Astronomers have revealed the Condor Galaxy, a vast barred spiral five times larger than the Milky Way, shaped by past interactions and filled with bright star clusters and stellar nurseries.
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The star, named WD 0525+526, lies about 128 light-years away. At first, it appeared like any other white dwarf seen in visible light. But Hubble’s ultraviolet observations told a different story.
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Seabird droppings are rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, nutrients that fertilise ecosystems. While their effect on coastal areas is known, less is understood about open seas, where shearwaters spend much of their lives.
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The black hole, called GRS 1915+105, lies nearly 28,000 light-years away. Using India’s AstroSat observatory, researchers spotted alternating bright and dim X-ray phases.
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New research shows Mercury’s radius has decreased by 2.7 to 5.6 kilometres. Earlier estimates ranged from one to seven kilometres, causing uncertainty.
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NASA has confirmed asteroid 1997 QK1 will make its closest approach on 20 August. The rock measures about 990 feet wide and is travelling at 21,994 miles per hour.
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Astronomers note Mercury is often difficult to see. Even Copernicus reportedly never observed it. Its proximity to the sun usually hides it, requiring careful timing for observation.
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The next total solar eclipse will be the first to touch mainland Europe since 1999, and travellers are already planning where to watch.
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Researchers in South Australia have found more than 270 critically endangered Plains-wanderers in unexpected shrubland habitat, challenging long-held beliefs and offering fresh hope for the species’ survival and conservation efforts.
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The sliteye shark, named for its narrow slit-like eyes, was captured on camera in deep seagrass habitats on the southern rim of the Bank.
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The joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition marks its third edition, succeeding the BMC Ecology and Evolution contest (2021–2023) and the BMC Ecology contest (2013–2020).
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The technology involves a foetus growing inside an artificial womb. Nutrients would be supplied through a tube during the process.
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Scientists at the University of Otago identified the Rēkohu shelduck. Its ancestors reached the islands nearly 390,000 years ago.
