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A new measurement could change understanding of the Universe: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, a study carried out by the Stellar Standard Candles and Distances research group, led by Richard Anderson at EPFL's Institute of Physics, achieved the most accurate calibration of Cepheid stars -- a type of variable star whose luminosity fluctuates
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NASA announces four-member crew for lunar mission Artemis II
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday introduced the four astronauts who will be a part of the lunar mission, Artemis II late next year.
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Moving Solutions launches home improvement & value-added services
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): Since 2006, Moving Solutions has been consistently considered one of the most successful relocation service booking platforms in India. Now, in addition to relocation services, it also provides other services. Now it has many home improvement &am
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India's first Night Sky Sanctuary in Ladakh will boost Astro tourism: Unio
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"This Dark Sky Reserve is among only the 15 or 16 of its kind in the world that will offer a spectacular view of the night sky. Because of its altitude and location across the Himalayas in the rain shadow area, this Night Sky Reserve is the ideal place for star gazers almost throughout the y
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Terminator zones on distant planets could harbour life: Research
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
In a recent study, astronomers from the University of California, Irvine explain how the possibility of extraterrestrial life exists on far-off exoplanets within a special region known as the "terminator zone," which is a ring on planets that have one side that is always facing its star and
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Chinese rocket used to deliver spy satellites into space burns up over ski
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Chang Zheng 2D 'Long March' rocket re-entered the atmosphere on Saturday after more than 200 days in space and burned up over the skies of Nepal, according to astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.
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China's space success linked with its larger political, diplomatic goals:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
By continually playing up Tiangong as a feat of self-reliance, Beijing undermines the potential contributions of international partners.
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Astrocyte cells critical for learning skilled movements: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Throughout our lifetimes, we have acquired the ability to do a variety of skilled movements, from driving a car to swinging a tennis racket. You might believe that only neurons carry out this learning, but a recent study by scientists at The Picower Center for Learning and Memory at MIT demo
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NASA launches 6th crewed mission of Elon Musk company SpaceX to ISS
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The crew - including two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut, and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates- are expected to reach the ISS outpost early Friday to begin a six-month stay,
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Researchers give insight into possible link between head injury, increase
Updated : 3 years ago IST
he UCL Cancer Center researchers have offered essential molecular insights of how injury may lead to the formation of glioma, a relatively rare but typically aggressive kind of brain tumour.
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New discovery sheds light on very early supermassive black holes
Updated : 3 years ago IST
One of the most extreme galaxies known to exist in the very early Universe has a fast-expanding black hole, according to astronomers from the Universities of Texas and Arizona. New information about the creation of the first supermassive black holes is revealed by the discovery of the galaxy
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Discovery of massive early galaxies defies prior understanding of universe
Updated : 3 years ago IST
What scientists previously believed about the genesis of galaxies in the cosmos is being challenged by the discovery of six huge galaxies in the early universe.
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