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Aamir Khan to play astronaut Rakesh Sharma in Siddharth Roy Kapur's n
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): After appearing in last year's blockbuster 'Dangal,' a biopic of on former wrestler and coach Mahavir Singh Phogat, actor Aamir Khan is all set to be a part of another biopic.
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Indian-American selected by NASA among 12 new astronauts
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The NASA has chosen an American of Indian descent--Raja Chari, among the 12 new astronauts.
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A cold, close brown dwarf discovered near sun
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): A brown dwarf, which is a little more than 100 light years away from the sun, has been discovered by the astronomers with the help of a new citizen-science tool that was released earlier this year to pinpoint new worlds lurking in the outer reaches of our
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As BJP hopes for bright future of Indian economy, Cong pokes fun at Panaga
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): With India losing the fastest growing major economy tag to China, the Congress on Saturday poked fun at NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya's comment that India is poised for a 7.5 percent sustained growth rate within a few years and averred that
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Second 'Great Spot' discovered on Jupiter
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 12 (ANI): A second Great Spot has been discovered on Jupiter by University of Leicester astronomers, rivalling the scale of the planet's famous Great Red Spot and created by the powerful energies exerted by the great planet's polar aurorae.
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Soon, we'll be watching videos from NASA's next-gen Orion in ult
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 30 (ANI): Astronauts may soon be able to communicate faster to and from space as NASA's advanced laser communications system called LEMNOS has brought speedy connections closer to the reality.
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Two largest satellite galaxies Magellanic Clouds bridged by stars
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 8 (ANI): According to an international team of astronomers led by researchers from University Of Cambridge, the Magellanic Clouds, the two largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, appear to be connected by a bridge stretching across 43,000 light years.
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Remembering Kalpana Chawla: Girl who dreamt of stars
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 1 (ANI): Today is the death anniversary of the first India-born woman astronaut Kalpana Chawla. In the year 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 was re-entering Earth's atmosphere, the space shuttle burnt and disintegrated into pieces killing all the cre
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Rampant Ranchi Rays thump hapless Kalinga Lancers 7-2 in HIL 2017
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ranchi [India], Jan.27 (ANI): Ranchi Rays produced a dominant performance as they thrashed Kalinga Lancers 7-2 in a sensational match in the fifth edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) played at the Astroturf Stadium here last evening.
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Astronaut Eugene Cernan, last man on to walk on moon, dies at 82
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Jan. 17 (ANI): Astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17 and the last man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82.
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Astronomers release largest digital survey of visible Universe
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Belfast[UK], Dec. 20(ANI): The world's largest digital survey of the visible universe, mapping billions of stars and galaxies, has been publicly released.
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Hockey Junior WC 2016: England crush Canada 6-0 to reach quarters
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec.14 (ANI): England became the eighth and final team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the ongoing Men's Hockey Junior World Cup 2016 after they clinched a crushing 6-0 win over Canada in their group clash at the Major Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium
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