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Youngest Planet Ever Found Can Reveal Details About Planet Formation

By Dipannita - Jun 22, 2016 07:02 PM EDT

NASA has spotted the youngest planet every found in the solar system. This breakthrough has achieved by the American space agency's planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler.

Scientists Discover Eyeless Catfish In Texas Cave

By Dipannita - Jun 21, 2016 10:02 AM EDT

A team of researchers from the University of Texas Austin has discovered an eyeless catfish from deep inside a cave in Texas. The blind fish is of keen interest to the researchers as the rare and unusual species has been recovered from a totally new area for the fish to inhabit ever.

Antarctic Carbon Dioxide Reaches 400 PPM Mark For The First Time In 4 Million Years

By Dipannita - Jun 21, 2016 10:02 AM EDT

Today, Antarctica is the same as it was nearly four million years ago when it comes to the carbon dioxide levels. That is, for the first time in the last four million years, carbon dioxide level has broken the 400 parts per million (PPM) barrier in the Antarctic.

NASA's Experimental Plane 'Maxwell' Has 14 Electric Engines

By Dipannita - Jun 21, 2016 10:00 AM EDT

NASA's glory is not just restricted to space missions and sending rovers and robots to examine the worlds of different planets in the universe. But it also masters at exploring the frontiers close to Earth.

Scientists Discover Oldest Oxygen Ever Found

By Dipannita - Jun 21, 2016 09:59 AM EDT

A team of scientists has discovered traces of oxygen in a galaxy located billions of years away. To be precise, the galaxy in which the oldest molecule of oxygen has been discovered is located 13.1 billion light years away.

Space Travel Has Permanent Effects That Are Not Understood Properly, Says Scott Kelly

By Dipannita - Jun 18, 2016 09:01 AM EDT

Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after spending more than one year in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The astronaut recently opened up about the effect that space has on the human body.

NASA Is Recruiting Farmers, Teachers and Explorers For Its Mars Mission

By Dipannita - Jun 18, 2016 09:01 AM EDT

The American space agency NASA is currently hiring farmers who can bring their farming practices to Mars. In addition to farmers, NASA is also looking for teachers, explorers and surveyors.

“Extinct” Meteorite Recovered From Swedish Limestone Quarry

By Dipannita - Jun 16, 2016 04:36 PM EDT

The first of its own kind of “extinct” meteorite has been recovered from a Swedish limestone quarry that manufactures floor tiles. The meteorite is considered to be a remnant of a bigger object that must have been destroyed in the past and does not exist in the universe any more.

Scientists Discover Gravitation Waves For The Second Time This Year

By Dipannita - Jun 16, 2016 04:36 PM EDT

History has been created yet again. A team of scientists at the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Waves Observatory (LIGO) has discovered signs of gravitational waves. The breakthrough has been achieved for the second time in 2016.

Scientists Find Rare Double-Star Tatooine-Like Planet

By Dipannita - Jun 15, 2016 04:35 PM EDT

A team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery by spotting a planet that has two stars. This Tatooine-like planet with two suns is present within the Cygnus Constellation and has been discovered with the help of the Kepler Space Telescope.

Interstellar Chiral Molecule In Space May Solve Biggest Mystery On Earth

By Dipannita - Jun 15, 2016 04:36 PM EDT

A team of astronomers has discovered a strange molecule in interstellar space, located thousands of light years away, but within the Milky way galaxy. This molecule is expected to solve the biggest mysteries about life on Earth.

NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Signs Of Volcanic Activity On Mars

By Dipannita - Jun 14, 2016 02:29 PM EDT

NASA's Curiosity rover has been doing a great job ever since it landed on the surface of the red planet. The rover has now discovered evidence of volcanic activity on the surface of planet Mars.

This Exoplanet Is Being Killed By Its Own Host Star

By Dipannita - Jun 14, 2016 02:29 PM EDT

There is an exoplanet that spins around its sun at an enormous speed and takes only 11 hours to complete an orbit. Unfortunately, the same exoplanet is being killed by its own host star.

Australian Government Sanctions $1 Billion to Preserve The Great Barrier Reef

By Rida - Jun 14, 2016 02:29 PM EDT

The Great Barrier Reef has lost much of its corals. Mass coral bleaching due to climate change damaged around 93 percent of the pristine coral reefs that pushed the Australian government to sanction $1 billion to protect the world heritage site.

Light Pollution Hides Milky Way From North Americans

By Dipannita - Jun 12, 2016 02:13 PM EDT

The glow of light pollution prevents 80 percent of the North Americans from seeing the Milky Way galaxy in the night sky. These are the findings of a new study conducted by a team of researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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