The discovery of a remarkably voracious black hole has been made by astronomers at the Australian National University (ANU). This black hole is distinguished as the fastest-growing object currently identified,…
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A small team of astronomers has discovered a radiation belt outside the solar system for the first time, according to results published in the journal Nature. The belt was discovered…
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A truck-sized asteroid will pass near Earth on Thursday in one of the closest approaches to our planet ever recorded, NASA said, emphasising that it poses no danger. Asteroid 2023…
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Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away. Scientists reported Friday that this black hole is 10 times more massive than our sun. And…
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In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday,…
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Plant scientist Felicity Hayes checks on her crops inside one of eight tiny domed greenhouses set against the Welsh hills. The potted pigeon pea and papaya planted in spring are…
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Researcher Dhruv Sareen’s own stem cells are now orbiting the Earth. The mission? To test whether they’ll grow better in zero gravity. Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles…
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SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either…
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The James Webb Space Telescope has fired its thrusters and reached its orbital destination around a million miles (1.5 million kilometers) away from our planet, NASA said Monday, a key…
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An asteroid wider than the tallest building in the world will cross Earth’s orbit next week, media reports said Wednesday. Named 7482 (1994 PC1), the asteroid is slated to fly…
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There is only one Earth… that we know of. But outside our own solar system, other stars give warmth and light to planets and, possibly, life. Soon to offer a…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: The tech maverick has been speaking about the importance of space colonisation for years. Initially, his company SpaceX planned to send humans to the red planet in 2024,…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: The effort is aimed at the asteroid Bennu, a 492m in diameter spinning-top shaped rock, which will pass within 7.5 million kilometers of Earth’s orbit between 2175 and…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: NASA conducted a table-top exercise last month to determine the time scientists will take to understand and find ways to prevent a catastrophic collision of an incoming asteroid…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: A large asteroid around 0.9 kilometers (.56 miles) wide will pass close by the Earth on March 21, US space agency NASA said Thursday. Called 2001 FO32, it…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: The US space agency NASA released a spectacular panoramic view on Wednesday of the landing site of the Perseverance rover on Mars. The panorama shows the rim of…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: Astronomers have yet to find Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet in the outer region of the solar system. According to some scientists’ calculations, this hypothetical planet could have…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: There may be far more water on the Moon than previously thought, according to two studies published Monday raising the tantalising prospect that astronauts on future space missions…
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Shafaqna Pakistan: The last supermoon of 2020 rose in the sky on Thursday as cities around the world begin to gradually open up and move past the novel coronavirus pandemic…
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Shafaqna Pakistan:Meet your new but shy galactic neighbour: a black hole left over from the death of a fleeting young star. European astronomers have found the closest black hole to…