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Astronomers have measured the spin of H1821+643, a black hole at a distance of 3.4 billion light-years from the Earth, in the northern constellation of Draco. This is a record breaking measurement of… [+3192 chars]
Scientists appear one step closer to predicting volcanic eruptions a problem that has vexed volcanologists for decades. Research published last week in Nature Geoscience found that using satellite ob… [+4893 chars]
One of the most popular doomsday movie themes is a huge asteroid aiming for Earth accidentally discovered by a scientist. Comets with prominent long streaming tails are pretty huge objects made of ic… [+2396 chars]
Scientists combined data from NASA`s New Horizons mission with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto`s moon Charon and how it … [+7722 chars]
MiniMylswamy Annadurai, the Moon Man of India, turns 64 on July 2. Annadurai served as the director for Indias lunar probes, Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2, earning him the title of the Moon Man of … [+5 chars]
Magnetars are some of the most fascinating astronomical objects. One teaspoon of the stuff they are made out of would weigh almost one billion tons, and they have magnetic fields that are hundreds of… [+4013 chars]
A team of researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology, in China, working with a colleague in the U.S., has developed a new kind of aerogel for use in flexible thermal insulation material applic… [+2624 chars]
After a successful attempt to boost the International Space Station into a higher orbit earlier this week, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG-17 spacecraft has burned up in a controlled destructive descent… [+2988 chars]
Researchers have identified isopropyl alcohol, also known as iso-propanol in space. This is the first time that the compound has been found beyond Earth. Isopropyl alcohol is a common ingredient in a… [+2633 chars]
