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The Perseid meteor shower: What you need to know

The Perseid meteor shower: What you need to know

The Perseid meteor shower is set to peak on 12 August. Expected to produce up to 150 meteors per hour, it is one of the brightest shooting star displays of the year. Here are what you need to know about the meteor shower.
Aug 11, 2017
By Staff Reporter
The Perseid meteor shower: What you need to know

The Perseid meteor shower: What you need to know

The Perseid meteor shower is set to peak on 12 August. Expected to produce up to 150 meteors per hour, it is one of the brightest shooting star displays of the year. Here are what you need to know about the meteor shower.
Aug 11, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Nasa is hiring a planetary protection officer to protect the Earth from aliens

Nasa is hiring a planetary protection officer to protect the Earth from aliens

Nasais looking for a Planetary Protection Officer to protect the Earth from aliens. The role involves preventing astronauts and robots from biological contamination during space exploration. The US governments site posted the job, which is open to US citizens and nationals. They will pay you a six figure salary up to $187,000 a year.
Aug 3, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Mayor of French town eats rat after losing football bet

Mayor of French town eats rat after losing football bet

The mayor of French town Mont-de-Marsan forced himself to eat a rat after he lost a bet that Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) would defeat Barcelona in the second leg of the 2017 Champions League round of 16.
Jul 27, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Why havent we found alien life?

Why havent we found alien life?

In the Milky Way alone, there are millions of stars and billions of planets, many of which are potentially habitable, meaning they could have the conditions right for life. With an estimated two trillion galaxies in the universe, the universe should be teeming with alien life. So where is it?
Jul 26, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Stunning white Angolan colobus monkey born at Zoo Atlanta

Stunning white Angolan colobus monkey born at Zoo Atlanta

An Angolan colobus monkey was born at Zoo Atlanta on July 15. The snow-white baby will grow the typical long black and white hair at three months old. Angolan colobus monkeys are threatened by hunting and habitat loss in central and east Africa.
Jul 21, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Tiny moon Phobos photobombs Mars

Tiny moon Phobos photobombs Mars

Appearing tiny and almost looking like a distant star, the moon Phobos has turned up unexpectedly in an image of Mars taken by Nasas Hubble Telescope.
Jul 21, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Nasa has created flyby videos of Pluto and Charon, its largest moon

Nasa has created flyby videos of Pluto and Charon, its largest moon

Two years after its New Horizons spacecraft sent the first images of Pluto, NASA has created two flyby videos by compiling data received from the mission. The videos were released July 7 to celebrate the second anniversary of the  spacecraft flying within 7.800 miles of Pluto. It released two videos, one of Pluto itself and a second of Plutos largest moon, Charon.
Jul 17, 2017
By Staff Reporter
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India@75: Article-370 in J&K is history, three glorious years later, "nothing" has changed

India@75: Article-370 in J&K is History; Three Glorious Years Later, "Nothing" Has Changed

By Danish Manzoor