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The weak lensing surveys such as HSC prefer a slightly less clumpy Universe than that predicted by Planck. The pictures show the slight but noticeable difference as expected from large computer simulations. Is this difference a statistical fluctuation? As

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Here is a detailed dark matter map of the entire universe

The research involved studying about 10 million distant galaxies to understand dark energy better.

Sep 28, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Universe

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Scientists know the home star of interstellar object Oumuamua

After analyzing data from a European spacecraft, scientists have finally spotted the possible home of interstellar object Oumuamua

Sep 26, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Japan's Hayabusa 2 sends amazing photos after from asteroid Ryugu

It is believed that asteroid Ryugu is rich in water and organic materials, which makes it a perfect and objective for learning more about the possible extraterrestrial societies

Sep 24, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Supernovas are among the most powerful events in the universe, yet it cannot hold a candle to Vacuum Decay

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Our universe could already be dying with no chance of recovery: False vacuum theory

There is no way to prepare for something like this and there will be sign of it actually happening--once the process starts, there is no way to stop it.

Sep 19, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Universe

This artist's concept shows a pulsar, which is like a lighthouse, as its light appears in regular pulses as it rotates. Pulsars are dense remnants of exploded stars, and are part of a class of objects called neutron stars.

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Strongest material in the universe could be found in dead stars

Nuclear pasta should be about 100 trillion times the density of water and to make a dent in it, a force of about 10 billion times of what is needed to break steel would be necessary, say researchers.

Sep 19, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Universe

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New ultra-hot exoplanet twice the size of earth discovered; Any evidence of alien life?

Scientists have found an exoplanet, twice the size of Earth and located almost 145 light years away but it has an extremely hot atmosphere as calculated.

Sep 8, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Exoplanet

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The dilemma continues: Experts suggest Pluto should be reclassified as planet

The lead researcher claimed that earth is the only planet in the solar system which has a more diverse geology than pluto

Sep 8, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Nasa

An artist's concept of the ARTEMIS spacecraft in orbit around the Moon

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How mysterious patterns on moon's surface originated? Scientists may know answer

A group of scientists discovered that weird and mysterious patterns on the moon's surface are caused by subterranean lava tubes.

Sep 7, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists and engineers monitor the movements of India's Mars orbiter at their Spacecraft Control Center in the southern Indian city of Bangalore November 27, 2013.

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ISRO calls for greater participation from private players in space exploration industry

Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced on this year's Independence Day that India will send its first manned spacecraft by 2022.

Sep 7, 2018

By Ashish Shukla

The test launch of the space suit and balloons

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New Russian technology could carry tourists to the edge of space

There will be no space planes or rockets, so this could be the cheapest way to get to space and back.

Sep 6, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Science

Scientists are puzzled after another bizarre hexagon vortex appears above Saturn's north pole

Before Cassini, the Voyager spacecraft of NASA had also discovered and documented a comparatively lower-altitude hexagon at Saturn's north pole in the 1980s

Sep 6, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Science

Can black holes bring dead white dwarf stars back to life?

Tides caused by black holes on dead white dwarf stars can momentarily start it up and cause fission to take place momentarily.

Sep 1, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Universe

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Skull-shaped asteroid returns: Halloween asteroid will come close to earth in November 2018

The Spooky Asteroid or the Skull Asteroid will zoom by earth in November 2018 but this time the flyby won't occur exactly on Halloween day and will be less close to the planet.

Aug 30, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Asteroid

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Strings attached: Ghost black hole may have evidence of another universe

Ghost black holes discovered in the cosmos could prove that another universe existed before before the creation of our own universe.

Aug 29, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Universe

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NASA to launch new satellite to study melting ice sheets on Earth

Along with understanding the changes in polar ice caps, the satellite will help the scientists understand the world's forests better as well

Aug 25, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Nasa

This handout picture provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shows the surface of the moon taken by Moon Impact Probe (MIP), after separating from India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, November 14, 2008. A lunar probe from India's first unma

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NASA confirms that water ice exists at moon's poles; How it can help astronomers?

NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument aboard Chandrayaan-1, an Indian spacecraft collected data from the lunar orbit that confirmed the existence of water in the moon.

Aug 22, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

NASA scientist Melissa Floyd holds her 3D-printed FISHbot prototype, which she is advancing to search for bacterial life on Mars and other solar system targets.

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NASA scientist begins developing robot that will search for extraterrestrial bacteria in other planets

Melissa Floyd, a NASA scientist wants to create a device that will be capable of finding bacteria or another type of single-celled microorganism called archaea in other planets.

Aug 13, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

New Horizons is the fifth spacecraft to traverse the Kuiper Belt, but the first to conduct a scientific study of this mysterious region beyond Neptune

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NASA's spacecraft detects massive hydrogen wall that surrounds entire solar system

New Horizons is currently in the Kuiper Belt, waiting for a flyby of a rock roughly 30 kilometers across, after which it will carry on towards the Oort clouds.

Aug 13, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Nasa

There are colorful stars galore, but likely no habitable planets, inside the globular star cluster

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New study says Omega Centauri, mini-version of solar system but no sign of life

The stars in that part of the Milky Way are packed in too tightly, so they are likely to interact with each other every million years or so.

Aug 11, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Universe

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Ganymede's electromagnetic waves are more powerful than Jupiter's

Considering how powerful the electromagnetic field is around Ganymede, scientists are questioning what kind of damage it can do to a spacecraft that gets close to it.

Aug 9, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

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