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SpaceX will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the Moon
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire and founder of Zozotown, Japan’s largest online clothing retailer, will be the first private customer to ride around the Moon on the company’s future massive rocket, the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR). ........
Elon Musk tweets new images of SpaceX's forthcoming BFR spacecraft
Elon Musk revealed the new images of SpaceX's forthcoming BFR which is going to be carrying a mystery passenger to the moon. SpaceX will reveal the identity of the passenger on Sep 17th,........
NASA Blasts Off Space Laser Satellite to Track Ice Loss
NASA's most advanced space laser satellite blasted off Saturday on a mission to track ice loss around the world and improve forecasts of sea level rise as the climate warms.........
Robo-trousers could keep elderly mobile
A team of British researchers thinks the future lies in wearable soft robotics. They've developed robotic muscles; air-filled bubbles of plastic that can raise a leg from a seated to a standing position. Getting this technology into the trousers might be 10 years away, but it is set to give that added boost to our ability to stand and walk when we need it most.........
The oldest drawing in human history has been found; see pics
This drawing dates back to 73,000 years old and predates previously discovered abstract and figurative drawings by at least 30,000 years, according to the study. The cross-hatched pattern drawn in ochre had been buried till now in Blombos Cave, near the southern tip of South Africa, east of Cape Town. ........
Indian-Origin Professor Awarded $6.5 Million To Improve Cancer Diagnosis
The US National Cancer Institute has given the "Outstanding Investigator Award" to Professor Arul Chinnaiyan, from the University of Michigan, and $6.5 million in funding over seven years, to identify cancer biomarkers to improve diagnosis and develop new targeted therapies.........
SETI scientists spot 72 signals 'from alien galaxy' 3bn light years away
The researchers at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute discovered the unusual signals when examining 400 terabytes of radio data from a dwarf galaxy three billion light-years away from Earth. The signals they spotted - fast radio bursts (FRBs) are bright and quick pulses which were first discovered in 2007.........
A new hydrogen-rich compound may be a record-breaking superconductor
Two studies report evidence of superconductivity — the transmission of electricity without resistance at temperatures higher than seen before. The effect appears in compounds of lanthanum and hydrogen squeezed to extremely high pressures.........
Antarctica has been mapped accurately and in stunning detail for the first time ever
Researchers from the Ohio State University and the University of Minnesota came together and have created the most detailed terrain map of Antarctica till now. Called the Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA).........
The search for alien life needs a new space telescope, astronomers say
If NASA truly wants to get serious in the search for life off of Earth, scientists argue that the space agency should launch a new, large telescope into space — one capable of directly capturing the images of planets outside our Solar System.........
NASA says it’s building a gateway to the Moon—critics say it’s just a gate
NASA proposes to build the “Gateway” in orbit around the Moon in the 2020s. It is a port in space, a dry dock for activities that come and go. Humans may soon go down to the lunar surface or make final preparations for missions to Mars.........
NASA aerosol map shows the beauty of nature's fury amidst fires and storms
From a ground-level perspective, blazing wildfires and different varieties of storms are terrifying displays of nature's might. But viewed from space, through the right (computer-enhanced) eyes, they're all things of beauty.........
Scientists are now trying to clone the 40,000-year-old baby horse found frozen in Siberia
A frozen baby horse, which is thought to be as old as 40,000 years, was found frozen in Siberia. Now the scientists are attempting to sample the horse’s cells for material they can use to clone it.........
Using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists have spotted a surprising feature emerging at Saturn's northern pole as it nears summertime a warming, high-altitude jet stream with a hexagonal shape.........
Satellite Images Show Formation of Glacial Lake in Uttarakhand's Niti Valley, Scientists on Alert
Satellite images have shown the formation of a huge lake in the upper catchment area of Mandakini River in Uttarakhand’s Niti valley. The images indicate that the diameter of the lake is increasing and could pose a threat if there is no discharge of water.........
Nanophotonic light sails may travel at relativistic speeds
One day in the not-so-distant future, light sails may hurtle through space at speeds of around 20% of the speed of light (or 60,000 km/sec), propelled not by fuel but rather by the radiation pressure from high-power lasers on Earth.........
NASA working on small air leak on ISS, crew safe
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station detected a tiny leak on one of two Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the complex, as the Expedition 56 crew slept. The leak resulted in a small loss of cabin pressure. Flight controllers determined there was no immediate danger to the crew.........
