Category: Science
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Russia launches Proton rocket with U.S. satellite
Russia has successfully launched into space a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a U.S. EchoStar 21 satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos said on Thursday. “All the stages of the carrier rocket flight passed in normal mode,’’ the space agency said in a statement. The Proton family launch vehicles…
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Elections: Science Ministry develops indigenous e-voting machine
Indigenous Electronic-Voting Machine produced by the Ministry of Science and Technology will address challenges of electoral process in the country. Dr Ogbonnaya Onu made this known when he received prototype of the NASENI Solar-powered e-Voting Machine presented to him by Prof. Sani Haruna, the Executive Vice Chairman, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).…
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NASA to announce launch of first ever probe to ‘touch the sun’
NASA will tomorrow officially announce its mission to launch a probe that will ‘touch the sun’ for the first time. The £1.2billion Solar Probe Plus expedition will dip inside the sun’s atmosphere and have to survive unimaginable levels of radiation and temperatures of 1,400°C, reports sciencealert.com. Travelling a mind-boggling four million miles, it is set…
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SpaceX makes first US military launch, then lands rocket again
SpaceX on Monday blasted off a secretive US government satellite, known only as NROL-76, marking the first military launch for the California-based aerospace company headed by billionaire tycoon Elon Musk. The payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, which makes and operates spy satellites for the United States, soared into the sky atop a Falcon 9…
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NASA reports Cassini dive between Saturn and its Rings is successful
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reports Cassini spacecraft first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April 26 was successful. NASA’s Deep Space Network Goldstone Complex in California’s Mojave Desert acquired Cassini’s signal at 2:56am EDT (12:26pm IST) on Thursday and data began flowing at 3:01am EDT (12:31pm…
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Zuckerberg partnership builds scientific pre-publishing platform, bioRxiv
With the view to cure all diseases in our children’s lifetime, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced a partnership to support and further build bioRxiv, a platform for scientists to pre-publish research works. Announcing the bioRxiv partnership, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook and co-founder of the CZI, said “I’m excited the Chan…
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Google honours Cassini spacecraft with a Google Doodle, what it all means
Today, Google has honoured the Cassini spacecraft with a Google Doodle as Cassini is going where no ship has gone before. On Wednesday Cassini begins a series of dives into the space between Saturn and its magnificent rings. The Google Doodle is seen with Saturn gravitating towards Cassini wearing a smile, with Cassini between its…
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Scientists discover Super-Earth planet with likely alien life
A newly discovered planet sitting in a solar system just 39 light years away has been dubbed one of the best targets for finding alien life, scientists have said. A team of scientists that discovered the exoplanet were quoted by the USA Today online news as saying that the planet LHS 1140b was believed to…
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China launches first cargo spaceship
China has launched its first cargo spaceship on Thursday, taking the country one step closer to building its own space station. According to a media report, Tianzhou-1 (Heavenly Ship) took off at 7:41 pm (1141 GMT) from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in the southern Chinese island of Hainan. The spacecraft, which can carry over…
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NASA Broadcasts World First Live 360 Rocket Launch on YouTube
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Florida on Tuesday, propelling a cargo capsule filled with supplies and science experiments toward the International Space Station. The 19-story booster soared off its seaside launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:11am EDT/3:11 pm GMT. NASA broadcast an unprecedented 360-degree view of…