Sri Lanka Cricket Awards - 2024

Kamindu Mendis and Chamari Athapaththu were the biggest winners at the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Awards on Monday night. The awards ceremony recognized Sri Lankan players who performed exceptionally in 2024. Men’s Categories Kamindu Mendis had an exceptional 2024, topping the r…

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Goodbye to petroleum in the world — $9 bn reactor switched in America for the first time.

It seems that we can finally say goodbye to oil as an energy source, and what’s more, we are on the verge of eliminating carbon emissions from our environment. Why? Well, small modular nuclear reactors are emerging as a somewhat realistic promise to replace fossil fuels. On…

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DNA from 9,000-year-old skeletons disproves migratory waves theory from South Africa.

DNA from nine prehistoric skeletons, dated as far back as about 9,000 years ago, shows that early inhabitants near the southern Cape Province of South Africa experienced minimal population changes over many millennia. The site, known as Oakhurst rockshelter, is located about…

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Image of giant volcano on Mars captured by NASA orbiter.

A NASA orbiter has captured a stunning image of a giant volcano on Mars. The panorama, captured on May 2 by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanos on the Red Planet. In the photo, the volcano, which is 12 miles tall, can be seen peeking thr…

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150-million-year-old stegosaurus skull rewrites dinosaur evolution.

A rare stegosaurian skull discovery in Spain redefines dinosaur evolution and unveils a new group, Neostegosauria. Paleontologists from the Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis have made an exciting discovery. In a new study published in the journal Vertebra…

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Astronomers discover 15 new giant radio galaxies — the largest single objects in the universe.

Astronomers have discovered a staggering clutch of 15 new Giant Radio Galaxies within the "Sculptor Field" view of Australia's Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. This is a big deal because Giant Radio Galaxies are the largest single objects i…

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An Indian astronaut is about to visit the ISS for the 1st time ever.

Florida — Houston-based company Axiom Space is about to launch the first Indian astronaut to orbit since 1984. Group Captain (IAF) Shubhanshu Shukla will serve as pilot for the Ax-4 mission, which is scheduled to launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesd…

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We're halfway between the April 2024 and August 2026 total solar eclipses.

There may be no total solar eclipse this year, but June 10, 2025, is a landmark event of sorts for eclipse chasers worldwide — the halfway point between the last and the next totalities. It's 429 days — just over 14 months — since April 8, 2024's "Great American…

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NASA raises the odds that an asteroid could hit the moon in 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, is back in the spotlight — this time due to a slight increase in the chance that it could impact the moon in 2032. Although now too distant to observe from Earth, the asteroid briefly came int…

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US and Chinese officials will resume trade talks in London on Monday

President Donald Trump announced Friday that US and Chinese officials will meet in London on Monday to discuss trade between the two nations. The announcement comes after Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke for 90 minutes on Thursday. After the phone call, the…

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Right-wing Colombian presidential candidate shot at rally.

A Colombian senator and presidential candidate was shot on Saturday in Bogotá, the government and his campaign said.  Miguel Uribe, 39, was hosting a campaign event in a public park in the Fontibon neighborhood when "armed subjects shot him in the back." His party d…

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Private Japanese spacecraft crashes into moon in 'hard landing,' ispace says.

A spacecraft from Japan attempting to make the country's first private moon landing on Thursday instead crashed into the lunar surface in a disappointing second failure for its ispace builders. The Japanese company's Resilience spacecraft aimed to make a soft touchdo…

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Elon Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat — or not.

Elon Musk said SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of threats by President Donald Trump to cancel government contracts with Musk’s businesses. But hours later, Musk said he rescinded that decision after an X user urged him to “cool o…

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Spacecraft set for a high-stakes lunar landing attempt this week took months to reach the moon.

Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost spacecraft, from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, zoomed to the moon, and in March it became the first robotic commercial vehicle to land upright on the lunar surface. Th…

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NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 4 Launch, Arrival at Station.

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 8:22 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 10, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4. The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. T…

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Many of Dead Sea scrolls may be older than thought.

Many of the Dead Sea scrolls could be older than previously thought, with some biblical texts dating from the time of their original authors, researchers say. The first of the ancient scrolls were discovered in the caves of Qumran in the Judean desert by Bedouin shepherds in…

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Elon Musk projects SpaceX revenue of about $15.5 billion in 2025.

Elon Musk's SpaceX will record revenue of about $15.5 billion this year, the billionaire said on Tuesday, underscoring the rocket maker's growing dominance in the commercial space sector. The company's commercial revenue from space will exceed NASA's budget o…

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SpaceX Starship rocket tumbles out of control after launch.

After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart. The 403-foot (123-meter) rocket blasted off on its ninth demo from Starbase, Sp…

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Scientists create robots that take their first steps straight out of the 3D printer.

A team of engineers at the University of Edinburgh has unveiled a new chapter in robotics: soft, four-legged robots that can walk off a 3D printer as soon as they're made. This innovation, powered by a desktop machine called the Flex Printer, could make advanced robotic…

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Musk officially steps down from DOGE after wrapping work streamlining government.

Elon Musk is beginning the process of stepping down from his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted on X on Wednesday night that his time as a special government employee is coming to an end and thanked President Donal…

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Virgin Galactic on track to start launching customers again in 2026

Virgin Galactic's spaceflight drought will last just about two years, if all goes according to plan. The suborbital space tourism company last went to the final frontier in June 2024, on the final flight of its VSS Unity space plane. Virgin retired Unity to focus on deve…

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SpaceX reveals why its Starship Flight 8 Ship exploded, failure traced to 'flash' in rocket's engines.

As SpaceX gears up for the ninth test flight of its super-heavy Starship launch vehicle, the company has released findings from its investigation into the explosion of the rocket's upper stage, referred to as "ship", during its eighth test flight in March. Flig…

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New moon of May 2025 leaves the night sky dark to see the summer constellations tonight.

The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the summer constellations will be rising. New moons happen when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun. They share a celestial longitude (called ri…

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 162 — Lunar Landing Day.

On Episode 162 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the effort to make July 20 a national holiday called "Lunar Landing Day." If you're lucky enough to have witnessed the landing of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, you know what a momentous occasi…

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What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 launch today ?

SpaceX aims to launch its next Starship megarocket test flight today, hoping the third time will be the charm after two failures earlier this year. But if you plan to watch the launch live, you'll need to know when to tune in and for that, space fans, we've got you …

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The CIA used a Star Wars fan site to secretly communicate with spies.

The internet has seen its fair share of weird, but a Star Wars fan site secretly run by the CIA to communicate with overseas spies might top the list. StarWarsWeb.net looked like any other 2010-era fan page, complete with lightsabers, Yoda quotes ("Like these games you…

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SpaceX cargo Dragon departs International Space Station, begins return journey to Earth.

SpaceX's 32nd robotic Dragon cargo mission undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) today (May 23), after a one-day delay due to bad weather at the splashdown site. NASA and SpaceX integrated operation teams polled "go" for undocking at 11:50 a.m. ED…

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