Japan and India plan 2025 moon mission to hunt for water near the lunar south pole.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Is making progress on its rover for a joint mission with India to the south pole of the moon. JAXA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) agreed to the cooperative project back in 2019. ISRO, which recently made India …

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James Webb Space Telescope detects 1st evidence of carbon on Jupiter's icy moon Europa.

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified carbon dioxide originating from the salty liquid oceans of Jupiter's icy moon Europa.  Scientists have been aware for some time that oceans of water lie beneath the icy shell of Europa but did not know if these oceans had the…

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India tries waking up Chandrayaan-3 moon lander, without success.

Engineers at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have begun attempts to wake the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander and rover from hibernation after the two-week frosty lunar night. On Friday (Sept. 22), ISRO said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that it has made…

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Evidence of a Wooden Structure that predates our species uncovered.

A pair of interlocking logs that haven't seen sunlight in half a million years could challenge some fundamental assumptions about the technology and culture of our Stone Age ancestors. Uncovered in 2019 at the Kalambo Falls in Zambia, the objects provide archaeologists w…

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Simone Biles makes World Championships in gymnastics for sixth time.

Simone Biles has made the World Championships in gymnastics for the sixth time – an unprecedented feat, according to USA Gymnastics. The news comes about a month after Biles won a record eighth U.S. Gymnastics title.  Biles, 26, placed first at the U.S. women's Artistic …

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Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is moving to monthly subscription fees.

Tesla, SpaceX and X Corp. leader Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke in a livestream about artificial intelligence, antisemitism and Musk’s plans for X, formerly Twitter. Musk said X is “moving to having a small, monthly payment for use of the X sys…

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Stunning image of Andromeda galaxy takes top astronomy photography prize of 2023.

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15, during an award ceremony held Sept. 14.  This was the Royal Observatory Greenwich's 15th year holding the contest, which garnered more than 4,000 submissions from 64 d…

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Scientists discover skull of giant predator long before the dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs have a reputation for being the most terrifying prehistoric predators, but a newly discovered skull sheds light on a fearsome beast that dominated 40 million years before the first 'terrible lizards' walked the Earth. The 265-million-year-old fossil found i…

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Tesla announces it produced its 5 millionth electric car.

Tesla has announced that it has produced its 5 millionth electric car this week – a milestone that many nayswyers thought impossible not so long ago. I’ve been reporting on Tesla long enough to remember the days where most people in the auto industry thought Tesla would neve…

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International Equal Pay Day - 18 September.

International Equal Pay Day is celebrated on 18 September. The inaugural edition of the day was observed in the year 2020. The day aims to achieve equal pay for work of equal value and break the walls against all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against wom…

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World Bamboo Day - 18 September.

World Bamboo Day, observed annually on September 18, is a global initiative that sheds light on the incredible significance of bamboo. This remarkable plant, often referred to as “green gold,” holds immense potential in sustainable development, poverty alleviation, environm…

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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Wins Singapore Grand Prix 2023.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz won the Singapore Grand Prix to end Formula 1 leader Max Verstappen’s record run of 10 wins in a row and shatter Red Bull’s dream of going through the season unbeaten. McLaren’s Lando Norris finished a close second and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took th…

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World Patient Safety Day - 17 September.

World Patient Safety Day, observed on the 17th of September every year, serves as a global platform to emphasize the importance of patient safety in healthcare systems worldwide. The day aims to create awareness and inspire countries to make patient safety a top priority, u…

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Asia Cup Final 2023.

India beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final of the Asia Cup 2023 on September 17, 2023 at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. It was India’s eighth Asia Cup title overall, and their first since 2018. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. Sri Lanka bowled out…

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Hubble Space Telescope discovers 11-billion-year-old galaxy.

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has used a tricky technique to discover an elusive 11-billion-year-old galaxy. Rather than observe the light this realm emits, they watched for the light it absorbs. Just as we see a light bulb via the light it emits, a…

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Russian rocket launches 3 astronauts to ISS.

Two Russian cosmonauts have left Earth to spend a year aboard the International Space Station, flying with an American crewmate who will come home after six months. Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of the Russian federal space corporation Roscosmos and Loral O'Hara of NAS…

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North Korea Launches New ‘Tactical Nuclear Attack Submarine’.

North Korea has made headlines by launching its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine,” designated Submarine No. 841 and named Hero Kim Kun Ok, an ex-commander of the North Korean navy. The launch ceremony took place with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in at…

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Venus is now a beacon in the early morning sky.

Venus was at inferior conjunction on Aug. 13, in line between the Earth and the sun. Now it is swinging away from that line, speeding ahead of the Earth in its faster orbit.  In fact, Venus has erupted into view in the eastern morning sky during the past couple of weeks. Whe…

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International Day for South-South Cooperation - 12 September.

The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation is observed annually on September 12 to highlight the importance of cooperation among people and countries in the global South. The day also aims at spreading awareness on the social, economic, and political developments ma…

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Libya declares emergency as Storm Daniel kills 150.

Thousands of people are feared dead after a powerful storm triggered devastating flooding in Libya. The leader of the east Libyan government, which is not recognised internationally, said deaths exceeded 2,000 and thousands were missing. Jalel Harchaoui, a Libya specialist, t…

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Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18 b.

A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. Webb’s discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that K2-18 b c…

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Dennis Austin, Co-Creator of PowerPoint, Dies.

Dennis Austin, the co-creator of PowerPoint presentation died at his home in Los Altos, California on September 1, he was 76. His son, Michael Austin, told that he was suffering from lung cancer metastasising to his brain. Mr Austin had studied engineering at several univers…

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US Open 2023 Winners Complete List.

US Open 2023 came to an end on Sunday, September 10, with the champions of all 19 disciplines being decided. Novak Djokovic won his fourth title at the US Open and 24th Grand Slam title by beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 in the final. Coco Gauff capped off her sens…

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Germany beat Serbia to win World Cup for first time.

Germany beat Serbia 83-77 to lift basketball’s 2023 FIBA World Cup. Germany went 8-0 in the tournament, becoming the fifth consecutive World Cup champion to go unbeaten. The tournament most valuable player Dennis Schroder carried Germany with a game-high 28 points, way abov…

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter soars past 100 minutes of total Mars flight time.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter now has more than 100 minutes of Mars flight time under its belt. The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity flew for the 57th time on Sunday (Sept. 3), covering 713 feet (217 meters) of ground on a sortie that lasted 129 seconds. That latter figure…

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Newly discovered asteroid zooms within 2,500 miles of Earth

A newly discovered space rock about 6.5 feet wide (2 meters) zipped past Earth today at a distance five times closer than GPS satellites orbit. The small asteroid, designated C9FMVU2, was first spotted on Thursday morning (Sept. 7), only a few hours before it made its closes…

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Powerful Hurricane Jova spotted from space.

The Northern Hemisphere's most powerful hurricane of 2023 so far has emerged above the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean, taking shape in less than 48 hours.  The good news is that this storm, called Jova, is not heading to the coast. At the same time, Hurricane Lee has f…

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India's Aditya-L1 solar probe takes an epic selfie with Earth and moon.

India's first-ever solar probe just beamed some striking imagery home to Earth.  Aditya-L1, the new mission from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), snapped a photo of itself in space, as well as shots of Earth and the moon. ISRO combined the footage into a vi…

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19-Year-Old American Coco Gauff Wins U.S. Open.

Nineteen-year-old tennis sensation Coco Gauff has won the U.S. Open, making her the youngest American champion of the competition since Serena Williams in 1999. She beat out Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka, the 25-year-old winner of the Australian Open singles final e…

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COVID booster warning from Florida surgeon general, who advises people not to get new vaccine

While speaking at a Thursday news conference for Gov. Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, that state's surgeon general, advised people to steer clear of the updated booster vaccine for COVID-19. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not ye…

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