Astronomers find over 200 most distant stars in Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered over 200 distant variable stars called RR Lyrae stars in the Milky Way’s halo. The most distant of these stars are over a million …
Asteroid 2021 AE closest approach to Earth
On December 28, an asteroid made its closest approach to Earth at a distance of 6.3 million kilometres. Asteroid 2021 AE belongs to the Apollo group of …
The world’s largest goldfish weighing over 30 kg
A British fisherman named Andy Hackett has caught one of the world’s largest goldfish weighing more than 30 kg in France. The fish, which is a cross between …
NASA’s Artemis moon mission
NASA hopes to finally kick off their Artemis I mission next week. The launch had been attempted earlier in October, but due to weather and technical issues it …
Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022
According to international waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) forum, 5.3 billion mobile phones will be thrown away in 2022.Its estimate, based on …
Researchers develop new method of preserving donated kidneys
Researchers have developed a technique to preserve donated kidneys that would keep them viable for longer, thus increasing their availability. They used …
Scientists create world’s first cloned wild Arctic wolf
Scientists in China have created the world’s first cloned wild Arctic wolf ‘Maya’ The successful cloning of the species which is native to the High …
China discovers a new mineral on the moon
China has discovered a new mineral on the moon that is a phosphate mineral in columnar crystal named Changesite-(Y). The mineral was found among samples China …
Europe unveils Hi-tech satellite to give quick extreme weather warnings
Europe has unveiled the MTG-I1 satellite designed to give earlier extreme weather warnings. The satellite will be launched by the end of the year on an Ariane …
Astronauts could 3D print tools
In the future, astronauts on Mars could be tasked to 3D-print their own tools or rocket parts, with scientists recently discovering a mix of crushed Martian …