SCIENCE

New telescope by Australian scientists discovers millions of galaxies
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The telescope named the Askap (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder) is a collection of 36 dish antennas that work together to take panoramas of the sky.
Asymptomatic patients 4 times less likely to spread Covid-19 infection: Study
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According to public health experts, since an asymptomatic person doesn't have symptoms like coughing and sneezing, he or she is less likely to spread the infections.
Race to Covid-19 Vaccine: All you need to know
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Research teams and pharmaceutical companies have been working day and night endlessly to come up with a potential vaccine in order to save millions from the deadly disease. There are heated up conversations doing rounds around every country about distribution and availability issues once a medically trusted vaccine comes up.
NASA set to launch new satellite to monitor global sea levels
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The satellite is called Sentinel-6 and it will continue NASA's three-decades-long work to document and analyze the rising sea levels. The satellite will be followed in 2025 by its twin, Sentinel-6B.
Rename JNU as Swami Vivekananda University, says BJP leader
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Sleep loss can bring greater risk of anxiety
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The study which is published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, provides new insights into how sleep deprivation affects brain function to disrupt fear extinction.
Researchers identified new hidden gene in coronavirus
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"Overlapping genes may be one of an arsenal of ways in which coronaviruses have evolved to replicate efficiently, thwart host immunity, or get themselves transmitted," said lead author Chase Nelson, a postdoctoral researcher at Academia Sinica in Taiwan and a visiting scientist at the American Museum of Natural History.
The chase for 16 Psyche
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The latest observations from the Hubble Telescope and an analysis in The Planetary Science Journal confirms that it is not just unusual and scientifically interesting. It is also incredibly valuable. 16 Psyche is among the largest asteroids, over 220 km in diameter. It was found and named in 1852 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis. The “16” indicates it was the 16th minor planet (yes, it’s that large) discovered. It is now thought to consist entirely of iron and nickel, with traces of other metals.
Radio Burst From Within Milky
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They have been the topic of heated debate ever since, with even small steps towards identifying their origin stirring major excitement for astronomers. One problem is that the momentary flashes are difficult to pinpoint without knowing where to look. Theories of their origins have ranged from catastrophic events like supernovas, to neutron stars, which are super-dense stellar fragments formed after the gravitational collapse of a star. 
NASA awards $370 million to 14 United States firms for 2024 Moon mission
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As part of its Artemis program, NASA plans to send the first woman and next man to the lunar surface in 2024 and establish a sustainable presence there by the end of the decade.
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