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Famous dinosaur Dippy begins its grand journey in United Kingdom
Dippy, the 70ft-long skeleton replica of Diplodocus carnegii species, is quietly waiting for an escape for more than a century at United Kingdom’s one of the most prestigious — Natural History Museum (NHM). Dippy was housed in the museum since 1905, lived about 145-156 million years ago close to the end of the Jurassic period, and debuted […]
Watch breathtaking pics of Jupiter shot by NASA Juno during tenth science orbit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Juno spacecraft has shot amazing images of the Jupiter during the tenth science orbit of the gas giant, revealed scientists at the US space agency. The remarkable feat was achieved during Juno probe’s 11th close flyby of Jupiter where the spacecraft made the closest approach at 6:36 a.m. PST (9:36 a.m. […]
Amidst The Most Anticipated Falcon Heavy Launch, Backlash & Controversies Have Emerged
Elon Musk, a billionaire Entrepreneur kicked off his dream for commercial space travel a few years ago and has accomplished several milestones towards it. February 6 marks the launch of first Falcon Heavy rocket in its array. It is the second heaviest rocket after Apollo 11. The successful launch was made on Feb 6th from […]
Sue, the most iconic T.rex, starts shifting to her new home at the Chicago Field Museum
World’s largest dinosaur fossil, Sue, is shifting to a new home to make room for a new, extremely large, dinosaur. Sue, the most iconic dinosaur, is currently residing at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Sue is a famous dinosaur across the world and has been the center of attraction for millions of children […]
Ancient Arachnids with tails could be linked to modern spiders
The fossilised remains of ancient arachnids beautifully preserved in the amber located in Myanmar reveals a lot about the ancient Earth dwellers. Researchers confirmed that these arachnids flaunted a tail, unlike their modern relatives. These ancient spiders belong to the species Chimerarachne yingi that thrived on the Earth’s surface during that Cretaceous period around hundred […]
Earth is changing its magnetic poles gradually, ESA warns
European Space Agency, in a new research, found that our planet is interchanging its magnetic poles gradually. Studying the reported data, scientists from ESA observed 15 percent decline in Earth’s magnetic field in last 200 years and is shifting 5 percent per year per decade, which indicates that a polar flip is on the cards. The […]
Ancient tools discovered in India might push back the date of human exit from Africa
Some latest discoveries have led the scientists to scratch their heads regarding the exact time Homo sapiens left Africa. Recent findings of a series of stone tools in the southern periphery of India has led to the rise of the fact that homo sapiens could have left Africa much earlier than it was predicted previously. […]
The Chandrayaan 2 Mission: Next big target Of ISRO
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is now working all possible ways and leaving no stones unturned to make the Chandrayaan-2 mission hit the success stone. The Indian space agency targets to successfully launch the very first lunar rover on the surface of the moon by the end of March 2018 which, during its journey, would capture […]
NASA accidentally discovers largest pool of dinosaur tracks in its own backyard
As a wonderful follow up to the discoveries of prehistoric creatures, as many as 70 tracks of around 8 such creatures have been discovered in the backyard of the federal agency, NASA by a dinosaur-track expert named Ray Stanford. Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland unknowingly housed the footprints of all these creatures […]