Poulami Nag

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Space Launch Complex 17 demolished to make way for Moon Express

According to NASA Spaceflight, the first ever successful launch from these launch towers took place in on September 20, 1957. Operations at the launch complex finally shut down officially in 2011, 55 years from its foundation.

Jul 14, 2018

July 2018: First time in a decade, 2 Atlantic hurricanes hit US same month

Chris, equipped with 60 mph wind, is currently located 215 miles away at the south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Jul 10, 2018

Endangered tag deleted from 2nd largest coral reef on Earth by UNESCO World Heritage body

The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System has been removed from the UNESCO World Heritage Center list of "World Heritage in Danger."

Jul 9, 2018

SpaceX planning a Falcon 9 rocket booster landing in California for the first time

This would be the first time ever that a Falcon 9 rocket will land on a new onshore recovery pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Jul 9, 2018

Microsoft fan starts petition to save the much-awaited Andromeda from being shelved

While Microsoft has announced and promised new tech in the past, they have also backed out from releasing the ones that were eagerly awaited. One Zachary Hinski took to Change.org to ensure Microsoft Andromeda doesn't meet with the same fate.

Jul 9, 2018

Mansplaining? Gaming industry up in arms as ArenaNet fires female writer over Twitter spat

ArenaNet fired writers from the team of Guild Wars 2 after one of them replied to a Twitter user's criticism. It was "mansplaining," which is an issue that she has had to deal with as a writer for years.

Jul 9, 2018

Expanding as ever, space is huge; Milky Way is just a tiny dot in there

Trying to calculate the size of our home galaxy in any earthly unit of measurement is absolutely meaningless, as the numbers would be too large to comprehend

Jul 8, 2018

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin wants to start setting up a human colony on moon by 2023

However, Blue Origin is not the one and only private firm that is looking to take the humans back to the moon and colonize it; several other players are also speeding up

Jul 7, 2018

Asteroid HQ124: Watch Huge Meteorite Fly by Earth Live Online (Representational Image)

Scientists may have actually found alien space rocks from under the ocean

Although the pair of rocks is tiny; they carry some features that connect them with a meteorite, which has managed to survive even after entering the Earth's atmosphere

Jul 7, 2018

New research finds the Missing Middle - How ancient civilization survived in Chaco Canyon

Researchers have found out that Chaco Canyon has proofs of fully built canals, which were essentially water-diversion channels constructed to help the agriculture

Jul 6, 2018

No forests, no flora, no fauna? This is Southeast Asia's deforestation effect

According to a report, 29.3 million hectares of forest land has been lost from 2000 to 2014. According to the research paper's lead author, one of the main reasons for a majority of this is destruction was to make way for farming land.

Jul 6, 2018

Lunar portrait taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst

ESA astronaut shares surreal picture of Earth's constant companion

ESA shared the image of the moon along with a post, which talks about how once again Earth's one and only natural satellite moon has become a focus for human exploration

Jul 5, 2018

Humanity's 'first-ever' spacecraft to touch sun is just a month away

The spacecraft has been named after an astrophysicist, Eugene Parker. This is the first time that NASA has named a spacecraft after a living person

Jul 5, 2018

Google is planning a smart city in Toronto and it sounds like those neighborhoods from future

Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, is essentially aiming to change how we look at a city.

Jul 4, 2018

World UFO Day 2018: A day to celebrate possibility of extraterrestrial neighbours (Pictures, video)

UFO hunter Haktan Akdogan had started this tradition of observing the World UFO Day in 2001 and this year it heralds a new finding of organic material to sustain life on one of these celestial bodies.

Jul 1, 2018

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Exoplanets found with stable climates, regular seasons; What else required to harbor life?

According to the scientists, both these plants are capable of harboring life as they probably have stable climates and regular seasons. The astronomers also believe that one of them is more or less similar in size as the Earth.

Jul 1, 2018

Scientists use single-pixel images of Earth to understand exoplanets better

The researchers were actually able to determine several facts about the planet from those single-pixel images; such as water clouds in the atmosphere and its rotation rate.

Jun 30, 2018

Google needs to buy every American a Google Home if they want to win over Amazon Echo, says analyst

In terms of services, Amazon owns the e-commerce empire, whereas the largest US retailer works with Google Assistant voice shopping

Jun 30, 2018

Warner Bros responds to Bethesda's lawsuit over Westworld mobile game

Warner Bros. has responded to Bethesda's lawsuit and said that Bethesda's claims are completely "unsubstantiated".

Jun 30, 2018

NASA delays James Webb Space Telescope launch once again

The James Webb Space Telescope is going to be the most complex and advanced imaging hardware that NASA has ever attempted to send to space

Jun 28, 2018

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Articles by Poulami Nag

Space Launch Complex 17 demolished to make way for Moon Express

July 2018: First time in a decade, 2 Atlantic hurricanes hit US same month

Endangered tag deleted from 2nd largest coral reef on Earth by UNESCO World Heritage body

SpaceX planning a Falcon 9 rocket booster landing in California for the first time

Microsoft fan starts petition to save the much-awaited Andromeda from being shelved

Mansplaining? Gaming industry up in arms as ArenaNet fires female writer over Twitter spat

Expanding as ever, space is huge; Milky Way is just a tiny dot in there

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin wants to start setting up a human colony on moon by 2023

Scientists may have actually found alien space rocks from under the ocean

New research finds the Missing Middle - How ancient civilization survived in Chaco Canyon

No forests, no flora, no fauna? This is Southeast Asia's deforestation effect

ESA astronaut shares surreal picture of Earth's constant companion

Humanity's 'first-ever' spacecraft to touch sun is just a month away

Google is planning a smart city in Toronto and it sounds like those neighborhoods from future

World UFO Day 2018: A day to celebrate possibility of extraterrestrial neighbours (Pictures, video)

Exoplanets found with stable climates, regular seasons; What else required to harbor life?

Scientists use single-pixel images of Earth to understand exoplanets better

Google needs to buy every American a Google Home if they want to win over Amazon Echo, says analyst

Warner Bros responds to Bethesda's lawsuit over Westworld mobile game

NASA delays James Webb Space Telescope launch once again

Ranveer Singh touches Sanjay Leela Bhansali's feet; Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari radiate in ethnic outfits at reception

Omar lambasts "arrogant" Congress after BJP's historic victory; Mehbooba reacts [details]

BJP leads in 53 seats, crosses majority mark in Chhattisgarh

Ranbir Kapoor's fans burst crackers inside theatres during Animal screening; fans say 'low budget Salman Khan' fans'