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7 places where the sun never sets
1+ week, 2+ day ago (376+ words) Imagine watching the clock strike midnight while the sky still glows like late afternoon. In some parts of the world, this surreal phenomenon is not fiction but a seasonal reality. Known as the Midnight Sun or polar day, it occurs…...
Oldest selfies ever taken
2+ week, 5+ day ago (128+ words) The Indian Express Oldest selfies ever taken Here's a list of the oldest selfies to ever exist. Hippolyte Bayard (1840): Bayard staged a dramatic self-portrait titled Self-Portrait as a Drowned Man, making it one of the earliest conceptual and political selfies....
Billion-tonne plasma cloud blazing towards Earth: Solar flare expected today | World News
2+ week, 1+ day ago (25+ words) The explosion on the Sun's surface, which launched the cloud, originated from Region 4461 and was categorised as an M1. 8 mid-range solar flare....
Rare Sahara meteorite may reveal a lost planet from early solar system
2+ week, 5+ day ago (26+ words) New analysis of the space rock, named NWA 12774, reveals high-pressure mineral crystals that could only have formed inside a massive, Moon-sized planetary body....
Uranus and Neptune may not be true "ice giants," new research suggests
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (303+ words) For decades, scientists have classified Uranus and Neptune as "ice giants" " massive outer planets believed to contain large amounts of icy material beneath their atmospheres. But new research is challenging that long-held understanding, suggesting the two planets may contain far…...
Pixxel, Sarvam to launch India's first orbital data centre satellite for AI training | Technology News
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (240+ words) As part of the partnership, Pixxel said it will design, build, launch, and operate the Pathfinder satellite while Sarvam will handle AI model training and inference....
NASA's Curiosity rover detects organic molecules on Mars: "Building blocks of life'
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (410+ words) The Curiosity rover, part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, has found a mix of organic molegules on Mars. This includes chemicals that are considered to be the "building blocks of life. Of the 21 carbon-containing molecules in the sample, seven…...
AI helps astronomers spot 100 unseen planets beyond our solar system
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (452+ words) Using data from Nasa's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess), scientists have found more than 100 planets previously unknown. These planets are outside of our solar system. The discovery was made possible through artificial intelligence, which analysed existing data. Alongside the confirmed…...