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  India unveils spacecraft for moon-landing mission

  Agence France-Presse . Banglalore | Updated at 04:11pm on June 12, 2019

  India on Wednesday unveiled a spacecraft which is expected to take off for the moon next month, making the country only the fourth to achieve...

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  Plant extinction ‘bad news for all species’

  New Age Desk | Updated at 12:10am on June 12, 2019

  Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in the last 250 years, according to a comprehensive study, reports BBConline. The number is based on actual extinctions rather than estimates, and is...

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  Scientists edit chicken genes

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:36am on June 04, 2019

  Scientists in Britain have used gene-editing techniques to stop bird flu spreading in chicken cells grown in a lab — a key step towards making genetically-altered...

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  NASA dubs 2024 Moon mission ‘Artemis,’ asks for $1.6 billion

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 03:10pm on May 14, 2019

  NASA’s next mission to the Moon will be called Artemis, the US space agency announced Monday, though it’s still looking for the money to make the...

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  The Moon is shrinking: study

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 01:07pm on May 14, 2019

  The Moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter...

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  First ever black hole poses for photo session

  Reuters . Washington | Updated at 11:01am on April 11, 2019

  Using a global network of telescopes to see ‘the unseeable,’ an international scientific team on Wednesday announced a milestone in astrophysics - the first-ever photo...

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  SpaceX launches unmanned US space capsule to space station

  Reuters . Cape Canaveral | Updated at 02:46pm on March 02, 2019

  A SpaceX rocket with a newly designed unmanned crew capsule blasted off on Saturday for the International Space Station, in a key milestone for...