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Chernobyl Fungi as Shield Against Cosmic Rays for Deep-Space Missions 

In 1986, the 4th unit of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (erstwhile Soviet Union) suffered massive fire and steam explosion. The unprecedented accident released over 5% of the radioactive...

Dark Matter in the Centre of our Home Galaxy 

Fermi telescope made clean observation of excess γ-ray emission at the centre of our home galaxy which appeared non-spherical and flattened. Referred as Galactic...

NISAR: The New Radar in Space for Precision Mapping of Earth  

NISAR (acronym for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar or NASA-ISRO SAR), a joint collaborative mission of NASA and ISRO, was successfully launched into space on...

Vera Rubin: New Image of Andromeda (M31) Released in Tribute 

Study of Andromeda by Vera Rubin enriched our knowledge of galaxies, led to discovery of dark matter and transformed understanding of the universe. To...

What will happen to our home galaxy Milky Way in future? 

In about six billion years from now, our home galaxy Milky Way (MW) and the neighbouring Andromeda galaxy (M 31) will collide and merge...

JWST’s Deep Field Observations Contravene Cosmological Principle

James Webb Space Telescope’s deep field observations under JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) unequivocally show that most of the galaxies rotate in direction...

Long-chain Hydrocarbons Detected on Mars  

An analysis of existing rock sample inside Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, a mini laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover has revealed presence of the...

SpaceX Crew-9 Return to Earth with Astronauts of Boeing Starliner 

SpaceX Crew-9, the nineth crew transportation flight from International Space Station (ISS) under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) provided by the private company SpaceX has...

How Male Octopus Avoid Being Cannibalised by Female  

Researchers have discovered that some male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a novel defence mechanism to avoid being cannibalised by the hungry females during reproduction....

SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions Launched  

NASA’s SPHEREx & PUNCH Missions were launched into space together on 11March 2025 abroad a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History...

How Far Human Civilisation is Detectable in Space 

Earth’s most detectable techno-signatures are the planetary radar transmissions from the erstwhile Arecibo Observatory. The Arecibo message could be detected up to about 12,000...

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Chernobyl Fungi as Shield Against Cosmic Rays for Deep-Space Missions 

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