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Earth-sized Exoplanets are Rocky Worlds, Reveals a Study

A new study has confirmed that two potentially habitable planets in nearby system are actually rocky worlds. In May this year, scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Liège, and other schools announced the discovery of a planetary system hosting three potentially habitable planets. These scientists used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to catch […]

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Tiangong-1 – China’s First Space Station – is Likely to Crash Back to Earth

Tiangong-1, China’s first space station, could make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere sooner than expected, an amateur astronomer has warned. Tiangong-1, nicknamed —was launched from the Jiuquan launch centre in Gansu province in September 2011. Chinese space agency had planned to bring down the station into the ocean in a controlled crash, but it […]

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Now You Can Use Facebook’s New Multilingual Composer to Post in Several Languages at Once

Facebook has played an important role in lessening the geographical distance between people around the world. Now the world’s largest social network has launched its new “multilingual composer” that will let users compose a single post that will appear in multiple languages on Facebook. Other users will be able to see that post in their […]

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Prehistoric Tombs may Have Worked as Telescopes for Early European Communities

Prehistoric humans may have used 6000-year-old passage graves as underground observatories to spot faint stars, suggests a new study carried out by researchers from University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Nottingham Trent University. Passage graves are underground tombs, scattered across Europe, and made by early European communities to bury the dead. These tombs were […]

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Instagram Hits a New Milestone of 500 Million Users

Facebook’s Instagram has hit a new milestone in its history by crossing the 500 million user mark. In a blog post, Instagram revealed that over 80% of its users are now based outside the U.S. “Today, we’re excited to announce our community has grown to more than 500 million Instagrammers — more than 300 million […]

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Iceland’s Hekla Volcano Could Erupt at Any Minute, Warns Expert from the University of Iceland

Pressure readings within Iceland’s Hekla volcano are alarming and suggest that this volcano – dubbed ‘Gateway to hell’ – could blow in any minute, an expert from the University of Iceland has warned. Hekla volcano is located in South Iceland and is believed to have erupted about 20 times since 870 AD. The volcano erupted […]