Science-&-Innovation
Mini Mercury skips across sun's vast glare in rare transit
Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit.
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China to meet challenges of exploring asteroid, comet
Chinese space engineers are tackling the key technologies needed to explore a near-Earth asteroid and a main-belt comet with one space probe.
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Brazil plans to create 8 AI labs
The Brazilian government on Monday announced a plan to build eight artificial intelligence (AI) labs across the country.
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Wine cellar in space: 12 bottles arrive for year of aging
A dozen bottles of fine French wine arrived at the space station Monday, not for the astronauts, but for science.
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U.S. engineers develop two-legged, teleoperated robot that mimics human balance
Engineers in the United States have developed a method to control balance in a two-legged, remotely controlled robot, which may in the future carry out high-impact tasks in challenging environments.
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China's lunar rover travels over 300 meters on moon's far side
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 318.62 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory.
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China launches new Earth observation satellite
China on Sunday launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-7, which will play an important role in land surveying and mapping, urban and rural construction and statistical investigation, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
6 years ago
China launches new Earth observation satellite
China on Sunday launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-7, which will play an important role in land surveying and mapping, urban and rural construction and statistical investigation, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
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Researchers find ancient bird in dinosaur-era amber
An international team of researchers have discovered an amber containing an ancient bird dating back around 100 million years.
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India to make second attempt of soft landing on Moon: ISRO chief
India will make its second attempt to carry out soft landing on the Lunar surface in the near future, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K. Sivan on Saturday in the capital.
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