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NASA plans to scatter its asteroid among the agency’s partners worldwide

The US space agency NASA's first asteroid-capture mission to the space rock Bennu is getting all set for September 8 launch, and researchers have anticipated its return on September 24, 2023, over seven years from now. But it's the time to decide who will take the asteroid on return.

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Astronomers uncover previously unknown objects in outer reaches of Solar System

The US astronomers have found previously unknown objects in the suburbs of the Solar System. The newly found objects include an icy body accompanied by an object that drags it so much away from the Sun, probably making it influenced by other stars’ gravity.

Astronomers made the discovery while an initiative to locate a probable ninth planet, whose existence has been an indirect incident.

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A first in 20 years: Two blue whales Enter New Hampshire Coast

It is not common to spot blue whales in waters off the coast of New Hampshire. On Friday, the uncommon view became possible when two blue whales were seen in the area water. Spotting one is unusual, but there were two whales seen together for the first time in last 20 years.

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Harvard team creates a robot entirely opposite to common view of a robot

A team at Harvard University has come up with a revolutionary robot that isn’t a metallic, expensive machine but a wireless, battery less and created for pennies by a 3-D printer.

The appearance of the robot named Octobot is similar to a small octopus. Scientists have made it to imitate the slithery creature to enter into cracks and closed narrow places to function ideally as a rescue robot.

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Hawaii gets World's Largest Marine Reserve

On August 26, US President Barack Obama made the size of a marine reserve off the coast of Hawaii four times, creating the biggest marine protected area in the world.

With the expansion, the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, present in the waters around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands,has got 442,781 square miles, a region about four times as huge as California.

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If life exists beyond Earth, could Proxima system be a place to find it?

Astronomers have found a potentially Earth-like planet in the livable zone of our nearest star, Proxima Centauri. The discovery has brought into limelight one of the biggestscience mysteries: Existence of life outside our world? And if yes, whether Proxima system could be a place to look out for it?

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Eastern Monarch butterflies embark on a big journey to Mexico

Eastern Monarch butterflies recently embarked on a journey of a lifetime by setting off to Mexico. The more than two thousand miles journey may be long and ruthless, filled with many difficulties, but it is crucial for the species’ survival.

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Hot summer this year could longer ragweed allergy season

Ragweed season starts every year as summer ends. People in America begin suffering from hay fever. But this year is going to be worse for allergy prone people. Ragweed allergy is caused by the plant as it flowers and release pollens into the atmosphere and when you breathe in the pollen, there you get allergies. As the temperature soars, the condition becomes perfect for more number of pollens to emerge leading to more allergies.

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