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Hubble Clicks Two Galaxies Merging for the First Time

This image, taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the galaxy NGC 6052, located around 230 million light-years away in the constellation of Hercules. It would…





Twitter Updates Rules to Stop Abusive Behaviour Online

San Francisco, Dec 30 (IANS) In a fresh bid to combat abusive behaviour, micro-blogging site Twitter is revising its rules to tackle hateful conduct including spreading of terror messages online. “We believe that protection from…



Facebook Testing Multiple News Feeds on Mobile

New York, Dec 30 (IANS) Facebook is testing multiple, topic-based feeds on its mobile app in place of one main News Feed, according to a media report. “People have told us they’d like new options…



IIT, IISC Faculty Slam Facebook’s Free Basics

Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Academicians from India’s premier institutes IITs and IISc have slammed Facebook’s Free Basics initiative, terming it “flawed” and “misleading”. In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, around 50 faculty members from…








NASA Captures Boulders on Martian Landslide

Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured a massive landslide on Mars, showing a boulder-covered landslide along a canyon wall. The landslide was relatively fresh as many individual boulders stood above the…


China Launches HD Earth Observation Satellite

Beijing, Dec 29 (IANS) China on Tuesday launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the country’s high-definition (HD) earth observation project, Xinhua reported. Gaofen-4 was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre…