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NASA’s 2024 Solar Eclipse Studies Offer Key Insights on Sun-Earth Interactions
NASA’s April 8, 2024, solar eclipse studies highlight the Sun's effects on Earth’s atmosphere, including corona changes, ionospheric impacts, and atmospheric gravity waves. Data from citizen scientists and research teams deepened the understanding of these interactions, as presented during the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting. Key fi...
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Father and Daughter Decode Mysterious Signal From Space: What Does It Mean?
In 2023, a cosmic puzzle was decoded by a father-daughter team of citizen scientists. The message, originating from Mars, reveals five amino acids. While the project simulated an extraterrestrial transmission, the meaning of these amino acids remains uncertain. Could they represent life? Or perhaps something more? This fascinating puzzle has ignite...
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NASA’s Juno Probe Captures Stunning Views of Jupiter’s Storms and Moon Amalthea
NASA’s Juno probe captured vibrant, high-contrast images of Jupiter’s stormy atmosphere and an up-close view of its moon, Amalthea, during the spacecraft’s 66th flyby on October 23. The images were processed by citizen scientists, enhancing the colours to showcase Jupiter’s unique cloud formations and highlighting details of Amalthea agains...
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Putin Orders Russian Scientists To Urgently Develop An 'Anti-Ageing' Cure: Report
Russian Health Ministry senta letter to research institutes, asking doctors to urgently develop proposals aimed at preserving the health and well-being of Russian citizens.
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Comet, Asteroid, Or Something Else? NASA Detects Mysterious Object Hurtling Through Space At 1 Million Miles Per Hour
Moving at a mind-boggling speed of 1 million miles per hour, this unidentified object is racing through the vast expanse of space.
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NASA Citizen Scientists Discover Mysterious Object Moving out of Milky Way at an Extremely High Speed
On August 15, 2024, NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project, featuring the contributions of dedicated citizen scientists, made a groundbreaking discovery: an object moving at an astonishing speed of 1 million miles per hour, which will soon escape the gravitational pull of the Milky Way. This hypervelocity object, catalogued as CWISE J124909.08+...
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"No Dream Is Too Big": Indian Woman Who Helped NASA Mars Rover Mission Shares Her Journey
"From getting my PhD at MIT to knocking 100s of doors to get hired full-time at NASA, nothing came easy," Dr Akshata Krishnamurthy said.
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Citizen Scientist Shares Incredible Image of Jupiter Under the Shadow of Its Biggest Moon
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured the phenomenon during its 20th flyby in May 2019
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NASA’s Juno Mission Shares Stunning Images of Jupiter and Its Moon Ganymede
NASA's Juno mission has captured the crescent shape of Jupiter that can never be captured from telescopes on Earth's surface
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Citizen Scientists Find Exoplanet Three Times the Size of Jupiter: NASA
Volunteers interested in astronomy and curious about celestial objects have helped NASA find a super giant planet outside our solar system. This exoplanet is three times the size of Jupiter and located about 379 light-years away from Earth.
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India Biodiversity Portal Is Documenting Every Species in the Country and Everyone Can Take Part
The India Biodiversity Portal has evolved over the years to enable citizen scientists around the country to identify and preserve details of the country's rich biodiversity. Everyone can take part, and more than 58,000 species have been documented so far.
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SeasonWatch Is an Indian Initiative to Track Climate Change by Observing Trees
SeasonWatch is a citizen science project aimed at understanding the seasonality of trees, and the effects of climate change on this seasonality, across India. Students from more than 1200 schools and more than 1100 interested individuals contribute weekly information on tree species that are commonly found across the country.
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PM Modi Announces National Digital Health Mission With ID for Every Citizen
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled an ambitious National Digital Health Mission under which every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services and also announced that the country plans to produce COVID-19 vaccines on a mass scale once scientists give a green signal.
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Iran Warns Citizens Against Visiting US, Issues Travel Advisory
Iran warned its citizens, particularly scientists, on Tuesday not to visit America, saying Iranians there were subjected to arbitrary and lengthy detention in inhuman conditions.
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Over 1,000 Scientists, Scholars Sign Statement Against Citizenship Bill
Nearly 1,000 scientists and scholars - from diverse fields and institutes - have signed an open statement, as "concerned citizens", to express their concerns over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to be tabled in parliament today
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NASA’s 2024 Solar Eclipse Studies Offer Key Insights on Sun-Earth Interactions
NASA’s April 8, 2024, solar eclipse studies highlight the Sun's effects on Earth’s atmosphere, including corona changes, ionospheric impacts, and atmospheric gravity waves. Data from citizen scientists and research teams deepened the understanding of these interactions, as presented during the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting. Key fi...
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Father and Daughter Decode Mysterious Signal From Space: What Does It Mean?
In 2023, a cosmic puzzle was decoded by a father-daughter team of citizen scientists. The message, originating from Mars, reveals five amino acids. While the project simulated an extraterrestrial transmission, the meaning of these amino acids remains uncertain. Could they represent life? Or perhaps something more? This fascinating puzzle has ignite...
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NASA’s Juno Probe Captures Stunning Views of Jupiter’s Storms and Moon Amalthea
NASA’s Juno probe captured vibrant, high-contrast images of Jupiter’s stormy atmosphere and an up-close view of its moon, Amalthea, during the spacecraft’s 66th flyby on October 23. The images were processed by citizen scientists, enhancing the colours to showcase Jupiter’s unique cloud formations and highlighting details of Amalthea agains...
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Putin Orders Russian Scientists To Urgently Develop An 'Anti-Ageing' Cure: Report
Russian Health Ministry senta letter to research institutes, asking doctors to urgently develop proposals aimed at preserving the health and well-being of Russian citizens.
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Comet, Asteroid, Or Something Else? NASA Detects Mysterious Object Hurtling Through Space At 1 Million Miles Per Hour
Moving at a mind-boggling speed of 1 million miles per hour, this unidentified object is racing through the vast expanse of space.
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NASA Citizen Scientists Discover Mysterious Object Moving out of Milky Way at an Extremely High Speed
On August 15, 2024, NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project, featuring the contributions of dedicated citizen scientists, made a groundbreaking discovery: an object moving at an astonishing speed of 1 million miles per hour, which will soon escape the gravitational pull of the Milky Way. This hypervelocity object, catalogued as CWISE J124909.08+...
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"No Dream Is Too Big": Indian Woman Who Helped NASA Mars Rover Mission Shares Her Journey
"From getting my PhD at MIT to knocking 100s of doors to get hired full-time at NASA, nothing came easy," Dr Akshata Krishnamurthy said.
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Citizen Scientist Shares Incredible Image of Jupiter Under the Shadow of Its Biggest Moon
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured the phenomenon during its 20th flyby in May 2019
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NASA’s Juno Mission Shares Stunning Images of Jupiter and Its Moon Ganymede
NASA's Juno mission has captured the crescent shape of Jupiter that can never be captured from telescopes on Earth's surface
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Citizen Scientists Find Exoplanet Three Times the Size of Jupiter: NASA
Volunteers interested in astronomy and curious about celestial objects have helped NASA find a super giant planet outside our solar system. This exoplanet is three times the size of Jupiter and located about 379 light-years away from Earth.
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India Biodiversity Portal Is Documenting Every Species in the Country and Everyone Can Take Part
The India Biodiversity Portal has evolved over the years to enable citizen scientists around the country to identify and preserve details of the country's rich biodiversity. Everyone can take part, and more than 58,000 species have been documented so far.
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SeasonWatch Is an Indian Initiative to Track Climate Change by Observing Trees
SeasonWatch is a citizen science project aimed at understanding the seasonality of trees, and the effects of climate change on this seasonality, across India. Students from more than 1200 schools and more than 1100 interested individuals contribute weekly information on tree species that are commonly found across the country.
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PM Modi Announces National Digital Health Mission With ID for Every Citizen
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled an ambitious National Digital Health Mission under which every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services and also announced that the country plans to produce COVID-19 vaccines on a mass scale once scientists give a green signal.
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Iran Warns Citizens Against Visiting US, Issues Travel Advisory
Iran warned its citizens, particularly scientists, on Tuesday not to visit America, saying Iranians there were subjected to arbitrary and lengthy detention in inhuman conditions.
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Over 1,000 Scientists, Scholars Sign Statement Against Citizenship Bill
Nearly 1,000 scientists and scholars - from diverse fields and institutes - have signed an open statement, as "concerned citizens", to express their concerns over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to be tabled in parliament today
