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It is reportedly said that these embryo-like structures are at the very earliest stages of human development. They, however, do not have a beating heart or a brain. But scientists say they could one day help advance the understanding of genetic diseases or the causes of miscarriages.

The winning entry in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) is a human-powered rover designed for manned missions to the Moon and Mars by the BITS Pilani students. In the competition, the group "Inspired Karters Gravity" won first place for the Project Review Award.

It is high time that Prof CS Unnikrishnan's Cosmic Relativity theory is discussed by the Physics community in India without any prejudices, says Prof V P N Nampoori

A penumbral eclipse will occur in the skies across India on Friday as the Sun, Moon, and Earth align in a straight line.The lunar eclipse will be seen in the eastern half of Africa, and most of Asia along with Australia and New Zealand. Check out all details here.

A latest study revealed that a dangerous, rare yeast pathogen behind two outbreaks in a neonatal intensive care unit in Delhi is evolving quickly, and is highly resistant to disinfectants commonly used in hospital rooms.

The Federal Aviation Administration of the US government has initiated an inquiry into the launch of the Starship Super Heavy, which exploded minutes after it lifted off. The mission was termed a successful failure by SpaceX.

In ISRO’s third launch of the year, the organisation launched the PSLV-C55 mission carrying two Singaporean satellites. The passenger satellite took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, at 14.19 hours on April 22.
 

The US Department of Defense, which is monitoring the satellite, expects the 660-pound spacecraft to re-enter the atmosphere at approximately 9:30 p.m. EDT (7 a.m. IST) on Wednesday, but the timings can vary.

Every eye colour is determined by variations in people's genes, with eye colour directly related to the amount of melanin in the iris’s front layer. The HERC2 gene is found in the millions of blue-eyed people around the world.

The Mission aims at studying all three moons, but special attention will be given to Ganymede -- the biggest moon in our solar system, surpassing the sizes of Pluto and Mercury, and the sole moon that has the ability to produce its own magnetic field, says Girish Linganna