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Human ancestors were near extinction some 900,000 years ago, says study

A study published on Thursday claims that human ancestors teetered on the brink of extinction over 900,000 years ago. Based on a new method of analysis, scientists found that our ancestors survived in a group of less than 1,300 individuals.

France 24

Readers reply: what would happen to Earth if it were to cool, rather than heat, by 1.5C?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK

Science This Week | India launches Aditya-L1 to study the sun, Pragyan rover safely parked and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

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Why Do Almost Half of Moon Missions Fail? Here’s Why Space Is Still So Risky

In 2019, India attempted to land a spacecraft on the Moon – and ended up painting a kilometres-long streak of debris on its barren surface.

Inverse

Aditya-L1 sun mission: First earth-bound manoeuvre successful, satellite healthy

Aditya-L1 spacecraft which was lifted successfully to study the Sun made its first earth-bound manoeuvre on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Aditya-L1 ‘healthy’ in new orbit: ISRO

ISRO said Aditya-L1's first Earth-bound maneuvre successful, satellite healthy and operating nominally. ISTRAC in Bengaluru performed the maneuvre; satellite to undergo 5 maneuvres to gain velocity for its journey to L1 Lagrange point.

The Hindu

India's moon rover completes its walk, scientists analyzing data looking for signs of frozen water.

India’s space mission says the moon rover has completed its walk on the lunar surface and been put into sleep mode less than two weeks after its historic landing near the lunar south pole

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‘Everybody has a Qantas horror story’: run of negative headlines brings Flying Kangaroo down to earth

Alan Joyce’s airline portrayed itself as a second home for passengers, but as complaints soar is the brand now toxic?

The Guardian - AU

When Elon Musk’s ‘flying sofas’ give Ukraine internet access, we can’t sit comfortably

The Starlink system has been vital to Zelenskiy’s forces, but it can’t be good to have a volatile billionaire playing a crucial role in a major European war

The Guardian - UK

First earth-bound firing to raise Aditya-L1 orbit tomorrow: ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation on Saturday said that the first earth-bound firing to raise the Aditya-L1 orbit is scheduled for September 3 around 11:45 hours. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody’s in charge of cleaning it up

With more countries landing on the Moon, people back on Earth will have to think about what happens to all the landers, waste and miscellaneous debris left on the lunar surface and in orbit

The Hindu

Indian rocket blasts off to place observatory on orbit around Sun

India launched its maiden expedition to the Sun just days after landing a spacecraft on the Moon to mark the South Asian power’s rapid ascend as a space-faring nation.

Radio France Internationale

Inside the making of Starfield — one of the biggest stories ever told

Starfield's story shoots for the stars. How much players like it will have big consequences here on Earth.

WEKU

India launches rocket towards the sun after successful moon lander mission

India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, a week after the country’s successful unmanned moon landing.

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The Hindu

Aditya-L1 lifts off to study the sun

About 63 minutes after take-off, the separation from the satellite took place with the PSLV launching the Aditya-L1 spacecraft in a highly eccentric orbit around Earth at 12.53 p.m.

The Hindu

PM Narendra Modi congratulates ISRO on successful launch of solar mission Aditya-L1

ISRO launched India’s ambitious solar mission Aditya-L1, after its successful lunar expedition Chandrayaan 3.

The Guardian - UK

Why does the moon change shape and why are cheetahs fast? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

Al Jazeera

India launches rocket to observe sun days after historic moon landing

India’s space agency launches rocket to study the sun a little over a week after historic landing on moon’s south pole.

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Inverse

Astronomers Discover a Weird Exoplanet Denser Than Steel

A new study in the journal Nature describes an exoplanet denser than steel, and its dramatic origin story.

Barchart

Volatility Increases for Hyped AI Stocks

Several stocks that surged following the initial hype over artificial intelligence (AI) hype have come back to earth. Other stocks caught up in the AI craze may also see an increase in volatility as the market shakes out winners and losers in the sector. The volatility highlights the risks for...

The Guardian - UK

Labour must be bold enough to back a wealth tax

Letters: Tom Wilson wonders how on earth the shadow chancellor plans to fix broken public services without raising taxes, while Kim Loader says many people want a fairer system. Plus letters from Bernie Evans and Colin Hines

Inverse

Humans Could Be Playing Soccer on the Moon in 15 Years — But Should We?

The first lunar football match could kick off as soon as the year 2038, according to a panel of scientists from The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

The Times of India

Study attributes these two climatic factors for heart diseases

Rising extreme weather events have created havoc in our daily lives. They are disrupting our food cycle and destroying our habitats. They are exacerbating already prevalent diseases and even giving rise to new and more dangerous variants of vector-borne diseases. According to a recent American Heart Association study, air pollution…

The Guardian - UK

‘A big responsibility’: astronaut from UAE on longest ever Arab space mission

Sultan al-Neyadi has taken images of Middle East and Gulf from ISS while on six-month record-breaking mission

The Hindu

Indian-American scientist hopes to be first woman to make stratospheric jump in 2025

An Indian-American scientist, Swati Varshney, is one of the three skydivers who is set to prepare for the first-ever jump from the stratosphere by a woman hoping to break the world record.

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