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NASA New Horizons spacecraft returns stunning images of previously unseen 'parallax effect'
Trendingdesk •The spacecraft has observed how Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359 appear in different positions than when observed from Earth than deep space.
NSF's Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope reveals Sun's surface in closest detail
•Hot plasma can be seen, rising, cooling off and sinking below the surface in dark lanes, in a process called convection.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai finds astrophysicist's viral post about scoring zero marks in exam 'inspiring'; Twitter responds to thread
Trendingdesk •As 26-year-old astrophysicist Sarafina Nance's thread went viral, Google CEO Sundar Pichai took notice of it and retweeted it, saying that it was 'inspiring'
Black Hole event horizon gets a warm welcome from Twitterati with memes galore
Tech2 News Staff •While the entire world was amused by this big reveal, millennials quickly got some memes rolling.
Black hole event horizon: This is the first image of a black hole captured using a global network of telescopes
•The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project studied the black hole at the center of the Messier 87 galaxy.
Astronomers detect for the first time a signal from stars emerging in the early universe
Ians •The astronomers made the discovery with their Experiment to Detect the Global EoR (Epoch of Reionization) Signature (EDGES) project.
India pips US, China and European Union, tops in producing science and engineering grads, says report
•India accounts for one-fourth of the estimated 7.5 million bachelor in science and engineering degrees awarded across the world in 2014, a report has said
Two Penn State professors receive $300,000 to develop technology to tackle fake news
Tech2 News Staff •The professors plan to investigate "characteristic indicators of fake news" and develop complex formulas that will enable digital devices to recognize them.
Asteroid Florence to pass safely at a distance of seven million km from Earth: NASA
Ians •Florence will brighten to ninth magnitude in late August and early September, when it will be visible in small telescopes for several nights.
Cabinet clears MoUs to be signed with US during Modi visit
Fp Archives •Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said India favoured good relations with the US and the decisions taken today are a pointer in this direction.