Fifth Largest Piece Of Moon Goes For Sale At $2.5 Million

The moon rock, weighing over 13.5 kg, was probably struck off the surface of the moon by a collision with an asteroid or comet and then showered down on the Sahara desert.

As People Stay Home, Air Pollution In North India At 20-Year Low: NASA

Air pollution over northern India has plummeted to a 20-year-low for this time of the year, according to satellite data published by US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The US space agency's satellite sensors observed aerosol levels at a 20-year low post the countrywide lockdown, implemented to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

"We knew we would see changes in atmospheric composition in many places during the lockdown," said Pawan Gupta, a Universities Space Research Association (USRA) scientist at NASA''s Marshall Space Flight Center. "But I have never seen aerosol values so low in the Indo-Gangetic Plain at this time of year," added Mr Gupta.

Have We Found The New Earth? This New Planet Has The Right Conditions to Hold Water

Usng re-analysed data from NASAs Kepler space telescope, a team of scientists has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water. Out of all the exoplanets found by Kepler, this distant world -- located 300 light-years from Earth -- is most similar to Earth in size and estimated temperature, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. This newly revealed world is only 1.06 times larger than our own planet. Also, the amount of starlight it receives from its host star is 75 per cent of the amount of light Earth receives from our Sun -- meaning the exoplanet's temperature may be similar to our planet's, as well.

Prayer - A Poem by Venkatesh M.R.

The dance of global pandemic is rampant
Causing harm that one could never dream
People to be free like birds in tree
Let us pray for the almighty thee.

Young and old shiver with fright
Not knowing what to do is right
So let god bless us with light
When we fight the virus with all the might.

To see the day once again
Where we are free from sufferings and pain
Living our lives like birds once again
Singing his glory in life’s mountains and plains.