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Asteroid Bennu’s Boulders Act as ‘Body Armour’ Against Against Small Meteoroids, Say Researchers

Scientists think that the boulders on the surface of Asteroid Bennu might be acting as a shield against meteoroids. When a meteoroid collides with Bennu, which is a rubber-pile asteroid formed from a much bigger asteroid, it ends up fracturing, chipping, or breaking apart the boulders. Impactors also create smaller craters on Bennu due to the…

Hogwarts Legacy Release Date, Gameplay, Features Revealed: All You Need to Know

Hogwarts Legacy will launch on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X consoles at the end of 2022. The launch schedule for the upcoming open world role-playing game, set at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, was revealed during a PlayStation State of Play livestream event held on March 18….

Study Reveals Connection Between Genetics and the Ability to Dance, Move in Sync With Music

Researchers have discovered that the ability to pick up the beat of a song or mere tapping to the music in sync has a genetic connection. In a new study, researchers from the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute worked with 23andMe using data from 6,00,000 research participants, to identify 69 genetic variants associated with beat synchronisation or the ability…

Scientists Use Retired Telescopes to Capture Intricate Images of Cosmic Dust and Clouds

Scientists have captured intricate details of cosmic dust and clouds in space, including the Andromeda galaxy (M31), Triangulum galaxy (M33), and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. In order to create images of the cosmic dust and clouds, researchers have relied on data from various retired missions such as the using the European Space Agency…

Over 500 ‘Lost’ Species of Terrestrial Vertebrates Missing for Decades Identified in New Study

An international study has identified 562 ‘lost’ terrestrial vertebrate species that are yet to be declared extinct. The list includes amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, found after examining data from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List) on 32,802 species. Most of the lost species identified by t…Read More