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From meteor showers to Neptune at opposition: List of celestial events in September to watch out for

On 22 September the season officially changes and it marks the point where earth experiences equal lengths of day and night.

High-tide flooding and how a moon wobble may put US coastline at risk in the mid-2030s

There is a concern that a leap in flood numbers on almost all US mainland coastlines, Hawaii and Guam and only the far northern coastlines, including Alaska’s, may be spared

Human ancestor Ardi may have 'swung from trees' like chimps till 4.4 mn years ago

A huge evolutionary leap was found between the hands of Ardi, and all later hominins, indicating a critical time for human evolution.

Survivor planet found orbiting a white dwarf closely in data from TESS, Spitzer telescopes

The discovery suggests that planets may actually be capable of surviving the formation of a white dwarf.

Oceans around the world have captured 10 percent of global carbon emission, new study suggests

The researchers part of the study calculated a time history of ocean-atmosphere CO2 fluxes (or movement) from 1992 to 2018.

3D scans unearth details about life, deaths of 2,000-year-old Egyptian animal mummies

Used micro CT scanning for the first time to study mummification, researchers learned how and when the animals were killed.

Possibility of life higher below surface of Mars, space radiation may act as catalyst, study suggests

While conditions are considered less harsh and traces of water have also been found, the subsurface has yet to be fully-explored.

Seismic waves used to 'see' chemical reactions underground, may protect water quality: Study

Researchers managed to see under the surface to assess chemical reactions that alter the quality of groundwater.

Extreme fungus from Chernobyl under study for use in protective shields against space radiation

Scientists have theorised that these organisms could serve as radiation shields for future astronauts on long-distance missions.

Asteroid 2020 ND expected to pass Earth at dizzying speed of 48,000 kmph at 8.43 pm IST

The asteroid was 'nudged' into Earth's near neighbourhood by the gravitational pull of planets as it orbits through the solar system.