SpaceX Falcon rocket explodes after Florida liftoff: NASA

An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 28, 2015. Reuters  An unmanned Space Exploration Technologies rocket exploded...

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Tuesday to have a 'Leap Second’: Nasa

An extra second will make Tuesday longer than usual, according to NASA.   A ‘leap second’ will be officially added to June 30 this year to account for the gradual decrease of earth’s rotation, said Daniel MacMillan of Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt. The slowing down is the result of a form of braking force caused due to the gravitational...

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Hidden supermassive black holes found

Astronomers have found evidence of hidden supermassive black holes in the universe.  Using NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) satellite observatory, the team detected the high-energy x-rays from five supermassive black holes previously clouded from direct view by dust and gas. The research, led by astronomers at Durham University in Britain,...

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Education minister clips secretary’s wings after college admission gaffe

Nurul Islam Nahid has sidelined, if not shut out completely, Education Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan by curbing his powers in an official order.  Khan made a huge blunder with college admission procedure that embarrassed the education minister into offering a public apology, forcing Nahid to clip his wings.Nahid issued the directive on Tuesday after a discussion with Prime...

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