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SpaceX said Monday two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space. The United States has not sent astronauts to the Moon since NASA's Apollo missions of the 1960s and '70s. "We are excited to announce that  SpaceX  has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year," said a  statement  by CEO  Elon Musk .

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India will soon have its own liveability index :-        You would soon know how liveable your city is. Taking a leaf out of international practice of rating cities on liveability, India is all set to introduce its own liveability index. Beginning with 100 smart cities, the liveability index would rank all Indian cities on 77 parameters including how they fare in terms of grievance redressal of citizens, pollution, availability of water and power, online citizen services, upkeep of historical buildings, increase in tourist footfalls, crime rate, extent of crimes recorded against women, children and elderly, availability of traffic surveillance system and education. The liveability index, which would be unveiled at an urban development ministry workshop on Tuesday, would chart a city's progress against various standards under four categories - institutional, social, economic and physical. These would in turn be divided into 15 sub-categories of standards and take...

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One year ago, when we showed readers the SkyNet-like robots produced by Boston Dynamics, a company acquired by Google in 2013 (which then tried to flip it to Toyota last year but reportedly failed) we called the robotic ... One year ago, when we showed readers the SkyNet-like robots produced by Boston Dynamics, a company acquired by Google in 2013 (which then tried to flip it to Toyota last year but reportedly failed) we called the robotic creations "terrifying." Little did we know that compared to Boston Dynamics' next spawn, that particular batch was downright Johnny 5-friendly by comparison. Because after being briefly shown off at an event early this month, the robotic designed has officially revealed its latest creation, “Handle,” which the company's founder previously described as “nightmare-inducing." Four weeks ago, Boston Dynamics - which is best known for its bipedal and quadrupedal robots - revealed it had been experimenting with some radical new te...

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After Nasa announced last week that seven earth-sized planets, known as exoplanets, were discovered by its Spitzer Space Telescope, people on Twitter have been suggesting new names for them with the hash tag #7Namesfor7NewPlanets. The TRAPPIST-1 is located 39.5 light years away. It is a dwarf star located in the solar system called Aquarius. The hash tag trended in the US and had some interesting suggestions for names. Many, including American astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson,  suggested that they be named after the Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. 

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Samsung launched Galaxy Tab S3 and Galaxy Book in Barcelona

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Dear, Alien attack may be possible in September 2017 by a theory. This time come near in September months it is based on different - 2 theory

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New Delhi: A large quantity of liquor allegedly brought in by the Sarna Group to influence the voters during DSGMC polls was seized from a Bolero jeep parked in front of house number 10/52 house in the West Punjabi Bagh area on Saturday.