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What China’s rover found on the Moon and how French fries turned a teenager blind

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Chinese rover stumbles upon unusual ‘gel-like’ substance on Moon

China’s Chang’e-4 lunar rover has discovered an unusually coloured, ‘gel-like’ substance during its exploration activities on the far side of the moon.

The discovery by the mission’s rover, Yutu-2, prompted scientists to postpone the rover’s “nap” and instead focus its instruments on trying to analyse what the strange material may be. Details in The Independent.

Team behind blackhole image wins ‘Oscar of science’

The collaboration of scientists who created the first-ever image of the blackhole have been awarded a $3 million prize by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, an award often known as the Oscar of Science.

The foundation has awarded a total of $21.6 million in recognition of important achievements in life sciences, fundamental physics, and mathematics.

The awarded discoveries address important and compelling scientific questions — from “What does a black hole look like?” to “Why do chilis taste hot?” and “What are the causes of neurodegenerative disease?” Read in MIT News.

ESA avoids satellite ‘smash-up’ with timely manuoevre

For the first time, the European Space Agency (ESA) has performed a ‘collision avoidance manoeuvre’ to protect one of its spacecraft from colliding with another satellite.

On Monday morning, the agency’s Aeolus Earth observation satellite fired its thrusters, moving it off a potential collision course with a satellite in the SpaceX Starlink constellation.

SpaceX has plans to deploy nearly 12,000 such satellites by the mid-2020s in order to implement a new space-based internet communication system.

The European space agency warned that as the number of satellites in space dramatically increases, close approaches between spacecraft will occur more frequently and will require coordination efforts to avoid conflicting actions. More on CNN.

Junk food diet turns UK teenager blind

A teenager in the UK who ate nothing but French fries, potato chips and the occasional piece of ham for years has lost his vision due to the extreme vitamin deficiency in his diet.

Scientists from the University of Bristol, UK, who examined the boy described this as an extreme case of fussy eating. The boy also lost part of his hearing and had low bone density. The case highlights the importance of eating a balanced healthy diet. More on this in The Telegraph.

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  1. The lander feet should be fitted with shock absorber’s & the lander should be balanced about the vertical axis to prevent angular descent.

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