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Oct 18, 2018

Giant Planets around Young Star Discovered

Scientists have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets orbiting it. This is the first time that so many massive worlds have been detected in such a system.

The star CI Tau is located in a highly productive stellar nursery.

The system has also set a new record for the most extreme range of orbits yet observed.

The star is just two million years old and is surrounded by a huge disc of dust and ice.

Oct 17, 2018

Lab-grown Oesophagus

Scientists in London have grown a bio-engineered oesophagus which was successfully implanted into mice.

The team hopes the research could eventually lead to clinical trials of lab-grown food pipes for children born with part of their oesophagus damaged or missing.

The oesophagus is a complex, multi-layered organ, made up of multiple tissue types, which acts as a pipe carrying food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach.

Oct 16, 2018

Satellites to Strengthen GPS-style System

China successfully launched twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space to strengthen its satellite navigation network being built to rival the US' Global Positioning System (GPS).

The satellites will work with the 14 BeiDou-3 satellites already in orbit.

The satellites are the 39th and 40th of the BeiDou navigation system, and the 15th and 16th of the BeiDou-3 family.

Oct 12, 2018

Manned Space Program Suspended

Russia has suspended its manned space program until the investigation is pending into the rocket failure.

The suspension comes after a Russian Soyuz rocket, carrying two-man Russian-American crew, malfunctioned and made an emergency landing in Kazhakstan.

Oct 08, 2018

First Manned SpaceX Mission

The first human spaceflight aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) is expected to take place in June 2019, while a flight on a Boeing spacecraft is set to follow in August 2019.

It is the first crewed mission by the US since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011. NASA astronauts currently use Russian Soyuz spacecraft, and its contract is set to expire in November 2019.

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