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During its final full systems test, technicians powered on all of the James Webb Space Telescope's various electrical components installed on the observatory, and cycled through their planned operations to ensure each was functioning, and communicating with each other. Photo Courtesy: NASA/Chris Gunn

NASA completes final test for James Webb Space Telescope – world's premier space science observatory

2021 has been a great year for scientific endeavours – the next exciting launch is NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Panorama of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover taken on Feb. 20, 2021. Photo: NASA

NASA releases footage of Perseverance landing on Mars

The US space agency NASA has released a video of Perseverance rover landing on Mars.

This illustration provided by NASA shows a diagram added over the parachute deployed during the descent of the Mars Perseverance rover as it approaches the surface of the planet on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP

Mars rover's giant parachute carried secret message

The huge parachute used by NASA's Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shared this high-resolution image of Perseverance rover in its descent stage while being lowered by its skycrane⁣. Photo Courtesy: NASA

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shares high resolution image of Mars, Ingenuity reports good health

NASA's Perseverance rover landed flawlessly on Martian land on Thursday, sending back first look of the Red planet from rover's view. On Friday, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued high resolution images of the rover's descent and the Martian land.

The illustration shows artist’s concept of the concentration of black holes at the center of globular cluster NGC 6397. In reality, the black holes are far too small for direct observation by any existing telescopes. This globular cluster may contain more than 20 black holes. Photo Courtesy: ESA/ Hubble/ N Bartmann

Hubble Space Telescope finds concentration of small black holes in old globular cluster

A peculiar discovery astonished scientists when they found an evidence of swarm of black holes lurking at the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6397.

China's Mars probe Tianwen 1 enters preset parking orbit

New look at first black hole detected shows it is bigger than expected

Joint use of mass testing and contact tracing can effectively suppress the spread of the...

European Space Agency seeks diversity in new astronaut drive

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Panorama of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover taken on Feb. 20, 2021. Photo: NASA

NASA releases footage of Perseverance landing on Mars

The US space agency NASA has released a video of Perseverance rover landing on Mars.

The illustration shows artist’s concept of the concentration of black holes at the center of globular cluster NGC 6397. In reality, the black holes are far too small for direct observation by any existing telescopes. This globular cluster may contain more than 20 black holes. Photo Courtesy: ESA/ Hubble/ N Bartmann

Hubble Space Telescope finds concentration of small black holes in old globular cluster

A peculiar discovery astonished scientists when they found an evidence of swarm of black holes lurking at the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6397.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shared this high-resolution image of Perseverance rover in its descent stage while being lowered by its skycrane⁣. Photo Courtesy: NASA

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shares high resolution image of Mars, Ingenuity reports good health

NASA's Perseverance rover landed flawlessly on Martian land on Thursday, sending back first look of the Red planet from rover's view. On Friday, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued high resolution images of the rover's descent and the Martian land.

An artist's impression of the Cygnus X-1 system, with a so-called stellar-mass black hole orbiting a companion star some 7,200 light years from Earth. Photo: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research/Handout via Reuters

New look at first black hole detected shows it is bigger than expected

A fresh examination has revealed new details about the first black hole ever detected - which was spotted in 1964 and became the subject of a friendly wager between renowned scientists - including that it is bigger than previously known.

Nazarbayev University. Photo courtesy: Astana Civil Service Hub

Joint use of mass testing and contact tracing can effectively suppress the spread of the coronavirus, suggests study

Scientists from the Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI) at Nazarbayev University have revealed that the joint use of mass testing and contact tracing of the infected people using a special mobile application can effectively suppress the spread of the coronavirus - m

Nepal Journathon on COVID-19. Photo Courtesy: Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network

COVID Fighter app wins 2021 Nepal Journathon Prize

COVID Fighter app won the 2021 Nepal Journathon Prize during the Nepal Journathon on Covid-19 organised by Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network (NIMJN) on Thursday.

Members of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover team watch in mission control as the first images arrive moments after the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, on Thursday, February 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Mars Mission: Touchdown confirmed, NASA's Perseverance sends first looks of landing

The mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has confirmed that Perseverance rover has successfully landing in the Martian land at the designed time -- 3:55 pm EST on Thursday (5:40 am local time, Friday, in Kathmandu).

In this July 5, 2001 file photo, French astronaut Claudie Haignere, right, and her Russian crewmates Viktor Afanasyev, center, and Konstantin Kozeyev train inside the mock-up of a Soyuz TM spacecraft in Star City. Photo: AP/File

European Space Agency seeks diversity in new astronaut drive

The European Space Agency is holding its first astronaut recruitment drive in 11 years and says greater diversity is one of the goals.

This photo provided by Randall Irmis shows Plateosaurus models at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany. Photo: Randall Irmis via AP

Some dinosaur migration was delayed by climate, study shows

Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a delay likely caused by climate change, a new study found.

Photo Courtesy: Twitter/HH Sheikh Mohammed

UAE Space Agency's Hope Mars probe releases first picture of Mars

UAE Space Agency’s Hope Mars probe has released the first picture of Mars captured by the first-ever Arab probe.

The first picture in black-and-white of Mars taken by Tianwen 1. Photo: China National Space Administration

UAE's 'Hope' enters Mars' orbit; China's Tianwen-1, US's Perseverance to follow

UAE's 'Hope' is the first among the three Mars missions scheduled for February, others being China’s Tianwen 1 Probe and United States’ Perseverance Probe, to reach Mars -

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in Ankara, Turkey, late Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Photo: Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool

Turkey unveils space program including 2023 moon mission

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled an ambitious 10-year space program for his country Tuesday that includes missions to the moon, sending Turkish astronauts into space and developing internationally viable satellite systems.

SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters/File

Elon Musk puts up $100 million for global carbon reduction competition

Tesla Inc boss and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is offering a $100 million prize in a four-year global competition to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere.

FILE - This June 1, 2020 illustration provided by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre depicts the United Arab Emirates' Hope Mars probe. Photo: AP

Arab spacecraft closes in on Mars on historic flight

A spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates was set to swing into orbit around Mars in the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission Tuesday, the first of three robotic explorers arriving at the red planet over the next week and a half.

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Guests are seen seated in the front row of the stage at a programme organised by NATHM to facilitate Chef Santosh Shah in Kathmandu, on Wednesday, March 03, 2021. Photo: THT

NATHM facilitates Chef Santosh Shah

"I am very thrilled with the love that I am getting after landing in Nepal. It has exceeded my expectations and provided me extra motivation to work even harder," Chef Shah said.

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During its final full systems test, technicians powered on all of the James Webb Space Telescope's various electrical components installed on the observatory, and cycled through their planned operations to ensure each was functioning, and communicating with each other. Photo Courtesy: NASA/Chris Gunn

NASA completes final test for James Webb Space Telescope – world's premier space science observatory

2021 has been a great year for scientific endeavours – the next exciting launch is NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Reproductive Health kits in addition to other medical supplies -- handed over by UNFPA to the Ministry of Health and Population -- are pictured here, on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Photo Courtesy: UNFPA

UNFPA hands over PPE and Reproductive Health kits to Nepal Govt

MoHP today received Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Reproductive Health kits in addition to other medical supplies through UNFPA.

FILE: Australia's Aaron Finch in action. Photo: Reuters

Finch back in form as Australia keep T20 series alive in Wellington

At a closed Wellington Regional Stadium, Australia clawed back to 2-1 in the five-match series following defeats in Christchurch and Dunedin.

People protest on the street against the military after Monday's coup, outside the Mandalay Medical University in Mandalay, Myanmar February 4, 2021. Photo: Reuters/File

Nine killed in Myanmar as police fire to break up protests

The security forces resorted to live fire with little warning in several towns and cities, witnesses said, as the junta appeared more determined than ever to stamp out protests against a Feb. 1 coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

FILE - Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba in a meeting, at Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar, Kathmandu, on Saturday, July 11, 2020. Photo: Rajan Kafle/PM's Secretariat

Nepali Congress calls parliamentary party meeting before HoR session

The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has called its parliamentary party meeting for Friday to discuss contemporary political issues.

Smart ports

Seaports, which are a lifeline for economies small and large, have been hit hard by COV- ID-19 disruptions. Using smart technology will help them rebound and could usher in a new era of equitable economic growth. Over 11 billion tons of goods were transported by sea in 2019.

Tasha Arevalo, right, laughs with Joseph Butler while eating at Mo's Irish Pub, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Houston. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he is lifting business capacity limits and the state's mask mandate starting next week. Photo: AP

Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings

Texas on Tuesday became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across the U.S. to loosen COVID-19 restrictions despite pleas from health officials not to let their guard down yet.

Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers, at Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, Britain, on March 2, 2021. Photo: Pool via Reuters

Jesus hits double as rampant Man City go 15 points clear with Wolves win

Gabriel Jesus struck twice as Manchester City beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 on Tuesday to move 15 points clear at the top of the Premier League with their 21st straight win in all competitions.

Sonit Dahal (left) of Madhyapur Youth Association slides to tackle Ram Bahadur Rakaskoti of Shree Kumari Club during their Martyrs Memorial B Division League match at the ANFA Complex grounds in Lalitpur on Tuesday. MYA won the match 2-1. Photo: Udipt Singh Chhetry / THT

Bansbari, MYA win

Around The Himalaya Bansbari Club and Madhyapur Youth Association recorded victories in the Martyrs Memorial B Division League here at the ANFA Complex grounds on Tuesday.

Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a deadly crash in Holtville, Calif., on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Authorities say a semi-truck crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing at least 13 people. Photo: Associated Press

California crash kills 13 of 25 people crammed into SUV

Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved after a crash Tuesday involving an SUV packed with 25 people and a tractor-trailer that left 13 people dead and bodies strewn across a roadway near the US Mexico border.

digital. Illustration: Ratna Sagar Shrestha/ THT

Digital age taking over: Is print really dead?

My grandmother still gets up early in the morning to sit outside with her daily newspaper whereas I’ve given up watching television because I can’t tolerate watching the same advertisements for copious amounts of time

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