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A new research has suggested that mind-based therapy programs may prove beneficial in easing chronic back pain. Chronic back pain isn’t easy to deal with and after middle age, most of individuals suffering from back pain, face disability with varying degree.

Investigators found that patients who participated in such programs reported significant and long-lasting improvement in back pain compared to those who did not enroll for the research and opted to continue with their routine treatment.

Two astronomical events will be out for observation in the sky for anyone who loves watching sky, planets and stars. On Tuesday night, the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter will be lucidly visible and then the following morning it will be lunar eclipse which will be a treat for astronomers and sky-watchers.

Glimpse of both celestial events is an unusual astronomical phenomenon. Jupiter will be seen shining in the night sky, while the lunar eclipse will appear as moon will pass through Earth's shadow. There are different types of shadows that shape kind of eclipse about to form.

The penumbra is the pale outskirts of the shadow. The change in light on the moon's surface will not be that dramatic. The eclipse will be barely visible and will form fully at 7:48 a.m.

Hanson Robotics has created new humanoid robot with name Sophia that is capable of displaying variety of emotional faces. It even answers questions and calls itself destroyer of humanity. The robot has been designed as an application to be employed in domains of healthcare, therapy, education and customer service.

Talking Sophia was created by Hanson Robotics at SXSW in Austin, Texas. She has skin of patented silicon and her eyes work as a camera to identify individuals. Sophia robot also has voice recognition software and most remarkable is its ability to emulate more than 62 facial expressions. Her appearance is inspired from Audrey Hepburn and wife of Hanson Robotics CEO David Hanson.

For the first time ever, scientists have managed to see a star going supernova in visible light. The Kepler space telescope captured two exploding stars in 2011. At that time, explosion of two red supergiants took place in what are known as Type II supernovae.

Type II supernovae occur when the core of the star collapses and explodes violently in fast succession. Such kind of explosion’s shockwaves or shock breakout lasts just around 20 minutes due to which recording one of the events is a remarkable achievement for astronomy.

Scientists have discovered an interesting behavior among beetles as they care for their child and the females do not engage in mating till the time baby beetles are independent. Females also seek help from males in caring for baby beetles.

The research team noted that female burying beetles do not allow males to mate till the time baby beetles are independent. The study has appeared on Tuesday in journal Nature Communications.

Lead researcher Sandra Steiger, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Ulm in Germany, said they are quite a modern family. They studied 400 pairs of beetles during a time period of three years.

With the help of NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory, a UCL-led research team found that solar storms have triggered Jupiter’s intense ‘Northern Lights’ by producing a new X-ray aurora that is eight times brighter compared to normal and hundreds times more energetic in comparison to Earth’s aurora borealis.

This is for the first time ever that Jupiter's X-ray aurora has been analyzed during the arrival of a huge storm from the Sun at the planet.

The striking findings go together well with NASA's Juno mission this summer which is looking forward to understand the link between the two largest structures in the solar system, including the area of space managed by Jupiter's magnetic field and the region under the control of solar wind.