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Researchers have outlined in a new study that earth’s magnetic field will not flip its polarity any time soon. A catastrophic flip of the magnetic poles will not happen at least for 1,000 years, the study indicated.

A research in past suggested that weakness in intensity of planet’s geomagnetic field was observed. This weakness could mean that our home planet’s magnetic poles could flip in near future, as per the previous research. It also indicated that the geomagnetic field’s strength has been fading from last 200 years.

A team of researchers from the IstitutoItalianodiTecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) and University of Pisa in Italy has developed a robot that can operate human tolls and can even interact with environment around it alike humans.

The team hopes that their Walk-Man robot will prove to be a more effective design in areas of search and rescue which could be otherwise dangerous for humans.

The lead researcher, Nikos Tsagarakis, said not much efforts will be needed to accommodate Walk-Man as it could operate in damaged buildings. That one factor that everyone agrees is that our world is designed for our body. Therefore, we have tools that are designed to be used by humans.

Planetary Resources applauded US President BarackObama for signing US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, or the US Space Act. The company is very happy with passing of this legislation because it will be the one that will be benefitted the most.

Founded in 2010, Planetary Resources aims to expand earth’s natural resource base. Meaning that the company’s major goal is to extract water, minerals and other valuable materials from asteroids and sell them.

The passing of the US Space Act 2015 has provided the private companies protected ownership of materials that are extracted from celestial bodies.

An amateur astronomer after seeing the recent images captured by NASA’s Curiosity Rover said that he has spotted a giant rat on the Martian surface. In the images it can be seen that the mouse is sitting on a ridge, he said.

Joe White, the amateur astronomer, even posted a video of the sighting on his YouTube channel, ArtAlienTV, on November 11. The video has received nearly 45,000 views so far.

As per NASA experts it is hard to see anything important in the image that the agency posted on its website. But White digitally enhanced the image in order to see what’s inside the image clearly.

The rover captured photo of what appears to be like a large rat that is sitting idly on a cliff. But so far NASA has not given any confirmation of any such find on the Martian surface.

The famous American business magnate and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, is expected to announce a multibillion-dollar clean energy fund. The announcement could be on Monday during the opening of the Paris climate summit.

It was told that the fund will be so far the largest such effort in history and will be used for research and development of new clean-energy technologies.

Several other billionaires and philanthropies will also make their contributions in the fund. People with knowledge of the plans said that it will also include commitments from the US and other participating nations to double their budget for clean energy research and development.

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has reported that a piece of a SpaceX rocket has been recovered on Thursday,over 4,000 miles from its launch site near the Isles of Scilly.

In a news release, UK officials have said that the Falcon 9 rocket debris may be from the June 28 launch failure from Cape Canaveral. The SpaceX rocket had exploded soon after the launch and caused destruction of 5,200 pounds of supplies, hardware and research meant for the International Space Station.

The UK coastguard officials have said that the 32-foot by 13-foot section was found by local boaters between Bryher and Tresco Islands. The Isles of Scilly are present off the Great Britain’s southwestern tip.