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Researchers from the Australian National University and the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen have unveiled that billions of stars in Milky Way have one to three planets that can support life.

With the help of the Kepler satellite and other instruments, astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets in the galaxy. Many of these exoplanets have many planets orbiting the host star.

The researchers have evaluated these planetary systems and calculated the probability for the number of stars in the Milky Way that could have planets supporting life. After the analysis, the researchers reached at the conclusion that there are billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy having one to three planets in the habitable zone.

A total eclipse will appear in the Faroe Islands on Friday morning. Eventually, darkness and quiet will go down, when the moon travels across the frontage of the sun. And light of the sun will be blocked completely for a particular duration of time.

The country will not experience full eclipse, but in southern England 85% of disc of the sun will be covered and there will be 98% of blockage in Hebrides. The sun will appear covered to a thin crescent. However, the impact of the ground will be just like the difference between bright sunlight and a very cloudy day and the last 2% will bring the change.

Swedish archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe discovered a grave of a woman in Birka, a historic trading center in what is now Sweden. The woman had died in the 9th century. Surprising thing about the grave was that the woman had worn a ring, which was very unique. It was made up of silver alloy and contained a stone.

In addition, an inscription was written in the Kufic Arabic script widely used between the 8th and 10th centuries. The inscription read 'for Allah'. According to reports, it was the only Viking Age ring with Arabic inscription. It is still not clear how the woman go the ring, but the woman war found wearing typical Scandinavian dress, so it has been assumed that the ring would have had arrived through trade.

Moon Cerelli is a military veteran, a fiber artist, a trained herbalist and a certified beekeeper. She has done her specialization in beekeeping free of pesticides, antibiotics or essential oils. Cerelli is also an apitherapist and gives treatments for chronic health problems to her non-allergic patients using bee venom. The treatment benefits those with autoimmune deficiency, arthritis and muscular dystrophy.

A group of celestial bodies in our solar system have planetary ring systems and Saturn is among the most well-known celestial bodies. Other celestial bodies, having understated dusty rings, include Uranus, Neptune and Jupiter. Earlier, the scientists found a minor planet named Chariklo possessing rings. And according to recent findings, another such object also has the same features.

These bodies are from a class of minor planets called centaurs. Centaurs behave as both asteroids and comets. Previously, it was considered by researchers that centaurs were dormant; however, according to the recent findings, the matter is totally different.

A new RAND Corporation study has criticized the inept of a Los Angeles ordinance touted to significantly bring down obesity rates in low-income areas by putting restrictions on opening of new fast-food restaurants. The law has so far scattered on the ground and has not reduced fast-food consumption or obesity rates in the targeted neighborhoods.

The study results showed that since the fast-food restrictions were passed in 2008, the rates of overweight and obesity in South Los Angeles and other neighborhoods have witnessed a rise faster than in other parts of the city or other parts of the county. Findings of the study have been published online by the journal Social Science & Medicine.