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A polar bear has been found in emaciated appearance and is unlikely to survive long. It has been estimated that the female bear got injured while hunting a walrus and the wounds led to a struggle to find food. Nature photographer Kerstin Langenberger captured the animal on camera.

Langenberger said the picture has symbolized the plight of the polar bear. Based in Germany, Langenberger posted the photograph of the ‘horribly thin’ injured bear on Facebook previous month. The image has been shared over 41,000 times.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an amazing image of M63, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy. Thus, Andromeda Galaxy isn’t the only one out there. In 1779, French astronomer Pierre Mechain first discovered M63. Mechain’s discovery has been etched in history as the 63rd entry into Charles Messier’s famous catalog.

The Messier catalog was made up of over 100 deep space objects, including diffuse nebulae, planetary nebulae, open clusters, globular clusters and galaxies.

As per NASA, M63 is present around 27 million light years away. The galaxy belongs to a larger group of galaxies called the M51 Group. It has been given name after its brightest galaxy, Messier 51 – also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy.

Sweden researchers said they have recently found evidence that can clearly prove that ancient earth was hit by two meteors at the same time almost 458 million years ago.

The team has also discovered two craters in county of Jämtland in central Sweden. According to Erik Sturkell, a professor of geophysics at the University of Gothenburg, said in a statement that the meteors that formed the craters stroked earth’s surface at a few miles from each other and at the same moment.

As per researchers, Jämtland was just a seafloor, about 1,600 feet (500 meters) below the surface of the water, when the meteors hit into earth. Researchers noted that one of the craters formed after the strike is huge, and measures around 4.7 miles (7.5 kilometers) across.

Scientists have issued warning saying if the growing wildfires in Great Basin will not be stopped, the population of sage-grouse will reduce to almost half over the next three decades.

The sudden decline in the population of chicken-sized birds, known for their colorful plumage and outlandish mating dance, is due to wildfires. A report by the US Geological Survey has asked the US Fish and Wildlife Service to decide whether sage-grouse need protection under the Endangered Species Act.

As per experts if the bird will be listed under the endangered species, it might harm Western states’ economies. Matt Brooks, a fire ecologist with the USGS and one of the report’s authors said in a statement that the sagebrush steppe and sagebrush ecosystem are in trouble.

SpaceX, American aerospace manufacturer, made an announcement on Monday in Paris that it has recently got two new contract in which it will be launching satellites for Saudi Arabia and for HISPASAT.

The Elon Musk-owned company revealed that both the launches will take place at Florida’s Cape Canaveral rather than Brownsville.

These contracts were awarded during the recent World Satellite Business Conference in Paris, France. Now the California-based SpaceX on its manifest has more than 60 missions, representing over $7 billion under contract.

Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, said in a statement that they are pleased to add the additional contract mission to their manifest.

An ordinary dig in the Redmond became an important site after excavators discovered 10,000-year-old stone tools in it. In the dig near the Redmond Town Center mall, the excavators unearthed more than 4,000 stone tools that include scrapers, stone flake and spear points.

According to experts, the discovered ancient tools were possibly used by early residents in the region. The tools were unearthed by archaeologists during a project, which was actually a survey to clear the way for construction.