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An amazing view of the well-known galaxy Messier 63 has been produced by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The galaxy is also called the Sunflower Galaxy. Last Friday, NASA released the new image that is showing the complex composition of the spiral galaxy.

Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 took the image. NASA wrote in its official website, “The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen in the image from the Hubble, recall the pattern at the center of a sunflower. So the nickname for this cosmic object - the Sunflower Galaxy - is no coincidence”.

In 1779, French astronomer Pierre Mechain discovered the galaxy and it became the 63rd entry into famous catalogue of fellow astronomer Charles Messier that was published in 1781.

As per a new report from the UK Met Office, record-breaking temperatures throughout the world could be observed in 2015 and 2016. According to the report, natural climate cycles in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are overturning and will add to the strong global warming as a result of human activities.

This will lead to changed weather patterns across the world together with more heat waves; however, there is a possibility that the United Kingdom will see cooler summers in reality.

It has been found in a new study that resveratrol, a naturally occurring compound, could help treat Alzheimer’s disease. This compound is found in red wine, red grapes and dark chocolate. Researchers at Georgetown University conducted the study.

Researchers found that it has an effect on a biomarker for Alzheimer’s; however, they also said that more studies should be conducted before any recommendation of resveratrol for people suffering from disease that has no cure so far.

They reported in their study that resveratrol assisted in stabilizing amyloid-beta40 levels in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of participants who took the compound as compared to the control group that did not take the compound.

Teenage is a sensitive period of development. During this stage, it is very important to know that how social media can be used wisely by adolescents. Also, how adolescents’ social media use is linked to factors like sleep quality and the risk of depression.

Study researchers think it will be better if families can levy the rule of no use of social media after sunset so that teenagers can stay away from social media and have good sleep in night. Students may feel pressure to be constantly available on social media.

A research led by Sweden’s Lund University has unveiled that large eyes are developed at the cost of other body organs. To have big eyes in an infant, total energy between 5 and 15% is used. The researchers have reached at the conclusion by studying a Mexican cavefish, which has lost its visual system through regression.

The research observed the fish that lives in dark, nutrient-deficient environment and has no use for eyes. However, such is not the case for surface-dwelling variant, known as morph. One of the researchers, Eric Warrant, said that large and well-developed eyes animal has to pay a high price. It has been said so as species have limited energy capacity.

Almost a year after the original Stonehenge was discovered in Wiltshire, England, archaeologists have discovered a second Stonehenge. The monolithic shrine has been unearthed just miles away from the original one.

Researchers from Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes (SHLP) said in comparison to their early belief, the newly found is bigger in size. The researchers used advanced sensing technologies at the site and found more stones present beneath earth.

Using the techniques including non-invasive geophysical prospection and remote sensing technologies, the researchers were able to discover the 4,500-year-old stones. Through these new technologies, the researchers also came to know about the presence of a row of up to 90 standing stones.