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A woman, Li Meng, suddenly started hearing ‘scratching’ noises, and thought that she might be ill or has been ‘possessed by evil spirits’. But when she went to see a doctor, she came to know that a spider had been living there.

Chinese news outlet TaiHaiNet.com reported that the spider may have entered Li’s ear when the 25-year-old had gone for a hike along with her boyfriend. Li said that night when she returned home, she started hearing a strange scratching sound, accompanied by severe pain in her ear occasionally.

Moon Express, an aerospace company based in California, has been planning to send a lander to the moon and become the first private company to achieve the milestone. Currently, the company is working with a satellite-making company for the mission.

There are reports that the aerospace company, formed by some Silicon Valley and space entrepreneurs, struck a contract of about $30 million with New Zealand-based company Rocket Lab for its moon landing mission. The mission could begin in 2017, as per reports.

Dawn spacecraft of NASA has been orbiting Ceres for the last few months. The probe has provided many images of the largest object in the asteroid belt. Now, NASA has released new maps of the dwarf planet that highlight bright spots and pyramid-shaped mountain on Ceres.

The new maps have come courtesy of Dawn spacecraft of the United States space agency. The probe has been orbiting Ceres, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, since March this year. The maps have shown compositional and elevation differences across the dwarf planet.

The space agency has been studying images of the dwarf planet sent from Dawn probe. Bright spots of Ceres are mysteries for scientists since their discovery. Now, according to NASA, scientists have found the source of mysterious spots.

'The Martian', one of the most anticipated movies of the year, hits the screen this weekend. On first glance, the movie appears to be a typical adventure/rescue flick with a little desperate survival thrown in for good measure. But a deeper look will make a viewer realize that it is something more than this.

The movie is based on innate human desire to help each other, no matter what, and it has the potential to be absolutely glorious. The character of Mark Watney played by Matt Damon isn't a character who is going to collapse under the strain of being left alone on mars.

There is no hunting or self-defense shown in the movie nor it shows a traditional action-hero-style survivalist rather shows the dedication and willpower of the man who is left alone on Mars.

Since long we have been blaming an asteroid for the sudden and violent mass extinction of dinosaur nearly 66 million years ago. But it seems asteroid is not the only one to be blamed after a recent study revealed that massive volcanic eruptions around the same time the asteroid hit together resulted in extinction of countless species.

The study's findings presented in the journal Science join together two long-held theories about what killed the dinosaurs. The Deccan Traps in India features layers upon layers of volcanic rock and are the long-solidified remains of one of the world's truly enormous volcanic eruptions.

After revealing several mysterious facts about the dwarf planet Pluto, NASA's New Horizons mission now is ready to explore Pluto's largest moon. The agency said that the spacecraft has even captured some new high-resolution images of the moon.

The agency said the images of Charon that have been recently transmitted show some extraordinary images of the moon. The images show never-before-seen details in the moon's landscape that testament a savagely violent history.

The latest pictures released Thursday illustrate Charon as a complex world covered in ridges, canyons, mountains and different colors.