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Titanosaurs belong to a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs that roamed earth during the Cretaceous period, around 100 million years ago. The dinosaur came into limelight in 2012 when an Argentina rancher unearthed an ancient bone from his property near La Flecha. The rancher contacted the Museum of Paleontology and told about the fossils.

Audi Lunar Quattro is now competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE. It has become the latest newcomer in the race of creating a robot that can land on the Moon easily, broadcasting reconnaissance data back to our planet Earth.

Also known as Moon 2.0, the Google Lunar XPRIZE first disclosed its stunning challenge in September 2007, during Wired’s Nextfest event that took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

A scientific study, led by Peter Rogers, Biological Psychology Professor at Bristol University, earlier revealed that the consumption of diet beverages is more effective in losing weight than drinking water. The scientific review was published in the International Journal of Obesity. It has been recently found that the study, which was published in November 2015, was financed by an organization whose members include Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.

Rogue asteroids could collide with our planet one day, leading into significant destruction. A measure to prevent the event and its likely huge threats is to get rid of the cosmic object before it approaches.

To get the job done, the European Commission has given a task to Russian scientists represented by Roscosmos' Central Machine Building Research Institute to come up with a plan to nuke rogue asteroids.

A group of astronomers from Japan has found what they think is our galaxy’s second biggest black hole is. They believe that it could be the answer to an interstellar mystery.

The black hole was spotted by Nobeyama 45-meter Radio Telescope, managed by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). According to researchers the discovery could shed some light over how supermassive black holes grow at the center of most big galaxies.

Despite a successful launch of a satellite into orbit on January 17, 2016, Elon Musk-owned SpaceX experienced a failed attempt to land their rocket stage on a drone ship. The company was not able to recover its Falcon 9 rocket first stage on a sea-going platform. The officials at the Hawthorne-based company revealed that they witnessed a ‘hard landing’ and one of its stabilizer arms broke and it was not possible for the rocket to stand upright.