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See stunning footage captured by India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander

(CNN) — The history-making Chandrayaan-3 mission, which landed on the lunar surface two days ago, has deployed its small, six-wheeled rover on an exploratory expedition to better understand the composition of the moon’s soil.The Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO,…

Women and doctors challenge taboos on dangers of HPV in Egypt

(CNN) — “I didn’t even know what it was,” said the 50-year-old Egyptian mother about the cluster of skintag-like growths around her exterior genitalia that was caused by a virus commonly transmitted sexually. She was shocked when her gynecologist informed…

Surfer fights for his life after shark attack in Australia

(CNN) — A surfer is fighting for his life in the hospital after he was attacked by a shark off Australia’s east coast, police said Friday.The 44-year-old man was surfing near Lighthouse Beach, Port Macquarie when a shark launched a…

Solar Orbiter observes jets of material escaping the sun

(CNN) — The Solar Orbiter mission has discovered jets of material rapidly releasing from the sun’s outer atmosphere.Astronomers believe these jets could be the source of the solar wind, a stream of charged particles that continuously flows from the sun…