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By: IANS | Beijing | Published: August 17 2018 4:43:03 pm The rectangular box-shaped rover will have six wheels two solar panels for power a radar and multiple cameras to explore the lesser-known side of the Moon. (Image: NASA) China s space agency has revealed images of the exploration vehicle with which it hopes to reach the far side of the Moon by the end of this year a feat no country has ever accomplished the media reported on Thursday. In December the vehicle will travel aboard the unmanned lunar probe Chang e 4 which is expected to land in the Aitken basin on the far side of the Moon not visible from the Earth Efe news reported. The vehicle is similar to Yutu China s first lunar rover launched in 2013 along with Chang e 3 which continues to traverse the visible side of the Moon according to a report in the China Daily. In a press conference on Wednesday Wu Weiren the chief designer of China s lunar probe programme said that the new explorer was more adaptable to complicated terrain than Yutu. The rover was also the lightest of its kind in the world weighing only 140 kg (309 pounds) much less than its predecessors he added. The rectangular box-shaped rover will have six wheels two solar panels for power a radar and multiple cameras to explore the lesser-known side of the Moon. Pioneering space programmes earlier had photographed the far side of the Moon over half a century ago but could never manage to land there. Also Read: NASA s Opportunity Rover still missing in Martian dust storm In May China took the first step of this mission with the launch of a satellite to facilitate communications between the Moon and control centres on Earth. For all the latest Technology News download Indian Express App Tags: moon By: IANS | New York | Published: August 17 2018 4:19:42 pm The study analysed data collected by 35 floats between 2014 and 2017. (Image: Reuters) The open water nearest to the sea ice surrounding Antarctica releases significantly more carbon dioxide in winter than previously believed showed a study conducted using an array of robotic floats. The robotic floats diving and drifting in the Southern Ocean around the southernmost continent made it possible to gather data during the peak of the Southern Hemisphere s winter from a place that remains poorly studied despite its role in regulating the global climate. These results came as a really big surprise because previous studies found that the Southern Ocean was absorbing a lot of carbon dioxide said lead author Alison Gray Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. In the Southern Ocean region carbon atoms move between rocks rivers plants oceans and other sources in a planet-scale life cycle. It is also among the world s most turbulent bodies of water which makes obtaining data extremely difficult. According to the study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters the floating instruments collected the new observations. The instruments dive down to 1 km and float with the currents for nine days. Also Read: WATCH: Plastic waste in Antarctica highlights scale of global pollution-Greenpeace Next they drop even farther to 2 km and then rise back to the surface while measuring water properties. After surfacing they beam their observations back to shore via satellite. Unlike more common Argo floats which only measure ocean temperature and salinity the robotic floats also monitor dissolved oxygen nitrogen and pH the relative acidity of water. Also Read: In Antarctica ice hunt for climate change clues The study analysed data collected by 35 floats between 2014 and 2017. The team used the pH measurements to calculate the amount of dissolved carbon dioxide and then uses that to figure out how strongly the water is absorbing or emitting carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. For all the latest Technology News download Indian Express App Tags: antarctica Get daily news updates directly to your inboxSubscribeSee our privacy noticeThank you for subscribing!Could not subscribe try again laterInvalid Email Here s some bad news if you re scared of spiders . A rare species of jumping creepy crawlies - which can leap to heights of around six feet - has been discovered in the UK for the first time ever. The Sibianor larae was seen in Holcroft Moss Nature Reserve in Warrington Cheshire. The rare spider was spotted by arachnologist Richard Burkmar the BBC reports. He along with fellow spider enthusiast Richard Gallon informed Dr Dmitri Logunov one of the world s most respected experts The Independent reports. It is thought the jumping spiders could have been in the UK for thousands of years (Image: age fotostock RM) Read More Mum regrets buying hamster for kids after little s escapes and destroys family car It was then confirmed to be the first recognised sighting of the spider in Britain. Sarah Bennett from the Cheshire Wildlife Trust told The Independent : A number of rare bog spiders were also discovered during the surveys including the jumping spider Heliophanus dampfi making it the only site in England where this has been recorded. It s definitely a special site for bog-loving wildlife. Despite it being the first ever confirmed sighting it is thought the spiders could have been in the country for thousands of years. Get daily news updates directly to your inboxSubscribeSee our privacy noticeThank you for subscribing!Could not subscribe try again laterInvalid Email Witnessing the Northern Lights is something that features on many people s bucket-lists. Now one lucky astronaut has trumped seeing them from Earth and instead has posted an incredible image of the aurora from space. Alexander Gerst a NASA astronaut currently on board the International Space Station tweeted his bird s-eye view of the Northern Lights. He tweeted: Mind-blowing every single time. I wonder what early explorers thought when they first saw an aurora without ever having heard about it Read More Nasa boldly goes to touch the sun with in the name of William Shatner at 430 000mph While the Northern Lights provide spectacular views on the ground and from space they also capture the imagination of scientists who study incoming energy and particles from the sun. In a blog about the Northern Lights a spokesperson for NASA explained: Auroras are one effect of such energetic particles which can speed out from the sun both in a steady stream called the solar wind and due to giant eruptions known as coronal mass ejections. Read More Scientists discover a huge LAKE hidden under the surface of Mars The image was taken by an astronaut on board the International Space Station (Image: Nasa) After a trip toward Earth that can last 2 or 3 days the solar particles and magnetic fields cause the release of particles already trapped near Earth which in turn trigger reactions in the upper atmosphere in which oxygen and nitrogen molecules release photons of light. The result: the Northern and Southern lights.