Watch live Saturday! SpaceX to attempt 1st astronaut launch for NASA - Space.com Liftoff is set for 3:22 p.m. EDT (1922 GMT). More...

5 Fast Facts About the Spring Equinox - Mental Floss The spring equinox occurs on March 19, 2020, at 11:49 p.m. Eastern Time—the earliest it has ever arrived in 124 years. Here's what you should know about it, including if you can balance an egg during the event. More...

Chinese Researchers Spot Monster Black Hole Bigger Than Sun - http://www.newsgram.com/ A team led by Chinese researchers has spotted a monster black hole with a mass 70 times greater than Sun -- toppling the earlier assumption. More...

Massive Asteroid to pass by the Earth on April 29, no reason to panic - Omfut On April 29, an asteroid called 1998 OR2 will pass the Earth at a distance of 6.2 million kilometres. Even though the object has been classified as Potentially Hazardous Object (PHO), according to the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, it will harmlessly fly… More...

Space out and explore the universe without leaving home - Moneycontrol.com If NASA’s new 2020 missions have inspired an interest in science and celestial objects, these apps and sites can open a whole new batch of worlds. More...

Second penumbral lunar eclipse of 2020 to occur on June 5: Here's when you can see it in India - Firstpost The penumbral lunar eclipse is called the 'Strawberry Moon Eclipse' where 57 percent of the moon is expected to pass into the Earth’s penumbra. More...

Half of COVID-19 cases may experience altered sense of taste: Study - The Sen Times Online Newspaper Washington: Nearly 50 per cent of people who contract COVID-19 may experience altered or lost sense of taste, according to a review of studies. The review, published in the journal Gastroenterology… More...

Earth's Most Mysterious Mass Extinction May Have Had an Ozone Depletion Component - ScienceAlert Throughout history, Earth has experienced at least five major mass extinctions that wiped out most life around the globe. Most of these events pretty clearly coincided with catastrophes such as asteroid impacts, geological activity, and volcanic erup More...

SpaceX to try again Saturday for first astronaut launch from Florida - WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando Florida’s weather wasn’t kind to SpaceX Wednesday as Elon Musk’s company attempted to break the dry spell in American astronaut launches from the Space Coast. More...

SpaceX and NASA's manned space mission | AFP Animé - AFP News Agency SpaceX, NASA delay milestone mission over lightning fears to Saturday. The mission described in an videographic.VIDEOGRAPHIC Subscribe to AFP and activate yo... More...

The Most Comprehensive Map of The Moon Yet - TechQuila The recently released lunar map by USGS is the most comprehensive and detailed yet and it uses multiple sources for data collection. More...

Astronomers Discover New 'Beast' Class of Transient Objects - Mashable India Back in 2016, astronomers observed a cosmic explosion within a tiny galaxy 500 million lightyears. In a new study, the explosion was found to be a new class of object that is one of the biggest cosmic bursts recorded yet. More...

Synthesis of proteins by automated flow chemistry - Science Magazine Solid-phase peptide synthesis of homogeneous peptides longer than about 50 amino acids has been a long-standing challenge because of inefficient coupling and side reactions. Hartrampf et al. used an automated chemistry platform to optimize fast-flow peptide s… More...

Hubble Finds Water Vapor On Distant Exoplanet - NASA Goddard With data from the Hubble Space Telescope, water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere of an exoplanet within the habitable zone of its host star. K2-18b... More...

Elon Musk demands the superhero look for new astronauts - The Times The astronauts in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule were only 17 minutes from take-off when the launch was called off because of the weather.But although Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will have to wait at More...

First guests in 2 months welcomed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex - WESH 2 News First guests in 2 months welcomed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Subscribe to WESH on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1dqr14j Get more Orlando n... More...

Antarctic Ice Sheets Capable of Much Faster Melting Than We Thought - News18 The Larsen Ice Shelf originally covered an area of 33,000 square miles, but has shrunk dramatically as air temperatures warmed in the second half of the 20th century. More...

NASA backed ATLAS astronomers discover a unique asteroid that shows comet-like behaviour - Times Now This type of space object was never known before, making it an extraordinary discovery. More...

H1N1 flu vaccine linked to sleeping disorder, drugmake denies it saying flu caused the disorder - Firstpost Data showed that the body confused a protein in the wild type H1N1 flu virus with a human protein relevant in regulating the sleep cycle. More...

Distance from the brightest stars is key to preserving primordial discs - Tech Explorist This is the first time that astronomers have analysed an extremely dense star cluster to study which environments are favourable to planet formation. More...

Arthur Conan Doyle's detective will detect sand-grain-sized clues in Martian rocks onboard NASA's... - Firstpost SHERLOC’s complete name is Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals. More...

Collision of Galaxies May Have Spurred Our Solar System's Formation - The Wire A star-formation binge in the Milky Way spanning the time when the solar system was born more than 4.5 billion years ago was apparently precipitated by the collision between our galaxy and a smaller one called Sagittarius, scientists said on Tuesday. More...

Astronomers detected extremely intense radio burst - Tech Explorist Using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) radio telescope, astronomers have detected a bright, millisecond-duration radio burst from a galactic magnetar known as SGR 1935+2154. More...

Space to Ground: Dawn of the Dragon: 05/29/2020 - NASA Johnson NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Got a question or comment? Use #AskNASA to talk to u... More...

A way towards greener fast-charging batteries - Tech Explorist Researchers have created a fast-charging battery prototype that uses sodium instead of lithium, potentially leading to more sustainable batteries. More...

Experiments in isolation: Training astronauts for long-term solo missions - Phys.org Isolation can feel like a state of limbo, but being separated from others can also be a huge driver of change and give us a great chance to experiment. More...

Antarctic ice sheets melted 50 times faster than the present speed during end of ice age - Republic World - Republic World A new study has found that Antarctic ice is capable of melting at a much quicker rate than what was previously thought possible if climate change continues More...

Earths magnetic field is weakening and further expanding; read details - Republic World - Republic World According to ESA, the Earth's magnetic field is further weakening and the weak spot is further expanding. Read on to know more details about the same. More...

No Dark Matter, astronomers find the long missing Universe's ordinary matter - India International Times Astronomers have detected much of the Universe’s ordinary matter, which had long been missing from accounts of its total mass. Not ‘dark matter’ — the mysterious, invisible stuff that makes up the majority of the Universe’s contents. This is normal matter, bu… More...

Astronomers observe pair of jets blasting away from black hole at light speed - ANI News Washington D.C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): Astronomers have caught a black hole hurling hot material into space at close to the speed of light. This flare-up was captured in a new movie from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. More...

NASA’s AIM Observes Formation Of Night-Shining Clouds Over The Arctic - Mashable India Recently, scientists have observed the formation of extraordinary noctilucent clouds in the skies above the Arctic circle for over a week from May 17. This is the second earliest start to the northern season of the phenomenon that has been observed yet. More...

Presence of an Earth-Like Planet Around Our Nearest Star Confirmed – Evidence of a Mysterious Second Signal Discovered - SciTechDaily The existence of a planet the size of Earth around the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Centauri, has been confirmed by an international team of scientists including researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE). The results, which you can read a… More...

PR Newswire - A Steaming Cauldron Follows the Dinosaurs' Demise - IT News Online A Steaming Cauldron Follows the Dinosaurs' Demise More...

Prototype of new SpaceX rocket Starship explodes on Texas test pad - Reuters A prototype of SpaceX's upcoming heavy-lift rocket, Starship, exploded on Friday during ground tests in south Texas as Elon Musk's space company pursued an aggressive development schedule to fly the launch vehicle for the first time. More...

SpaceX rocket launch signals hope for the future during difficult times - CBS Evening News The planned launch of SpaceX's rocket this Saturday is more than just a feat of scientific achievement. To some, like Itza Rodriguez, the launch serves as a ... More...

No Decision On Next Launch Attempt For Historic SpaceX Crewed Mission - NDTV A final decision on a launch attempt for SpaceX's milestone mission to the International Space Center on Saturday afternoon will take place after assessing the weather that morning, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said Friday. More...

Preparing to 'Launch America' into a New Era of Space Exploration on This Week @NASA – May 29, 2020 - NASA Preparing to ‘Launch America,’ a cargo spacecraft arrives at the space station, and the detective capabilities of our next Mars rover … a few of the stories ... More...