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NASA warns about ‘potentially dangerous’ asteroid approaching Earth - TASS 10-Jun-2020

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NASA warns about ‘potentially dangerous’ asteroid approaching Earth - TASS The diameter of the asteroid is between 250 and 570 meters More...

China launched four satellites in two days #101239 - New Kerala 10-Jun-2020

China launched four satellites in two days #101239 - New Kerala World News: China launched four satellites in two days - While the world was occupied with NASA and Space X launching first manned orbital spaceflight from the US, China made space strides of its own with two successful rocket flights back to back.... More...

NASA's watch widget reveals: 5 Asteroids will flypast Earth in next four days - Jagran Josh 10-Jun-2020

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NASA's watch widget reveals: 5 Asteroids will flypast Earth in next four days - Jagran Josh NASA's watch widget reveals that five asteroids will flypast Earth in the next four days. Let us read in detail. More...

Toy Dinosaurs, Olive Branches and Penis Doodles: Bizarre Objects that Astronauts Took To Space - News18 10-Jun-2020

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Toy Dinosaurs, Olive Branches and Penis Doodles: Bizarre Objects that Astronauts Took To Space - News18 An artwork called "Moon Museum", created by artist Forest Myers and containing the works of six leading artists from the 1960s including Andy Warhol, was sneaked onto the moon aboard the legs of an Apollo 12 module which currently remains in space. More...

NASA to Announce Selection of Company to Fly VIPER Rover to Moon - Space Ref 10-Jun-2020

NASA to Announce Selection of Company to Fly VIPER Rover to Moon - Space Ref NASA to Announce Selection of Company to Fly VIPER Rover to Moon - SpaceRef More...

Big leap: SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with space station - The Rahnuma Daily 10-Jun-2020

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Big leap: SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with space station - The Rahnuma Daily Washington, May 31 (IANS) Marking the beginning of a new era in the US space programme, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. “Doc… More...

UAE prepares for first Arab space mission to Mars - WION 10-Jun-2020

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UAE prepares for first Arab space mission to Mars - WION The mission powered by Japanese technology will measure the Mars atmosphere including the upper and lower atmosphere and the oxygen and hydrogen levels More...

Ancient Asteroid Impacts Created The Ingredients Of Life On Earth And Mars - Astrobiology News 10-Jun-2020

Ancient Asteroid Impacts Created The Ingredients Of Life On Earth And Mars - Astrobiology News More...

NASA’s Parker Sun probing spacecraft flew by Sun in its closest encounter during it fifth orbit - Firstpost 10-Jun-2020

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NASA’s Parker Sun probing spacecraft flew by Sun in its closest encounter during it fifth orbit - Firstpost As opposed to the standard 11-day encounters, the ongoing orbit is the longest fifth observation of the Parker Sun Probe, that started from 9 May 2020. More...

#NASA to Announce Selection of Company to Fly VIPER Rover to Moon - India Education Diary 10-Jun-2020

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#NASA to Announce Selection of Company to Fly VIPER Rover to Moon - India Education Diary New Delhi: NASA will announce the commercial provider selected to deliver NASA’s new water-hunting mobile robot, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), to the South Pole of th… More...

The Sea Creature that Cleans Carbon From the Ocean - The Swaddle 10-Jun-2020

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The Sea Creature that Cleans Carbon From the Ocean - The Swaddle The giant Larvacean traps carbon in its mucus feeding apparatus, and then discards the carbon-soaked apparatus into the deep seafloor. More...

Integrating nanomaterial with light-absorbing molecule powers hydrogen production from water and sunlight - Green Car Congress 10-Jun-2020

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Integrating nanomaterial with light-absorbing molecule powers hydrogen production from water and sunlight - Green Car Congress Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a hybrid material constructed from a metal oxide nanosheet and a light-absorbing molecule for splitting water molecules (H2O) to obtain hydrogen (H2) under sunlight. The research team led… More...

Asteroid shock: Preacher's bizarre prophecy of 'explosions' and 'deep impact' revealed - Express.co.uk 10-Jun-2020

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Asteroid shock: Preacher's bizarre prophecy of 'explosions' and 'deep impact' revealed - Express.co.uk ASTEROID APOPHIS, which has been confirmed by astronomers to pose absolutely no threat to Earth, has been bizarrely branded a biblical sign of prophecy by a Christian evangelist. More...

Universe is flat, say astronomers at Portsmouth - The Siasat Daily 10-Jun-2020

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Universe is flat, say astronomers at Portsmouth - The Siasat Daily Hyderabad: Astronomers at Portsmouth have concluded after observation of millions of galaxies that the Universe is “Flat” and not curved as the standard big bang cosmology had assumed. This paper has been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters. I… More...

Glass-Ceramics Used in Greenhouse Lamps Promote Plant Growth - AZoOptics.com 10-Jun-2020

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Glass-Ceramics Used in Greenhouse Lamps Promote Plant Growth - AZoOptics.com Researchers have proposed a new concept to produce light sources from ceramics by adding chrome: the light from these lamps provides not only red but also infrared (IR) light, which is anticipated to have a positive impact on the growth of the plants. More...

Asteroid news: Huge fireball shoots across US 'It was massive' - Express.co.uk 10-Jun-2020

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Asteroid news: Huge fireball shoots across US 'It was massive' - Express.co.uk A FIREBALL boomed across eastern US, leaving some concerned an explosion had occurred. More...

Yellowstone Supereruptions: Activity At Hotspot Waning, Chances Of 'Cataclysmic' Explosion Low - India Times 10-Jun-2020

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Yellowstone Supereruptions: Activity At Hotspot Waning, Chances Of 'Cataclysmic' Explosion Low - India Times Researchers have discovered two ancient supereruptions associatedwith the Yellowstone hot spot track. According to Science Alert,the two new-found events have been named the McMullen Creek eruption (occurringabout 8.99 million years ago) and the Grey's Landin… More...

At the heart of the Milky Way, stars draw closer, threatening planets in their orbit - Phys.org 10-Jun-2020

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At the heart of the Milky Way, stars draw closer, threatening planets in their orbit - Phys.org At the center of our galaxy resides the galactic bulge, a densely packed region of stars, dust and gas. Within this massive structure, which spans thousands of light-years, there are an estimated 10 billion stars, most of which are old red giant stars. Becaus… More...

Solar Eclipse 2020: Annular Solar Eclipse Will Be Visible On June 21 - Mashable India 10-Jun-2020

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Solar Eclipse 2020: Annular Solar Eclipse Will Be Visible On June 21 - Mashable India The first solar eclipse of 2020 will occur this month just after the second penumbral lunar eclipse of this year. The annual solar eclipse will occur on June 21 and will be visible in northern India. More...

Elon Musk not satisfied with ISS; tells SpaceX staff to focus on Starship for Moon & Mars - Republic World - Republic World 10-Jun-2020

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Elon Musk not satisfied with ISS; tells SpaceX staff to focus on Starship for Moon & Mars - Republic World - Republic World Elon Musk has reportedly sent out an email to his more than 7000 employees to start focusing towards the making of Starship and its launch as the next step. More...

A mysterious radio message from outer space has baffled scientists - The Times Hub 10-Jun-2020

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A mysterious radio message from outer space has baffled scientists - The Times Hub More...

Scientists revealed the mystery of the mysterious hexagon on Saturn - The Times Hub 10-Jun-2020

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Scientists revealed the mystery of the mysterious hexagon on Saturn - The Times Hub More...

Satellites Are Capturing the Protests, and Just About Everything Else on Earth - Medium 10-Jun-2020

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Satellites Are Capturing the Protests, and Just About Everything Else on Earth - Medium Satellites Are Capturing the Protests, and Just About Everything Else on Earth. This year has brought immense change, much of it immortalized in high-resolution images from space. More...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just tested a crucial part - SlashGear 10-Jun-2020

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just tested a crucial part - SlashGear The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s newest way to peer deep into the universe and track distant stars and potential locations for life, is another step closer to launch, having aced the la… More...

Presence of airborne dust could signify increased habitability of distant planets - Nanowerk 10-Jun-2020

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Presence of airborne dust could signify increased habitability of distant planets - Nanowerk Scientists have expanded our understanding of potentially habitable planets orbiting distant stars by including a critical climate component - the presence of airborne dust. More...

Russia's space chief complains about American jokes - Reuters India 10-Jun-2020

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Russia's space chief complains about American jokes - Reuters India Americans should show more respect for Russia's space programme after relying on it for nine years as the only way to send U.S. astronauts into orbit, the head of Russia's space agency said. More...

Astronomers have discovered a star and potentially habitable planet that are strikingly similar to the sun and - Business Insider India 10-Jun-2020

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Astronomers have discovered a star and potentially habitable planet that are strikingly similar to the sun and - Business Insider India Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable exoplanet and its star that are strikingly similar to the Earth and the sun. The planet is less than double More...

NASA astronaut from historic spacewalk becomes first woman to reach deepest point in ocean - Orion Gazette 10-Jun-2020

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NASA astronaut from historic spacewalk becomes first woman to reach deepest point in ocean - Orion Gazette Former NASA astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, is now also the first woman to reach the deepest point in More...

Great white sharks' stomach contents reveal surprising meal choices - CNET 10-Jun-2020

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Great white sharks' stomach contents reveal surprising meal choices - CNET Scientists are disproving the Jaws-style feeding stereotypes of great whites. More...

Saturn's moon Titan drifting away faster than previously thought - Free Press Journal 10-Jun-2020

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Saturn's moon Titan drifting away faster than previously thought - Free Press Journal A new research led by scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency has implications for the entire Saturn system as well as other planets and moons. More...