Speed of space storms key to protecting astronauts and satellites from radiation - Phys.org Space weather forecasters need to predict the speed of solar eruptions, as much as their size, to protect satellites and the health of astronauts, scientists have found. More...

Researchers Observe Long-Lived Heartbeat of Supermassive Black Hole - AZoQuantum A supermassive black hole’s heartbeat has been spotted through X-ray satellite observations after its signal was blocked by the Sun for several years. More...

Antarctic sea-ice models improve for the next IPCC report - Phys.org The world of climate modeling is complex, requiring an enormous amount of coordination and collaboration to produce. Models feed on mountains of different inputs to run simulations of what a future world might look like, and can be so big—in some cases, lines… More...

World's first spherical artificial eye has 3D retina - Science Daily Scientists have developed the world's first 3D artificial eye with capabilities better than existing bionic eyes and in some cases, even exceed those of the human eyes, bringing vision to humanoid robots and new hope to patients with visual impairment. More...

Origins of genetic variability in seals - Phys.org A new study led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers shows that fluctuations in population sizes in the past have had a significant effect on contemporary seal populations, and estimates the risk of genetic impoverishment in the spec… More...

Researchers mimic nature for fast, colorful 3-D printing - Phys.org Brilliantly colored chameleons, butterflies, opals—and now some 3-D-printed materials—reflect color by using nanoscale structures called photonic crystals. More...

Scientists Say You Could Charge Batteries Using Humidity - Futurism The research capitalizes on a natural phenomenon: thunderstorms. More...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Discovers Sunlight Cracking Rocks on Asteroid Bennu - SciTechDaily Asteroids don’t just sit there doing nothing as they orbit the Sun. They get bombarded by meteoroids, blasted by space radiation, and now, for the first time, scientists are seeing evidence that even a little sunshine can wear them down. Rocks on asteroid Ben… More...

Kathy Sullivan becomes first person to walk in space and reach ocean's deepest point - CBS News Over 570 people have gone to space. Only eight have gone to Challenger Deep. Kathy Sullivan has done both. More...

Carbon Dioxide Levels Just Hit 417ppm, Highest In Human History - Forbes Country-wide lockdowns and quarantine acted to temporarily decrease emissions of global greenhouse gas. However, as the yearly May benchmark was released it appears to have done little to slow the ever-increasing rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. More...

Astronomers discover how long-lived Peter Pan discs evolve - Phys.org New research from scientists at Queen Mary University of London has revealed how long-lived Peter Pan discs form, which could provide new insights into how planets arise. More...

Architects have designed a Martian city for the desert outside Dubai - CNN Architects Bjarke Ingels Group have designed a prototype of a city suitable for sustaining life on Mars -- and then adapted it for use in the Emirati desert. More...

Scientists have unraveled the mystery radiating from the depths of Antarctica radio - The Times Hub More...

Solar Eclipse 2020: Dos and don’ts, myths about Surya Grahan - Hindustan Times Surya Grahan 2020: A solar eclipse always occurs approximately two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse. During annular solar eclipses, a ring of fire is formed around the moon’s periphery and it is different from a total eclipse. More...

Climate Change: Small islands may not disappear under rising seas, researchers find - Hindustan Times In recent years, the leaders and inhabitants of many small-island nations like Kiribati and Tuvalu have warned that climate change is an existential threat to their homelands, fearing they could disappear under rising seas as the planet warms. More...

Cascade of electronic transitions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene - Nature.com Electron–electron interactions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene can split usually degenerate electronic bands, giving rise to a cascade of electronic transitions revealed by spectroscopy. More...

Simple explanation suffices for conduction in nickelates - EurekAlert Some metal oxides, such as nickelates, have a tuneable resistivity, which makes them an interesting material for adaptable electronics and cognitive computing. These materials can change their nature from metallic to insulating. How exactly this metal-insulat… More...

Scientists apply 'twistronics' to light propagation and make a breakthrough discovery - Nanowerk The findings provide a promising pathway for leapfrog advancement in imaging, optical-computing technologies, biosensing and more. More...

Scientists Press Mammal "Snooze Button" To Understand Hibernation - NDTV Could humans eventually be induced to hibernate to protect them after an injury or preserve them during deep space travel? The idea is a staple of science fiction, but studies published on Thursday build on a growing field of research that experts say is "rev… More...

Biggest asteroid to pass close (and undetected) this year - EarthSky Asteroid 2020 LD passed within the moon's distance on June 5, but wasn't discovered until June 7. It's the 45th known and the largest asteroid to sweep within a lunar-distance of Earth so far in 2020. More...

After 18 Years, Comet With 1 Billion Km Tail Found, Seven Times The Earth-Sun Distance - India Times Comets are truly fascinating objects. They’re not very common to appear but whenever they do, they’re truly breathtaking. And now, findings from a 2002 NASA spacecraft might have revealed a comet with a tail over a billion kilometres long, a record-breaking l… More...

Mars 2020 launch slips three days - SpaceNews A launch vehicle processing “hiccup” has pushed back next month’s launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission by three days. More...

Lab-grown cells mimic crucial moment in embryo development - Nature.com Artificial structures developed the rudimentary components of a heart and nervous system. More...

Hug me tender: scientists unlock the secret to the perfect cuddle - India Today A team from Japan's Toho University measured the calming effect on infants of hugs of different pressures, and when given by strangers compared to from parents. More...

Scientists create mini-supernova shock waves on Earth - Livescience.com More...

Astronomers Discover A Star-Planet System Quite Similar To The Sun And Earth - Mashable India Astronomers have found a planet-star pair that is more like the Sun-Earth system than any other such exoplanet system discovered yet. More...

A Surprise Discovery Shows Magnetars Create Fast Radio Bursts - Quanta Magazine After a burst lit up their telescope “like a Christmas tree,” astronomers were able to finally track down the source of these cosmic oddities. More...

Astronomers created the fifth state of matter in space - Tech Explorist Scientists have observed the fifth state of matter in space for the first time, offering unprecedented insight that could help solve some of the quantum universe's most intractable conundrums. More...

Rocket Lab scrubs latest satellite launch with just minutes to go - Digital Trends Commercial space company Rocket Lab was hoping to deploy small satellites into low Earth orbit for several clients, but strong winds left the rocket grounded. More...

Fossil tracks left by an ancient crocodile that 'ran like an ostrich' - BBC News Scientists are stunned to find that some ancient crocodiles may have moved around on two feet. More...

Quantum 'fifth state of matter' observed in space for first time - Times of India Science News: PARIS: Scientists have observed the fifth state of matter in space for the first time, offering unprecedented insight that could help solve some of th. More...

Asteroid news: Large asteroid passes between Earth and Moon - and no one knew - Express.co.uk THE LARGEST asteroid to approach Earth this year swung by on June 5 - but experts did not discover it until June 7, reiterating the need to keep eyes on the sky. More...

Scientists Discover A New Phase Of Liquid Crystal - Mashable India Scientists have now discovered a new phase of liquid that was initially proposed over 100 years ago. More...

A plan to turn the atmosphere into one, enormous sensor - The Economist It will watch for storms, earthquakes, volcanos—and missile launches More...

New insight into the Great Dying - Phys.org A new study shows for the first time that the collapse of terrestrial ecosystems during Earth's most deadly mass extinction event was directly responsible for disrupting ocean chemistry. More...

NASA just picked commercial aerospace company Astrobotic to land the first US moon rover in 48 years — a robot - Business Insider India NASA is preparing to land a spacecraft on the moon for the first time in nearly half a century. The agency is giving rocket company Astrobotic nearly $200 More...

New distance measurements bolster challenge to basic model of universe - Nanowerk A new set of precision distance measurements made with an international collection of radio telescopes have greatly increased the likelihood that theorists need to revise the 'standard model' that describes the fundamental nature of the Universe. More...

Computer algorithms find tumors' molecular weak spots - Science Magazine Approach to identifying the best drug targets gets critical test More...

Scientists detect unexpected widespread structures near Earth's core - Phys.org University of Maryland geophysicists analyzed thousands of recordings of seismic waves, sound waves traveling through the Earth, to identify echoes from the boundary between Earth's molten core and the solid mantle layer above it. The echoes revealed more wid… More...

Heartbeat of Supermassive Black Hole Detected For First Time in Years - Interesting Engineering The supermassive black hole's heartbeat signal had been obscured by the Sun since 2011. More...

Could Atmospheric Water Vapor Be a Renewable Energy Source? - Lab Manager Magazine renewable energy research More...

Have you got what it takes to become an astronaut in the new era of human spaceflight? - MENAFN.COM (MENAFN - The Conversation) Millions of people watched breathlessly as astronauts for the first time successfully travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) in a privately funded spacecraft, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule, on May 30.… More...

`Sun Clock` quantifies extreme space weather switch onoff times - Zee News Extreme space weather events can significantly impact systems such as satellites, communications systems, power distribution, and aviation. More...

Saturn’s moon Titan drifting away faster than previously thought - The Siasat Daily Washington DC: 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. Just as our own Moon floats away from Earth a tiny bit more each year, other moons are doing… More...

Lens is 1000 times thinner and lighter - eeNews Europe Researchers in Sweden have built a lens 1000 times thinner and lighter using metasurfaces built with a simple process using photoresist More...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope delayed again, this time by COVID-19 - CNET The space agency's biggest space observatory was once slated to launch in 2007. More...

Scientists created a lifelike model of embryonic life: Details here - NewsBytes A team of scientists claims to have created a model of early embryonic life in a lab More...

Scientists carry out first space-based measurement of neutron lifetime - Phys.org Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from space for the first time—a discovery that could teach us more about the early universe. More...

Confirming Einstein's Most Fortunate Thought - Space Ref Confirming Einstein's Most Fortunate Thought - SpaceRef More...

Mysterious fossilized footprints reveal that ancient crocodile ancestors walked on two legs - Business Insider India Paleontologists discovered a trackway of fossilized footprints in South Korea that are more than 110 million years old. The footprints came from a 10-foot-long More...

Back from space odyssey, astronaut Jessica Meir adapts to Covid-plagued Earth - The Times of Israel With 7 months on International Space Station and historic all-female space walks behind her, trailblazing child of Iraqi-born Israeli sets sights on Artemis moon landing project More...

Dramatic SpaceX video shows what happens when a rocket's nose cone pops off - Space.com More...