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A Half-Blood Thunder Moon Will Light Up Tonight's Sky - Mental Floss 13-Jun-2020

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A Half-Blood Thunder Moon Will Light Up Tonight's Sky - Mental Floss The half-blood thunder moon—a partial lunar eclipse that coincides with a full moon in July—falls on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch. More...

What A Trump Loss In November Would Mean For NASA’s Lunar Return - Forbes 13-Jun-2020

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What A Trump Loss In November Would Mean For NASA’s Lunar Return - Forbes NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tells me that despite the pandemic, the agency will do its utmost to meet the 2024 Artemis lunar return deadline. More...

World’s coastlines to suffer more as scientists say global warming will trigger bigger waves - ThePrint 13-Jun-2020

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World’s coastlines to suffer more as scientists say global warming will trigger bigger waves - ThePrint Extreme waves could increase in regularity and size by as much as 10% in extensive ocean regions such as New Zealand’s west coast, Tasmania and parts of Canada. More...

Balls of cells mimic an unseen stage of human embryo development - Science Magazine 13-Jun-2020

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Balls of cells mimic an unseen stage of human embryo development - Science Magazine Structures made from stem cells model the point at which the human body begins to take shape More...

Cascade sets the stage for superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene - Nanowerk 13-Jun-2020

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Cascade sets the stage for superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene - Nanowerk Study finds that superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene emerges from a highly interacting state of electrons. More...

Scientists Create Supernova Shock Waves Using Laser - Somag News 13-Jun-2020

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Scientists Create Supernova Shock Waves Using Laser - Somag News It is now known to everyone that the mysteries of space have been the subject of countless research by scientists for many years. Recent research has revealed that experts can create miniature supernova shock waves on earth using laser. Scientists managed to … More...

The most famous women in NASA history - Business Insider India 13-Jun-2020

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The most famous women in NASA history - Business Insider India Jessica Meir and Christina Koch pose for a photo in the International Space Station.NASA/APWomen have played crucial roles in NASA's history of space exploration.Katherine Johnson calculated trajectories for the first man in space and Apollo 11's flight to th… More...

Scientists successfully put rodents into hibernation-like state - Xinhua | English.news.cn - Xinhua 13-Jun-2020

Scientists successfully put rodents into hibernation-like state - Xinhua | English.news.cn - Xinhua More...

Chalmers University Of Technology: Future ​Ultra-thin Camera Lenses Could See Light Of Day - Printed Electronics Now Magazine 13-Jun-2020

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Chalmers University Of Technology: Future ​Ultra-thin Camera Lenses Could See Light Of Day - Printed Electronics Now Magazine Ultra-thin and flexible ‘metalenses’ could eventually replace traditional camera lenses. More...

Huge ancient shark tooth pulled from river bed in South Carolina - The Independent 13-Jun-2020

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Huge ancient shark tooth pulled from river bed in South Carolina - The Independent A South Carolina woman exploring a riverbed has reported finding an ancient shark tooth. Jessica Rose-Standafer Owens posted the video on Facebook and Tiktok... More...

BrewDog founder reveals Dragons' Den snub that would have been worth £360m - Daily Record 13-Jun-2020

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BrewDog founder reveals Dragons' Den snub that would have been worth £360m - Daily Record The two Scots behind the company planned to offer 20% of their firm for £100,000 but producers rejected them before Dragons got to hear their pitch. More...

Fat cells remember their diets early in life - Massive Science 13-Jun-2020

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Fat cells remember their diets early in life - Massive Science More...

AI gladiators fight thousands of duels so we can learn how weaponry evolves in nature - The Next Web 13-Jun-2020

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AI gladiators fight thousands of duels so we can learn how weaponry evolves in nature - The Next Web Naturally occurring violence in the animal kingdom has fascinated scientists, military strategists, and stoned people watching the National Geographic channel for as long as humans have been observing it. Understanding these systems – how and why animals figh… More...

Long-Delayed James Webb Space Telescope Is Again Delayed - Gizmodo 13-Jun-2020

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Long-Delayed James Webb Space Telescope Is Again Delayed - Gizmodo We’re going to have a wait even longer for NASA’s next-generation James Webb Space Telescope to leave Earth, owing to delays caused by the covid-19 pandemic. More...

Quick asteroid with a diameter of 119 metres flew near the Ground - The Times Hub 13-Jun-2020

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Quick asteroid with a diameter of 119 metres flew near the Ground - The Times Hub More...

China Launches Four Satellites In Two Days ! - Techno Info Plus 13-Jun-2020

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China Launches Four Satellites In Two Days ! - Techno Info Plus Table of Contents China Launches Two RocketsDetails About The Two Rockets Sent By China To SpaceSatellites Launched By ChinaCoronavirus Impact On Space Activities Of ChinaRelated posts: China Launches Two Rockets China Launches Four Satellites: SpaceX and NAS… More...

NASA's New Horizons probes 'alien sky' at the edge of the solar system - CNET 13-Jun-2020

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NASA's New Horizons probes 'alien sky' at the edge of the solar system - CNET The spacecraft examined the cosmos from well beyond Pluto, revealing a different view of the stars than we're used to seeing on Earth. More...

New calculations spark questions about the Universe's normal model - Sound On Sound Fest 13-Jun-2020

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New calculations spark questions about the Universe's normal model - Sound On Sound Fest New precision distance measurements with a set of radio telescopes has increased the probability of revision of the “standard model” that describes the fundamental nature of the Universe. The new distance measurements allowed astronomers to refine their calcu… More...

Pandemic shuts Earth's eyes on the skies - Bangkok Post 13-Jun-2020

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Pandemic shuts Earth's eyes on the skies - Bangkok Post SANTIAGO - It's as if the Earth has closed its eyes, some scientists say: the coronavirus pandemic has forced astronomers in northern Chile to shut down the world's most powerful telescopes, running the risk of missing out on supernovas and other spectacles i… More...

Solar Eclipse 2020: date, time, and everything you need to know - Jagran Josh 13-Jun-2020

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Solar Eclipse 2020: date, time, and everything you need to know - Jagran Josh The solar eclipse will be visible from Earth on June 21, 2020. The eclipse will begin at 9.15 am IST in the morning and will continue for six long More...

The technical realities of functional quantum computers - is Google’s ten-year plan for Quantum Computing viable? - Diginomica 13-Jun-2020

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The technical realities of functional quantum computers - is Google’s ten-year plan for Quantum Computing viable? - Diginomica Google's quantum computing exploits have garnered plenty of attention in recent months. But how might they apply this commercially? A contrasting technical view comes by way of Itamar Sivan, CEO of Quantum Machines. More...

Quantum state: Astronauts create 'exotic' fifth state of matter on the International Space Station - Firstpost 13-Jun-2020

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Quantum state: Astronauts create 'exotic' fifth state of matter on the International Space Station - Firstpost This substance was first theorised by Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose in the early 1920s as the fifth state of matter. More...

A surprising quantum effect observed in a “large” object - Tech Explorist 13-Jun-2020

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A surprising quantum effect observed in a “large” object - Tech Explorist While working with the resistivity of a type of delafossite – PdCoO2 – scientists at EPFL's Laboratory of Quantum Materials found that the electrons in More...

Study Reveals Titan Is Drifting Away From Saturn Faster Than We Thought - Medical Daily 13-Jun-2020

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Study Reveals Titan Is Drifting Away From Saturn Faster Than We Thought - Medical Daily As per a new study, Titan is surprisingly drifting away from Saturn, a hundred times faster than what we originally thought. More...

Scientists grow 'model' human embryos from stem cells - Yahoo News 13-Jun-2020

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Scientists grow 'model' human embryos from stem cells - Yahoo News Scientists have developed a human embryo "blueprint" using human stem cells, in a breakthrough that could provide vital insight into the early... More...

Astronomers Discover an Earth-Like Planet with a Sun-Like Star - Dual Dove 13-Jun-2020

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Astronomers Discover an Earth-Like Planet with a Sun-Like Star - Dual Dove Astronomers have just stumbled upon an exoplanet that could be habitable. Its star is a lot more similar to the sun, and the planet is highly similar to Earth, so this pair is better than all other… More...

Artificial eye with 3D retina developed for the first time - Advanced Science News 13-Jun-2020

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Artificial eye with 3D retina developed for the first time - Advanced Science News Scientists at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology make artificial eye far better than anything current. More...

Rocket Report: Brazil opens equatorial launch site, Kerbal launch slips - Ars Technica 13-Jun-2020

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Rocket Report: Brazil opens equatorial launch site, Kerbal launch slips - Ars Technica “That is not in the cards right now.” More...

Cornerstone of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Confirmed by Astrophysicists Using the Pulsar in a Triple Star System - SciTechDaily 13-Jun-2020

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Cornerstone of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Confirmed by Astrophysicists Using the Pulsar in a Triple Star System - SciTechDaily An international collaboration of scientists has recorded the most accurate confirmation to date for one of the cornerstones of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, ‘the universality of free fall.’ The new research shows that the theory holds for strongly… More...

Solar eclipse | AFP Animé - AFP News Agency 13-Jun-2020

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Solar eclipse | AFP Animé - AFP News Agency On June 21, the moon will pass between the sun and Earth, casting a dark shadow. VIDEOGRAPHIC Subscribe to AFP and activate your notifications to get the lat... More...

Astronomers witness the steadfast beating heart of a black hole - CNN 13-Jun-2020

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Astronomers witness the steadfast beating heart of a black hole - CNN About 600 million light-years away from Earth, the heartbeat of a supermassive black hole can be seen emanating from the center of a galaxy. Astronomers first saw it in 2007, then again in 2018. More...

A key ingredient for preserving some of the earliest forms of complex life found - Tech Explorist 13-Jun-2020

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A key ingredient for preserving some of the earliest forms of complex life found - Tech Explorist In a new study, scientists confirmed that kaolinite, a mineral found in certain fine-grained rocks around the world, is a key ingredient for preserving some of the earliest forms of complex life. More...

Picture of Exploding Oxygen Using Experimental "X-Ray" of Individual Molecules - Market Research News 13-Jun-2020

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Picture of Exploding Oxygen Using Experimental "X-Ray" of Individual Molecules - Market Research News ] During the blast of an air particle: the X-ray laser device XFEL takes electrons away from both atoms of the air particle and also starts its own split More...

Prehistoric crocodiles walked on two hind legs, study suggests - Republic World - Republic World 13-Jun-2020

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Prehistoric crocodiles walked on two hind legs, study suggests - Republic World - Republic World Prehistoric Crocodiles found at the Jinju Formation in modern-day South Korea, a rich archaeological site that led to discovery of ancient creatures. More...

New Metasurface-Based Camera Lenses Could be Used in Future Optical Technology - AZoOptics.com 13-Jun-2020

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New Metasurface-Based Camera Lenses Could be Used in Future Optical Technology - AZoOptics.com Camera lenses could be considerably less resource-intensive to manufacture and thousands of times thinner in the years to come. More...

NASA's IBEX charts 11 years of change at the boundary to interstellar space - Phys.org 13-Jun-2020

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NASA's IBEX charts 11 years of change at the boundary to interstellar space - Phys.org Far beyond the orbits of the planets are the hazy outlines of the heliosphere, the magnetic bubble in space that we call home. This flexible cosmic bubble stretches and shrinks in response to the sun's gasps and sighs. More...

New Results of Vector Boson Scattering Presented at LHCP 2020 - AZoQuantum 13-Jun-2020

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New Results of Vector Boson Scattering Presented at LHCP 2020 - AZoQuantum New results for a physics process termed vector boson scattering were presented by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at this year’s LHCP conference. More...

Coronavirus delays the launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope - Filmy One 13-Jun-2020

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Coronavirus delays the launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope - Filmy One NASA has again delayed the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope, this time because of how coronavirus has impacted work crews, Space.com reported. The telescope was scheduled for launch in March 2021 after a number of delays. However, Thomas Zurbuchen, NA… More...

New measurements suggests we have made a fundamental error about the universe - The Independent 13-Jun-2020

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New measurements suggests we have made a fundamental error about the universe - The Independent Scientists have long been grappling with problems with the Hubble Constant, which measures the rate the universe is expanding More...

Where you can watch the solar eclipse on June 21, 2020 - Arab News 13-Jun-2020

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Where you can watch the solar eclipse on June 21, 2020 - Arab News An annular solar eclipse will occur on June 21, 2020. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscur... More...

A Recipe for Cooling Atoms to Almost Absolute Zero - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 13-Jun-2020

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A Recipe for Cooling Atoms to Almost Absolute Zero - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA’s Cold Atom Lab aboard the International Space Station cools atoms down to a billionth of a degree above absolute zero, or the temperature at which atom... More...

Amid Covid, Indo-Japan Moon mission takes shape, Isro to lead lander tech - Times of India 13-Jun-2020

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Amid Covid, Indo-Japan Moon mission takes shape, Isro to lead lander tech - Times of India Science News: BENGALURU: Even as both the countries continue to battle Covid-19 pandemic, Japan, which will be launching a joint lunar mission with India — Lunar Po. More...

Innovative model provides insight into the behavior of the black hole at the center of our galaxy - Nanowerk 13-Jun-2020

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Innovative model provides insight into the behavior of the black hole at the center of our galaxy - Nanowerk Like most galaxies, the Milky Way hosts a supermassive black hole at its center. Called Sagittarius A*, the object has captured astronomers' curiosity for decades. And now there is an effort to image it directly. More...

An Earth-like Exoplanet Discovered 4.2 Light-Years Away - TechQuila 13-Jun-2020

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An Earth-like Exoplanet Discovered 4.2 Light-Years Away - TechQuila Proxima b; an exoplanet orbiting the star Proxima Centauri, which is part of a triple star system called Alpha Centauri. More...

A New Lead for Our Human Spaceflight Efforts on This Week @NASA – June 12, 2020 - NASA 13-Jun-2020

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A New Lead for Our Human Spaceflight Efforts on This Week @NASA – June 12, 2020 - NASA A new lead selected for our human spaceflight efforts, the new core capability of our next Mars rover, and news about our future VIPER lunar robot … a few of... More...

NASA names first woman to head human spaceflight - Siliconeer – World's First South Asian Digital Daily 13-Jun-2020

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NASA names first woman to head human spaceflight - Siliconeer – World's First South Asian Digital Daily () Kathy Lueders has been named to head NASA’s human spaceflight program, one of the most important jobs in the agency as it prepares to return people to the Moon… More...

Here's how to find out when Elon Musk's SpaceX may provide you with satellite internet - CNBC 13-Jun-2020

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Here's how to find out when Elon Musk's SpaceX may provide you with satellite internet - CNBC SpaceX updated the website for its Starlink satellite internet project on Friday for prospective customers to apply. More...

Scientists Detect Surprise Structures Wrapped Around Earth's Core - ScienceAlert 13-Jun-2020

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Scientists Detect Surprise Structures Wrapped Around Earth's Core - ScienceAlert Blobs of hot, dense material that curl around Earth's core are much more widespread than previous research suggests. More...

We Just Had A Close Encounter With A Blazing Asteroid - TechQuila 13-Jun-2020

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We Just Had A Close Encounter With A Blazing Asteroid - TechQuila Recently, NASA released a statement about the asteroid 163348 (2002 NN4). It made a fly-by past Earth, thankfully at a safe distance. More...