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Scientists Discover a Mysterious Void in the Great Pyramid of Giza - Mental Floss 16-Jun-2020

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Scientists Discover a Mysterious Void in the Great Pyramid of Giza - Mental Floss This is the first time a new inner structure has been found in the pyramid since the 19th century. More...

In a first, astronauts 3D-print meat in space - ETRetail.com 16-Jun-2020

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In a first, astronauts 3D-print meat in space - ETRetail.com But there are still limits to the types of food that can withstand microgravity. Anything that can produce crumbs, for instance, is considered dangerous, since food particles can clog a spacecraft’s electrical systems or air filters. More...

NASA Picks Nine Companies for $2.6 Billion Moon Payload Program - IndustryWeek 16-Jun-2020

NASA Picks Nine Companies for $2.6 Billion Moon Payload Program - IndustryWeek More...

Is the Star Betelgeuse About to Experience a Supernova? - Gizmo Posts 24 16-Jun-2020

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Is the Star Betelgeuse About to Experience a Supernova? - Gizmo Posts 24 Betelgeuse's extreme dimness could mean that it’s going to explode into a supernova When you look up into the sky, you will find a group of stars projected space over the Earth’s equator that is visible in the Northern Hemisphere from November to February and… More...

Astronaut Describes Coronavirus As 'Surreal' Ahead of Return Date to Earth - Travel + Leisure 16-Jun-2020

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Astronaut Describes Coronavirus As 'Surreal' Ahead of Return Date to Earth - Travel + Leisure The crew of three returned to Earth on Friday after 205 days at the International Space Station. More...

Science News | ⚡Penumbral Lunar Eclipse June 2020 Date and Time in India: Know How to Watch Strawberry Moon Eclipse - LatestLY 16-Jun-2020

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Science News | ⚡Penumbral Lunar Eclipse June 2020 Date and Time in India: Know How to Watch Strawberry Moon Eclipse - LatestLY Read Latest Science News Quickly Here | The Penumbral lunar eclipse June 2020 is expected to occur between June 5 and June 6. This penumbral lunar eclipse is called ‘Strawberry Moon Eclipse’. For those in India, who are waiting to see the celestial event, we … More...

Solar Eclipse 2020: check date, time, and other essential details - Jagran Josh 16-Jun-2020

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Solar Eclipse 2020: check date, time, and other essential details - 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...

Could the Standard Model of the Universe be Wrong? - Webby Feed 16-Jun-2020

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Could the Standard Model of the Universe be Wrong? - Webby Feed A new set of precision distance measurements made with the aid of an international collection of radio telescopes have increased the likelihood that theorists need to take another look at... More...

Iron-storing bacteria may be used to mine gold, copper - MINING.COM - MINING.com 16-Jun-2020

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Iron-storing bacteria may be used to mine gold, copper - MINING.COM - MINING.com Researchers at UC are working with bacteria whose ability to concentrate different metals could be used to access valuable elements or to clear toxic metals from polluted water. More...

Starwatch: welcome back Venus - MSN UK 16-Jun-2020

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Starwatch: welcome back Venus - MSN UK This week’s challenge is for very early risers with a good south-eastern horizon. The task is to spot Venus’ return to the sky. Since disappearing from the evening sky towards the end of May, Venus has been travelling in between the sun and the Earth, and has… More...

This mysterious radio burst in space occurs in a pattern, every 157 days - News Landed 16-Jun-2020

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This mysterious radio burst in space occurs in a pattern, every 157 days - News Landed The actual cause of these bursts is still not defined. Most of the radio bursts only occur once and do not repeat. More...

Scientists find huge, unidentified structures near the center of the Earth - DailyHover 16-Jun-2020

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Scientists find huge, unidentified structures near the center of the Earth - DailyHover The dense platforms discovered thanks to a system of algorithms between the mantle and the Earth's core surprised researchers with their enormous dimensions. American scientists discovered two huge st More...

Cretaceous-period crocodiles walked on two legs: researchers(1/3) - ecns 16-Jun-2020

Cretaceous-period crocodiles walked on two legs: researchers(1/3) - ecns More...

For The First Time, The Lifetime of a Neutron Has Been Measured in Space - ScienceAlert 16-Jun-2020

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For The First Time, The Lifetime of a Neutron Has Been Measured in Space - ScienceAlert For the first time, scientists have measured the lifespan of a neutron in the void of space. The margin of error means we can't narrow it down yet, but once the technique is refined, it could prove to be a game changer. More...

Oumuamua: Neither Comet nor Asteroid, but a Cosmic Iceberg - The New York Times 16-Jun-2020

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Oumuamua: Neither Comet nor Asteroid, but a Cosmic Iceberg - The New York Times A new study suggests the interloper may have arisen in an interstellar cloud, where stars are sometimes born. More...

Wireless Underwater Internet That Uses Light Beams and Lasers Used for the First Time - Newsweek 16-Jun-2020

Wireless Underwater Internet That Uses Light Beams and Lasers Used for the First Time - Newsweek More...

Discovered the source of the most mysterious signals from space - The Times Hub 16-Jun-2020

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Discovered the source of the most mysterious signals from space - The Times Hub More...

Kathy Lueders become first female head of NASA’s Human Space Flight Program - Jagran Josh 16-Jun-2020

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Kathy Lueders become first female head of NASA’s Human Space Flight Program - Jagran Josh Kathy Lueders was a commercial crew manager and has been directing NASAs efforts to send astronauts to space on private spacecraft since 2014. More...

Nasas Perseverance Mars mission: Sherlocks probe, & an Indian connection - Business Standard 16-Jun-2020

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Nasas Perseverance Mars mission: Sherlocks probe, & an Indian connection - Business Standard One of the boldest interplanetary missions, the Perseverance rover to Mars could pave the way for manned missions of the future More...

Microgrid In Smart Grid Market Analysis 2020 | COVID-19 Impact Research Report 2020 by Detailed Segmentation, SWOT Analysis, Demand Analysis and Forecast To 2024 - 3rd Watch News 16-Jun-2020

Microgrid In Smart Grid Market Analysis 2020 | COVID-19 Impact Research Report 2020 by Detailed Segmentation, SWOT Analysis, Demand Analysis and Forecast To 2024 - 3rd Watch News More...

Starburst Galaxy: A Bright Find Predicted by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity - SciTechDaily 16-Jun-2020

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Starburst Galaxy: A Bright Find Predicted by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity - SciTechDaily Seen here in incredible detail, thanks to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the starburst galaxy formally known as PLCK G045.1+61.1. The galaxy appears as multiple reddish dots near the center of the image and is being gravitationally lensed by a cluste… More...

Mysterious green fireball above Australia's outback leaves experts baffled - indiablooms 16-Jun-2020

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Mysterious green fireball above Australia's outback leaves experts baffled - indiablooms Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: A mysterious, green colored fireball flew across the sky of Australia's remote outback on Monday, stunning onlookers and leaving local experts baffled about its origins. More...

Water Ice Lurks in Young—but Not Too Young—Lunar Craters - Eos 16-Jun-2020

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Water Ice Lurks in Young—but Not Too Young—Lunar Craters - Eos Using topographic data, researchers have estimated the ages of water ice–containing craters near the Moon’s poles and ruled out volcanism as being a primary route for water delivery. More...

The case for self-explainable AI - TechTalks 16-Jun-2020

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The case for self-explainable AI - TechTalks Scientist Daniel Elton discusses why we need artificial intelligence models that can explain their decisions by themselves as humans do. More...

Kohn anomaly: New phenomenon that could lead to new quantum devices - Tech Explorist 16-Jun-2020

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Kohn anomaly: New phenomenon that could lead to new quantum devices - Tech Explorist Scientists found a new, stronger kind of unusual electron-phonon interaction- Kohn anomaly to study electron-phonon interactions in detail. More...

Discovery of graphene switch - EurekAlert 16-Jun-2020

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Discovery of graphene switch - EurekAlert Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) successfully developed the special in-situ transmission electron microscope technique to measure the current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbon (GNR) with observing the edge structure… More...

Planet X, AKA Doomsday Planet Nibiru, Has Returned, Sparking More End Of The World Theories - BroBible 16-Jun-2020

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Planet X, AKA Doomsday Planet Nibiru, Has Returned, Sparking More End Of The World Theories - BroBible One of the many theories surrounding the current global pandemic… More...

New supelens has potential to circumvent classical optics laws - Nanowerk 16-Jun-2020

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New supelens has potential to circumvent classical optics laws - Nanowerk Researchers have made a first-ever experimental observation of a plasmon nanojet. This physical phenomenon enables nanoscale focusing of light and, theoretically, allows engineers to bypass one of the fundamental limitations of the ordinary converging lens. More...

A possible explanation for why West Antarctica is warming faster than East Antarctica - Phys.org 16-Jun-2020

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A possible explanation for why West Antarctica is warming faster than East Antarctica - Phys.org A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in South Korea has found a possible reason for West Antarctica warming faster than East Antarctica. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their study of surface… More...

NASA's Hubble Telescope snaps crystal clear image of distant galaxy - Express.co.uk 16-Jun-2020

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NASA's Hubble Telescope snaps crystal clear image of distant galaxy - Express.co.uk NASA'S Hubble Telescope has revealed a stunning, crystal clear image of a distant galaxy. More...

Astronomers Confirm Two Planets in Proxima Centauri System | Astronomy - Sci-News.com 16-Jun-2020

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Astronomers Confirm Two Planets in Proxima Centauri System | Astronomy - Sci-News.com Astronomers have finally confirmed the existence of two exoplanets -- Proxima b and c -- orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Sun’s closest stellar neighbor and one of the best-studied low-mass stars. More...

Plasma Fluctuations Could Generate Bright Pulsar Emission - Physics 16-Jun-2020

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Plasma Fluctuations Could Generate Bright Pulsar Emission - Physics Calculations link coherent pulsar emission to fluctuations in electron-positron production. More...

Register Today For Our Asteroid Day Special “33 minutes With Micheal Kueppers” On 30 June 2020 - SpaceWatch.Global 16-Jun-2020

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Register Today For Our Asteroid Day Special “33 minutes With Micheal Kueppers” On 30 June 2020 - SpaceWatch.Global Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café Asteroid Day Special featuring More...

Researchers develop artificial synapse that works with living cells - Medical Xpress 16-Jun-2020

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Researchers develop artificial synapse that works with living cells - Medical Xpress In 2017, Stanford University researchers presented a new device that mimics the brain's efficient and low-energy neural learning process. It was an artificial version of a synapse—the gap across which neurotransmitters travel to communicate between neurons—ma… More...

36 intelligent civilisations may exist in our own galaxy: Study - National Herald 16-Jun-2020

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36 intelligent civilisations may exist in our own galaxy: Study - National Herald There could be 36 active intelligent civilisations in our own galaxy, Milky Way, but we are unable to communicate to them as average distance to these civilisations would be 17,000 light-years away. More...

NASA TV Coverage Set for Final Space Station Spacewalk Power Upgrades - Space Ref 16-Jun-2020

NASA TV Coverage Set for Final Space Station Spacewalk Power Upgrades - Space Ref NASA TV Coverage Set for Final Space Station Spacewalk Power Upgrades - SpaceRef More...

ISRO, Japan Collaborate For Lunar Polar Exploration; Scheduled To Liftoff After 2023 - Gizbot 16-Jun-2020

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ISRO, Japan Collaborate For Lunar Polar Exploration; Scheduled To Liftoff After 2023 - Gizbot ISRO is teaming up with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for space exploration. Together, the ISRO and JAXA will be launching the Lunar Polar Exploration, as the name suggests, to explore the Moon. More...

Bringing Einstein's Concepts to Life Through Art - NASA 16-Jun-2020

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Bringing Einstein's Concepts to Life Through Art - NASA Launched on April 20, 2004, Gravity Probe B (GP-B) was a collaboration between Stanford University and NASA designed to test two previously untested aspects of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. More...

ESA’s Solar Orbiter made its 1st close approach to the sun today - EarthSky 16-Jun-2020

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ESA’s Solar Orbiter made its 1st close approach to the sun today - EarthSky Solar Orbiter swept as close as 50 million miles (77 million km) to our sun's surface. Now scientists are at work testing the spacecraft’s 10 science instruments, including the 6 telescopes on-board. New images, to be released in mid-July, will be the closest… More...

Radiation pressure with recoil: Experimental proof for a 90 year-old theory - Phys.org 16-Jun-2020

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Radiation pressure with recoil: Experimental proof for a 90 year-old theory - Phys.org Light exerts a certain amount of pressure onto a body: sun sails could thus power space probes in the future. However, when light particles (photons) hit an individual molecule and knock out an electron, the molecule flies toward the light source. Atomic phys… More...

Mars: Green glow detected on the Red Planet - BBC News 16-Jun-2020

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Mars: Green glow detected on the Red Planet - BBC News A joint European-Russian satellite observes a light in Mars’ atmosphere that's generated by oxygen. More...

The Higgs Boson –“Gateway” to the Dark Universe? - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel 16-Jun-2020

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The Higgs Boson –“Gateway” to the Dark Universe? - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel The cosmos contains a Higgs field—similar to an electric field—generated by Higgs bosons in the vacuum. Particles interact with the field to gain energy and, through Albert Einstein’s famous equation, E=mc2, mass.The Standard Model of particle physics, althou… More...

Bose–Einstein condensation in space - Physics Today 16-Jun-2020

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Bose–Einstein condensation in space - Physics Today Ultracold rubidium atoms in microgravity exhibit both predicted and unexpected behaviors. More...

How Floating Cities May Be Key to the Development of Space Colonization - Medium 16-Jun-2020

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How Floating Cities May Be Key to the Development of Space Colonization - Medium When I was first introduced to Star Wars as a kid, I remember being fascinated by the number of fantastic, wild worlds presented in the universe. None proved more intriguing to me than that of Cloud… More...

Threat Actors Can Eavesdrop Using a Light Bulb’s Vibrations: Research - CISO MAG 16-Jun-2020

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Threat Actors Can Eavesdrop Using a Light Bulb’s Vibrations: Research - CISO MAG Researchers discovered a novel side-channel attacking technique that allows eavesdroppers to spy on conversations happening in a room More...

SpaceX Crew Dragon: astronauts reveal big benefit over space shuttle - Inverse 16-Jun-2020

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SpaceX Crew Dragon: astronauts reveal big benefit over space shuttle - Inverse Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are two of the first people to fly on a SpaceX rocket, a feat they achieved last month. More...

Rocket Lab to Demonstrate Fastest Launch Turnaround to Date - Space Ref 16-Jun-2020

Rocket Lab to Demonstrate Fastest Launch Turnaround to Date - Space Ref Rocket Lab to Demonstrate Fastest Launch Turnaround to Date - SpaceRef More...

Hummingbirds Can See Colours We Can't Even Imagine, Experiment Reveals - ScienceAlert 16-Jun-2020

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Hummingbirds Can See Colours We Can't Even Imagine, Experiment Reveals - ScienceAlert Hummingbirds can perceive colours that the human eye cannot, thanks to the addition of an extra cone in the hummingbird's eye that we don't possess, new research reveals. More...

Paleolithic Humans Buried Their Dead in Bear Nests 30,000 Years Ago, Scientists Discover - Newsweek 16-Jun-2020

Paleolithic Humans Buried Their Dead in Bear Nests 30,000 Years Ago, Scientists Discover - Newsweek More...

SpaceX's Satellite Internet Teases Sending Out Invites for Public Beta Tests - PCMag India 16-Jun-2020

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SpaceX's Satellite Internet Teases Sending Out Invites for Public Beta Tests - PCMag India The company’s website for Starlink has been updated with a new email newsletter that'll notify applicable users about the coming public beta trial. More...