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World Asteroid Day 2020: History, Significance, Tunguska event and Key Facts - Jagran Josh 30-Jun-2020

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World Asteroid Day 2020: History, Significance, Tunguska event and Key Facts - Jagran Josh World Asteroid Day 2020: It is celebrated on 30 June to spread awareness in public about the asteroid impact hazard. What are asteroids and Tunguska More...

Chandrayaan-2 all set to put India on the moon - Global Banking And Finance Review 30-Jun-2020

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Chandrayaan-2 all set to put India on the moon - Global Banking And Finance Review India’s unmanned moon mission is all set to create history when the module Vikram makes its landing on 7th September 2019. The module separated from More...

NASA joins ISRO to track Vikram lander ‘calling home’ - Hindustan Times 30-Jun-2020

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NASA joins ISRO to track Vikram lander ‘calling home’ - Hindustan Times The ISRO is trying to establish link with Vikram with its Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) at Byalalu near Bengaluru. More...

Researchers Say You Can Improve Your Eyesight by Staring at This Specific Type of Light - Futurism 30-Jun-2020

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Researchers Say You Can Improve Your Eyesight by Staring at This Specific Type of Light - Futurism "The technology is simple and very safe, using a deep red light of a specific wavelength." More...

When Two Black Holes Collided, NASA Spotted Something Very Surprising - Futurism 30-Jun-2020

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When Two Black Holes Collided, NASA Spotted Something Very Surprising - Futurism This isn't what usually happens. More...

Global Diffraction Gratings Market 2020 – Impact of COVID-19, Future Growth Analysis and Challenges | Zeiss, Plymouth Grating Lab, Optometric, Headwall Photonics, SSI Optics - Galus Australis 30-Jun-2020

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Global Diffraction Gratings Market 2020 – Impact of COVID-19, Future Growth Analysis and Challenges | Zeiss, Plymouth Grating Lab, Optometric, Headwall Photonics, SSI Optics - Galus Australis In the Diffraction Gratings statistical surveying study, 2019 is considered as the base year, and 2020-2027 is considered as the estimate time frame to anticipate the market size. Significant district More...

They propose to deflect asteroids that threaten Earth with a cable and a rock … and it could work - Checkersaga 30-Jun-2020

They propose to deflect asteroids that threaten Earth with a cable and a rock … and it could work - Checkersaga Although the risk of an asteroid colliding with Earth is low, according to astronomers, and none are known… More...

Neptune-size exoplanet found zooming around nearby young star - jacksonprogress-argus 30-Jun-2020

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Neptune-size exoplanet found zooming around nearby young star - jacksonprogress-argus A planet about the size of Neptune has been found zipping around a young star about 32 light years away from Earth, according to a new study. More...

NASA offering $51k to redesign common household item - Yahoo Finance Australia 30-Jun-2020

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NASA offering $51k to redesign common household item - Yahoo Finance Australia Do you have the solution to NASA’s loo-nar problem? More...

NASA throws open a challenge to win over Rs 26 lakh - Check all details here - Zee Business 30-Jun-2020

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NASA throws open a challenge to win over Rs 26 lakh - Check all details here - Zee Business NASA is preparing for return to the Moon and innumerable activities to equip, shelter, and otherwise support future astronauts are underway. More...

Boeing, We Have A Problem: Starliner's Debut And The Role Of Governance In Spaceflight - Transport - Netherlands - Mondaq News Alerts 30-Jun-2020

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Boeing, We Have A Problem: Starliner's Debut And The Role Of Governance In Spaceflight - Transport - Netherlands - Mondaq News Alerts The long-awaited unveiling of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft hit some turbulence during the craft's maiden uncrewed test-flight in December 2019. More...

Launch of European rocket carrying tiny Israeli space lab delayed again - The Times of Israel 30-Jun-2020

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Launch of European rocket carrying tiny Israeli space lab delayed again - The Times of Israel Vega rocket carrying payload of 53 small satellites, including experiments from Sheba, Technion and Hebrew University, kept grounded again, and again by bad weather More...

Asteroid Day — everything you need to know about the rocks in our solar system that could one day hit Earth - Business Insider India 30-Jun-2020

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Asteroid Day — everything you need to know about the rocks in our solar system that could one day hit Earth - Business Insider India The sixth annual Asteroid Day will kick off tomorrow, June 30. Some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about asteroids include — what is an asteroid, More...

NASA’s latest exoplanet discovery could help explain how planets evolve - DailyHover 30-Jun-2020

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NASA’s latest exoplanet discovery could help explain how planets evolve - DailyHover NASA has discovered a planet as large as Neptune orbiting a young, nearby star known as AU Microscopii that may serve as a one-of-a-kind laboratory for studying how planets evolve and interact with stars. AU Microscopii is so young that it is surrounded by a … More...

Scientists have shown the danger gene editing of human embryos - The Times Hub 30-Jun-2020

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Scientists have shown the danger gene editing of human embryos - The Times Hub More...

NASA Claims Jupiter’s Moon Europa’s Oceans Are Habitable - DailyHover 30-Jun-2020

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NASA Claims Jupiter’s Moon Europa’s Oceans Are Habitable - DailyHover The oceans of Europe, Jupiter’s moon , may be habitable , according to a new model developed by NASA, this 3,100 km diameter moon is the fourth largest moon in orbit around Jupiter and although it is smaller than our Luna itself, Europe is bigger than Pluto. … More...

Watch the Moon Cast Its Shadow on Earth in This Rare, Haunting Lunar Eclipse Image - News18 30-Jun-2020

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Watch the Moon Cast Its Shadow on Earth in This Rare, Haunting Lunar Eclipse Image - News18 A tiny Chinese satellite camera captured a rare, fleeting shot of the moon’s shadow on Earth during a July 2019 lunar eclipse. More...

NASA video shows 10-year time lapse of Sun in 61 minutes - Times Now 30-Jun-2020

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NASA video shows 10-year time lapse of Sun in 61 minutes - Times Now The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument alone captures images every 12 seconds at 10 different wavelengths of light. More...

First measurement of spin-orbit alignment for a distant ‘super-Jupiter’ planet - Tech Explorist 30-Jun-2020

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First measurement of spin-orbit alignment for a distant ‘super-Jupiter’ planet - Tech Explorist For the first time, astronomers have measured the spin-orbit alignment for a distant 'super-Jupiter' planet called Beta Pictoris b that located 63 light-years from Earth. More...

NASA Astronaut Shares Photo Capturing Boundary Between Day and Night on Earth in One Frame - News18 30-Jun-2020

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NASA Astronaut Shares Photo Capturing Boundary Between Day and Night on Earth in One Frame - News18 Behnken has shared an image of the Earth showing the intermingling of the day and night, as seen from space. More...

The search for Pluto’s successor continues with Rubin Observatory, could Planet X be the answer? - Firstpost 30-Jun-2020

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The search for Pluto’s successor continues with Rubin Observatory, could Planet X be the answer? - Firstpost The Rubin observatory, will start functioning in 2022, has a giant telescope that will help find the ninth planet of our solar sytem. More...

Artemis Space Launch System structural testing has been completed - SlashGear 30-Jun-2020

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Artemis Space Launch System structural testing has been completed - SlashGear NASA has announced that on June 24, engineers completed the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s structural testing process for the Artemis lunar mission. The testing process was specifically f… More...

NASAs Hubble Telescope shows how space looked on your birthday, heres how to check - Republic World - Republic World 30-Jun-2020

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NASAs Hubble Telescope shows how space looked on your birthday, heres how to check - Republic World - Republic World In collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA released Hubble telescope’s back catalogue on the website which allows one to enter birth month. More...

Industry News: The magnetic history of ice - SelectScience 30-Jun-2020

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Industry News: The magnetic history of ice - SelectScience The magnetic history of ice More...

NASA's planetary scientist create a simulation to sho..w the different sunsets looks like on various planets - Firstpost 30-Jun-2020

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NASA's planetary scientist create a simulation to sho..w the different sunsets looks like on various planets - Firstpost The sunset on Uranus is a bright blue colour that fades to royal blue with hints of turquoise due to the interaction of sunlight with the atmosphere. More...

Team develops method for trapping elusive electrons - Phys.org 30-Jun-2020

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Team develops method for trapping elusive electrons - Phys.org Graphene's unique 2-D structure means that electrons travel through it differently than in most other materials. One consequence of this unique transport is that applying a voltage doesn't stop the electrons like it does in most other materials. This is a pro… More...

Stare at Deep-Red Light for 3 Mins a Day to Improve Declining Eyesight - http://www.newsgram.com/ 30-Jun-2020

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Stare at Deep-Red Light for 3 Mins a Day to Improve Declining Eyesight - http://www.newsgram.com/ Researchers have found that staring at a deep-red light for three minutes a day can significantly improve declining eyesight. More...

Humans and monkeys show similar thinking patterns: The neural computations of human and non-human primates shed new light on the evolution of language - Science Daily 30-Jun-2020

Humans and monkeys show similar thinking patterns: The neural computations of human and non-human primates shed new light on the evolution of language - Science Daily Humans and monkeys may not speak the same lingo, but our ways of thinking are a lot more similar than previously thought, according to new research. More...

Light From Black Hole Collisions Detected for First Time - NewsClick 30-Jun-2020

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Light From Black Hole Collisions Detected for First Time - NewsClick It was first identified by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory of the National Science Foundation along with the European Virgo Detector on May 21, 2019 and has been named as S190521g. More...

Giant star spots likely cause of Betelgeuse dimming - Phys.org 30-Jun-2020

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Giant star spots likely cause of Betelgeuse dimming - Phys.org Betelgeuse, the bright star in the constellation of Orion, has been fascinating astronomers in the recent months because of its unusually strong decline in brightness. Scientists have been discussing a number of scenarios trying to explain its behavior. Now a… More...

SpaceX Falcon rocket boosters look like two sinking suns as they fall from the horizon [WATCH] - Times Now 30-Jun-2020

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SpaceX Falcon rocket boosters look like two sinking suns as they fall from the horizon [WATCH] - Times Now As the boosters fall from the horizon, they light up the night sky and reflect in the water like sinking suns. More...

Nasa's loo challenge: A toilet that works both in microgravity and lunar gravity - Times of India 30-Jun-2020

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Nasa's loo challenge: A toilet that works both in microgravity and lunar gravity - Times of India US News: NEW DELHI: As Nasa prepares for its return to the Moon, innumerable activities to equip, shelter, and otherwise support future astronauts are underway. More...

Cosmic Rays May Explain Life's Bias for Right-Handed DNA - Quanta Magazine 30-Jun-2020

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Cosmic Rays May Explain Life's Bias for Right-Handed DNA - Quanta Magazine Cosmic rays may have given right-handed genetic helixes an evolutionary edge at the beginning of life’s history. More...

Astronomers Discover Super-Earths Orbiting Red Dwarf Star 11 Light Years Away - Mashable India 30-Jun-2020

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Astronomers Discover Super-Earths Orbiting Red Dwarf Star 11 Light Years Away - Mashable India Astronomers have found two super-Earth planets orbiting a nearby red dwarf, Gliese 887 (GJ 887) close to its habitable zone. More...

How flying snakes glide: Swimming through the air - nature video 30-Jun-2020

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How flying snakes glide: Swimming through the air - nature video Flying snakes glide through the air, flattening their bodies to provide lift. But as they glide they seem to swim, undulating their bodies from side to side.... More...

Global warming will cause ecosystems to produce more methane than first predicted - Phys.org 30-Jun-2020

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Global warming will cause ecosystems to produce more methane than first predicted - Phys.org New research suggests that as the Earth warms natural ecosystems such as freshwaters will release more methane than expected from predictions based on temperature increases alone. More...

Multifunctional nanofiber protects against explosions - Phys.org 30-Jun-2020

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Multifunctional nanofiber protects against explosions - Phys.org Since World War I, the vast majority of American combat casualties has come not from gunshot wounds but from explosions. Today, most soldiers wear a heavy, bullet-proof vest to protect their torso but much of their body remains exposed to the indiscriminate a… More...

Astronomers Find Monster Quasar in Early Universe | Astronomy - Sci-News.com 30-Jun-2020

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Astronomers Find Monster Quasar in Early Universe | Astronomy - Sci-News.com An international team of astronomers has discovered the second most distant quasar -- named Pōniuā`ena and designated J100758.264+211529.207 (J1007+2115) -- ever found, More...

Did you solve it? The broken vase - The Guardian 30-Jun-2020

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Did you solve it? The broken vase - The Guardian The shattering solutions to today’s puzzles More...

Canada is Going to be Building Canadarm3 for the Artemis Missions - Universe Today 30-Jun-2020

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Canada is Going to be Building Canadarm3 for the Artemis Missions - Universe Today When you need a robotic arm in space, you call in the experts. Over the past several decades, the Canadian Space Agency has expertly provided robotic arms for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. And now it will build the next-generation of robo… More...

The Bare Minimum Number of Martian Settlers? 110 - Universe Today 30-Jun-2020

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The Bare Minimum Number of Martian Settlers? 110 - Universe Today A self-sustaining colony on Mars would need a minimum number of peoplo be viable. A new study calculates that number as 110. More...

Scientists have found the reason of diamond rains on Uranus and Neptune - The Times Hub 30-Jun-2020

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Scientists have found the reason of diamond rains on Uranus and Neptune - The Times Hub More...

Physicists see surprisingly strong light, high heat from nanogaps between plasmonic electrodes - Phys.org 30-Jun-2020

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Physicists see surprisingly strong light, high heat from nanogaps between plasmonic electrodes - Phys.org Seeing light emerge from a nanoscale experiment didn't come as a big surprise to Rice University physicists. But it got their attention when that light was 10,000 times brighter than they expected. More...

New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert - Phys.org 30-Jun-2020

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New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert - Phys.org The unique remains of a prehistoric, giant wombat-like marsupial—Mukupirna nambensis—that was unearthed in central Australia are so different from all other previously known extinct animals that it has been placed in a whole new family of marsupials. More...

scientists discover a soft coral garden in greenland's deep sea - Designboom 30-Jun-2020

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scientists discover a soft coral garden in greenland's deep sea - Designboom More...

Russia’s replacement for the Proton rocket costs way too much - Ars Technica 30-Jun-2020

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Russia’s replacement for the Proton rocket costs way too much - Ars Technica "Angara has no chance of successful competition." More...

A Worm’s Hidden Map for Growing New Eyes - The New York Times 30-Jun-2020

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A Worm’s Hidden Map for Growing New Eyes - The New York Times When a planarian loses its eyes, cellular guides connect new ones to its brain so it can see again. More...

China announces its step-ahead in Ultra-secure satellite transmission – BE Space & Energy - Bollywood Entertainment 30-Jun-2020

China announces its step-ahead in Ultra-secure satellite transmission – BE Space & Energy - Bollywood Entertainment More...

Dinosaurs wiped out by asteroid, not volcanoes, researchers say - The Guardian 30-Jun-2020

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Dinosaurs wiped out by asteroid, not volcanoes, researchers say - The Guardian Study says surge in volcanic activity could not have caused Cretaceous/Paleogene extinction event More...

Researchers catch a wave to determine how forces control granular material properties - Nanowerk 30-Jun-2020

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Researchers catch a wave to determine how forces control granular material properties - Nanowerk Physicists used X-ray measurements and analyses to show that velocity scaling and dispersion in wave transmission is based on grainy particle arrangements and chains of force between them, while reduction of wave intensity is caused mainly from grainy partic… More...

Injectable Liquid Prosthesis to Treat Retinal Diseases Developed | - Medgadget 30-Jun-2020

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Injectable Liquid Prosthesis to Treat Retinal Diseases Developed | - Medgadget Retinal prostheses promise the restoration of vision to people with age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and other conditions that lead More...

SpaceX’s reusable Falcon rockets have Europe thinking two steps ahead - Teslarati 30-Jun-2020

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SpaceX’s reusable Falcon rockets have Europe thinking two steps ahead - Teslarati In a rare instance of some connection to reality, a European Union commissioner overseeing the space industry has acknowledged the elephant in the room, admitting that SpaceX has changed the game for commercial rockets and that the upcoming Ariane 6 rocket ma… More...

Astronauts will Fulfill Their Physiological Needs in Space a Lot More Efficiently than Before - Webby Feed 30-Jun-2020

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Astronauts will Fulfill Their Physiological Needs in Space a Lot More Efficiently than Before - Webby Feed Space exploration is one of the most exciting experiences a human can have during a lifetime. But it can also become very frustrating if the astronaut cannot find the right... More...