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Asteroid day: Date, history, significance and everything you need to know - The Financial Express 01-Jul-2020

Asteroid day: Date, history, significance and everything you need to know - The Financial Express More...

New Details About the Artemis Moon Lander and Moon Base - ENGINEERING.com 01-Jul-2020

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New Details About the Artemis Moon Lander and Moon Base - ENGINEERING.com Three companies are competing to build NASA’s next-gen lunar lander. More...

SMC and SpaceX poised for third GPS III Falcon 9 launch - Space Ref 01-Jul-2020

SMC and SpaceX poised for third GPS III Falcon 9 launch - Space Ref SMC and SpaceX poised for third GPS III Falcon 9 launch - SpaceRef More...

PM Modi To Continue Free Food Scheme To 80 Crore Of India's Poorest Till Nov 30 - News18 01-Jul-2020

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PM Modi To Continue Free Food Scheme To 80 Crore Of India's Poorest Till Nov 30 - News18 PM Modi addressed the nation today and announced huge relief for the nation’s poor. More...

COVID-19 Saliva Test Trial Underway At UC Berkeley - KPIX CBS SF Bay Area 01-Jul-2020

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COVID-19 Saliva Test Trial Underway At UC Berkeley - KPIX CBS SF Bay Area UC Berkeley researchers have come up with a new COVID-19 test that uses saliva. Wilson Walker reports. (6/30/20) More...

NASA Delays Launch Of Mars Rover Until July 30 - Sakshi English 01-Jul-2020

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NASA Delays Launch Of Mars Rover Until July 30 - Sakshi English NASA and United Launch Alliance have pushed the first launch attempt of the Mars rover, called Perseverance to July 30th...... More...

South Pole warmed 7 times than rest of Antarctica | Global Warming | GHG | Climate Change - WION 01-Jul-2020

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South Pole warmed 7 times than rest of Antarctica | Global Warming | GHG | Climate Change - WION South Pole warmed 7 times than rest of Antarctica | Global Warming | GHG | Climate Change This is because of its location on the remote, high-altitude region... More...

International Asteroid Day 2020: What’s So Special about the Day? Know the History & Importance - Krishi Jagran 01-Jul-2020

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International Asteroid Day 2020: What’s So Special about the Day? Know the History & Importance - Krishi Jagran International Asteroid Day, June 30: In December 2016, the United Nations declared June 30th as the ‘International Asteroid Day’ in order to observe each year at the international level the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia, Russian Federation o… More...

Astronomers, hunters found the living planet not far from Earth - The Times Hub 01-Jul-2020

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Astronomers, hunters found the living planet not far from Earth - The Times Hub More...

A Decade of Sun: A New Timelapse Chronicles Ten Years of the Enormous Star - Colossal 01-Jul-2020

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A Decade of Sun: A New Timelapse Chronicles Ten Years of the Enormous Star - Colossal  Most experts advise against staring at the sun for more than a few seconds, and yet, a new timelapse from NASA lets viewers peer into the fiery mass for an entire decade. During the course of ten years, the Solar Dynamics Observatory took more than 425 m… More...

Sightings of a huge fireball were reported in the US - BGR 01-Jul-2020

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Sightings of a huge fireball were reported in the US - BGR A massive fireball appeared in the skies over several southern US states in the early morning hours of June 19th. Eyewitnesses report seeing a huge streak following by a bright flash and then a boom. It’s unclear if any pieces of the space rock made it to Ear… More...

Scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device - Yahoo India News 01-Jul-2020

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Scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device - Yahoo India News Washington DC [USA], June 30 (ANI): The Southwest Research Institute scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age of planetary specimens onsite. The team is progressively miniaturising the Chemistr… More...

Coronavirus Outbreak: NASA develops a PULSE pendant t.. supposed to help keep your hands away from your face - Firstpost 01-Jul-2020

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Coronavirus Outbreak: NASA develops a PULSE pendant t.. supposed to help keep your hands away from your face - Firstpost The PULSE pendant is supposed to be “simple and affordable” technology that can be easily replicated so that it can be widely distributed. More...

Third penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on 5 July 2020: Time, duration and visibility in India - Firstpost 01-Jul-2020

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Third penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on 5 July 2020: Time, duration and visibility in India - Firstpost The eclipse will start at around 8.37 am IST on July 5 and will go on till 11.22 am IST with it reaching its maximum at 9:59 am IST. More...

Watch ISS spacewalk July 1 | Human World - EarthSky 01-Jul-2020

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Watch ISS spacewalk July 1 | Human World - EarthSky On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, 2 astronauts will perform the 2nd of a pair of International Space Station (ISS) spacewalks, to replace aging nickel-hydrogen batteries. How to watch. More...

Staring at deep-red light may improve declining eyesight - Sentinelassam - The Sentinel Assam 01-Jul-2020

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Staring at deep-red light may improve declining eyesight - Sentinelassam - The Sentinel Assam Researchers have found that staring at a deep-red light for three minutes a day can significantly... More...

Snakes can 'fly'! It's not on plane, researchers find how they glide through air - Times Now 01-Jul-2020

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Snakes can 'fly'! It's not on plane, researchers find how they glide through air - Times Now Researchers studied seven snakes by recording their movements with motion-capture tags and high-speed cameras. More...

NASA announces Lunar Loo challenge; invites ideas for engineering toilet on Moon - The Financial Express 01-Jul-2020

NASA announces Lunar Loo challenge; invites ideas for engineering toilet on Moon - The Financial Express More...

For The First Time, Scientists Have Captured Video of Brains Clearing Out Dead Neurons - ScienceAlert 01-Jul-2020

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For The First Time, Scientists Have Captured Video of Brains Clearing Out Dead Neurons - ScienceAlert We already know that our brains have a waste disposal system that keeps dead and toxic neurons from clogging up our biological pathways. Now, scientists have managed to capture a video of the process for the first time, in laboratory tests on mice. More...

Check Out NASA’s Mesmerizing One-Hour Timelapse Of The Sun - Mashable India 01-Jul-2020

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Check Out NASA’s Mesmerizing One-Hour Timelapse Of The Sun - Mashable India NASA has released an hour-long video which is a time-lapse of the observations made by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) over the past decade with its custom soundtrack! More...

What's that falling from the sky? Names for things falling through Earth's atmosphere - 10 Tampa Bay 01-Jul-2020

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What's that falling from the sky? Names for things falling through Earth's atmosphere - 10 Tampa Bay You've heard of shooting star, falling star and fireball. What are the different names for things that fall from space to earth and how accurate are they? More...

European Union to speed up space ambitions, says Breton - Hindustan Times 01-Jul-2020

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European Union to speed up space ambitions, says Breton - Hindustan Times European Commissioner Thierry Breton, the former French head of IT company Atos, said that for the first time, the EU budget will be used to support new technology to launch rockets, including reusable ones. More...

World's Biggest Shark Has Teeth on Its Eyeballs, Scientists Discover - Newsweek 01-Jul-2020

World's Biggest Shark Has Teeth on Its Eyeballs, Scientists Discover - Newsweek More...

A cosmic mystery: Astronomers capture the disappearance of a massive star - Nanowerk 01-Jul-2020

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A cosmic mystery: Astronomers capture the disappearance of a massive star - Nanowerk Astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An alternative explanation is that the star collapsed into a black hol… More...

Scientists Have Been Able to Capture the Light Emitted When Two Black Holes Collide - News18 01-Jul-2020

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Scientists Have Been Able to Capture the Light Emitted When Two Black Holes Collide - News18 Scientists have revealed the image of the light produced on the collision of two black holes. More...

Study finds the minimum number of Martian settlers for survival is 110 - Phys.org 01-Jul-2020

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Study finds the minimum number of Martian settlers for survival is 110 - Phys.org So you want to colonize Mars. Well, Mars is a long ways away, and in order for a colony to function that far from Earthly support, things have to be thought out very carefully. Including how many people are needed to make it work. More...

South Pole Warmed Three Times The Global Rate In Last 30 Years: Study - NDTV 01-Jul-2020

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South Pole Warmed Three Times The Global Rate In Last 30 Years: Study - NDTV At the South Pole, considered the coldest point on Earth, temperatures are rising fast. So fast, in fact, that Kyle Clem and other climate researchers began to worry and wonder whether human-driven climate change was playing a bigger role than expected in Ant… More...

NASA's TESS Delivers New Insights Into an Ultrahot World - NASA Goddard 01-Jul-2020

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NASA's TESS Delivers New Insights Into an Ultrahot World - NASA Goddard Measurements from NASAs Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have enabled astronomers to greatly improve their understanding of the bizarre environme... More...

Astronaut tweets pictures of ‘boundary between night and day’. They’re mesmerising - Hindustan Times 01-Jul-2020

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Astronaut tweets pictures of ‘boundary between night and day’. They’re mesmerising - Hindustan Times Bob Behnken wrote that the images capture his favourite view of Earth. More...

What You Need To Know About Asteroids and Other Near-Earth Objects - NASA 01-Jul-2020

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What You Need To Know About Asteroids and Other Near-Earth Objects - NASA Have burning questions about asteroids? Our experts have answers! (Spoiler Alert: none of them will hit Earth.) Our solar system is littered with asteroids a... More...

An explanation for why changes to Earth’s magnetic field are weaker over the Pacific - Tech Explorist 01-Jul-2020

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An explanation for why changes to Earth’s magnetic field are weaker over the Pacific - Tech Explorist The study shows that if the conductance of the lowermost mantle is higher under the Pacific than elsewhere on the planet. This larger 'magnetic friction' weakens the local core flows; it also deflects the main planetary current flow away from the Pacific regi… More...

NASA wants SLS rocket boosters for 6 more Artemis missions - The Rahnuma Daily 01-Jul-2020

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NASA wants SLS rocket boosters for 6 more Artemis missions - The Rahnuma Daily Washington, June 30 (IANS) NASA is taking steps towards building Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters to support as many as six additional flights, for a total of up to nine Artemis missions. The US space agency on Monday said it will provide initi… More...

SpaceX launches advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force, sticks rocket landing - Space.com 01-Jul-2020

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SpaceX launches advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force, sticks rocket landing - Space.com More...

Study finds asteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs: Only plausible explanation - Orion Gazette 01-Jul-2020

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Study finds asteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs: Only plausible explanation - Orion Gazette It was the asteroid after all. A new study confirms that an asteroid impact 66 million years ago – not volcanic eruptions – killed off most of More...

SpaceX launches GPS satellite for US Space Force while chasing record - CNET 01-Jul-2020

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SpaceX launches GPS satellite for US Space Force while chasing record - CNET Elon Musk's company conducts its third launch since sending NASA astronauts to the space station on May 30. More...

NASA delays Mars rover launch until at least July 30th - Filmy One 01-Jul-2020

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NASA delays Mars rover launch until at least July 30th - Filmy One You’ll have to wait longer than you might like to see the Perseverance rover begin its journey to Mars. NASA and United Launch Alliance have delayed blast-off for the Mars 2020 mission from July 22nd to “no earlier than” July 30th. Processing problems with th… More...