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Watch live! Astronauts taking 2nd spacewalk to swap space station batteries - Space.com 02-Jul-2020

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Watch live! Astronauts taking 2nd spacewalk to swap space station batteries - Space.com More...

Scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device #116160 - New Kerala 02-Jul-2020

Scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device #116160 - New Kerala Technology News: Scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device - The Southwest Research Institute scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age of planetary specimens ons… More...

The Buzz: NASA creates necklace that reminds you not to touch your face - First Coast News 02-Jul-2020

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The Buzz: NASA creates necklace that reminds you not to touch your face - First Coast News The PULSE pendant is worn around your neck and when you put your hands closer to your face, it will vibrate. More...

Science News Roundup: Italy's Cassandra: the scientist who challenged WHO guidelines; Tentacles on cells may help virus spread to other cells; risk not significantly higher in people with HIV and more - Devdiscourse 02-Jul-2020

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Science News Roundup: Italy's Cassandra: the scientist who challenged WHO guidelines; Tentacles on cells may help virus spread to other cells; risk not significantly higher in people with HIV and more - Devdiscourse Following is a summary of current science news briefs. "Tentacles" on hijacked cells might help coronavirus spread It is rocket science: EU to speed up space ambitions, Breton says The European Union will plough more money into rocket launches, satellite co… More...

Asteroid Day: Why This Day Matters And Everything You Need To Know - Mashable India 02-Jul-2020

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Asteroid Day: Why This Day Matters And Everything You Need To Know - Mashable India Yes, Asteroid Day is real! It is an UN-approved awareness day observed every year on the 30th of June since 2016. It is observed as the international day of awareness and education about asteroids. More...

Amber fossils unlock true color of 99-million-year-old insects - Phys.org 02-Jul-2020

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Amber fossils unlock true color of 99-million-year-old insects - Phys.org Nature is full of colors, from the radiant shine of a peacock's feathers or the bright warning coloration of toxic frogs to the pearl-white camouflage of polar bears. More...

Sulfur Dioxide Levels Over India Dramatically Drop After The Lockdown - Interesting Engineering 02-Jul-2020

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Sulfur Dioxide Levels Over India Dramatically Drop After The Lockdown - Interesting Engineering As with other countries, air pollution has noticeably decreased across India following lockdown restrictions. More...

Coronae of supermassive black holes may be the hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth - Phys.org 02-Jul-2020

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Coronae of supermassive black holes may be the hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth - Phys.org The origin of high-energy cosmic neutrinos observed by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, whose detector is buried deep in the Antarctic ice, is an enigma that has perplexed physicists and astronomers. A new model could help explain the unexpectedly large flux… More...

Watch NASA's epic 10-year time-lapse video of our sun's fiery adventures - CNET 02-Jul-2020

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Watch NASA's epic 10-year time-lapse video of our sun's fiery adventures - CNET A whole hour of hot stuff. More...

The Real Center of Gravity of the Solar System was Calculated - Somag News 02-Jul-2020

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The Real Center of Gravity of the Solar System was Calculated - Somag News Scientists have identified the true center of gravity of the Solar System. Accordingly, the center of gravity of the Solar System is located on the surface of the Sun, not the core. Have you ever thought where the center of gravity of our Solar System is? Mos… More...

What's Up: July 2020 Skywatching Tips from NASA - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 02-Jul-2020

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What's Up: July 2020 Skywatching Tips from NASA - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory What are some skywatching highlights you can see in July 2020? Enjoy the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn with their moons, stay up late to spot Mars rising.... More...

Hungriest of black holes among the most massive in the universe - Free Press Journal 02-Jul-2020

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Hungriest of black holes among the most massive in the universe - Free Press Journal We now know just how massive the fastest-growing black hole in the universe actually is, as well as how much it eats, thanks to new research led by the Australian National University (ANU). More...

Lunar Eclipse this Sunday: What is Thunder Moon Eclipse; Chandra Grahan time and India visibility details - Times Now 02-Jul-2020

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Lunar Eclipse this Sunday: What is Thunder Moon Eclipse; Chandra Grahan time and India visibility details - Times Now NASA says the moon will appear full for nearly three days around the eclipse, from Friday evening into Monday morning. More...

NASA astronauts take spacewalk to upgrade ISS batteries - CGTN 02-Jul-2020

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NASA astronauts take spacewalk to upgrade ISS batteries - CGTN More...

Bare core of a doomed, rocky Jupiter-like planet spotted near a distant star - Firstpost 02-Jul-2020

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Bare core of a doomed, rocky Jupiter-like planet spotted near a distant star - Firstpost This is the largest rocky planet ever discovered and the first planetary core ever found, researchers say. More...

Physicists explain why changes to Earth's magnetic field are weaker over the Pacific - Phys.org 02-Jul-2020

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Physicists explain why changes to Earth's magnetic field are weaker over the Pacific - Phys.org A new study by University of Alberta physicists provides an explanation for why changes to Earth's magnetic field over time are weaker over the Pacific region—a mystery scientists have been trying to solve for nearly a century. More...

You can now improve your declining eyesight - NEWS9 live 02-Jul-2020

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You can now improve your declining eyesight - NEWS9 live Researchers from University College London (UCL) say they’ve found that exposing the human eye to deep red light for three minutes a day could improve declin... More...

NASA simulates alien sunsets from the solar system and beyond - The Weather Network 02-Jul-2020

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NASA simulates alien sunsets from the solar system and beyond - The Weather Network Have you ever wanted to watch a sunset from an alien world? More...

SpaceX just launched a Space Force satellite with brand new Falcon 9 booster - CNET 02-Jul-2020

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SpaceX just launched a Space Force satellite with brand new Falcon 9 booster - CNET Elon Musk's company conducts its third launch since sending NASA astronauts to the space station on May 30. More...

NASA Invests $51 Million in Innovative Ideas from US Small Businesses - Geospatial World 02-Jul-2020

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NASA Invests $51 Million in Innovative Ideas from US Small Businesses - Geospatial World NASA has selected 409 technology proposals for the first phase of funding from the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The contracts will provide approximately $51 million to 312 small busi… More...

Earth's Temperature Has Risen To Levels Not Seen In Past 125,000 Years - India Times 02-Jul-2020

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Earth's Temperature Has Risen To Levels Not Seen In Past 125,000 Years - India Times It is no news that our planet is getting warmer day by day due to the pollution humanity is causing. And this damage might have turned off for a while during the COVID-19 lockdown, it hasn’t been enough to eliminate climate change.  NAS… More...

Supermassive black holes could be the sources of neutrinos seen on Earth - Tech Explorist 02-Jul-2020

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Supermassive black holes could be the sources of neutrinos seen on Earth - Tech Explorist Mysteries about the origin of high-energy cosmic neutrinos have deepened by the recent IceCube measurement of a large diffuse flux in the 10–100 TeV More...

Creating lenses from spider silk - Tech Explorist 02-Jul-2020

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Creating lenses from spider silk - Tech Explorist One unexpected application for spider silk is its use in the creation of biocompatible lenses for biological imaging applications. More...

Over the past three decades, the South Pole is warming at more than three times the global average - Firstpost 02-Jul-2020

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Over the past three decades, the South Pole is warming at more than three times the global average - Firstpost The study suggested that warming was mainly driven by natural tropical climate variability and likely intensified by increases in greenhouse gas. More...

This black hole is the most massive in the universe - Telangana Today 02-Jul-2020

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This black hole is the most massive in the universe - Telangana Today Canberra: We now know just how massive the fastest-growing black hole in the universe actually is, as well as how much it eats, thanks to new research led by the Australian National University (ANU). It is 34 billion times the mass of our Sun and gorges on ne… More...

Physicists reveal why Earth’s magnetic field over Pacific region has been weakening - Republic World - Republic World 02-Jul-2020

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Physicists reveal why Earth’s magnetic field over Pacific region has been weakening - Republic World - Republic World A new study published in the Journal Nature Geoscience, physicists from the University of Alberta have expounded reason for Earth's weakening magnetic field. More...

SpaceX Launched An Advanced Model Of GPS Satellite For The U.S. Space Force - Mashable India 02-Jul-2020

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SpaceX Launched An Advanced Model Of GPS Satellite For The U.S. Space Force - Mashable India SpaceX has successfully launched the GPS III Space Vehicle 03 to space for the U.S. Space Force. The newer advanced satellite is meant to augment the existing 31 operational spacecraft part of the GPS constellation. More...

Meteor showers list 2020: Schedule and the best days to observe the phenomena - Republic World - Republic World 02-Jul-2020

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Meteor showers list 2020: Schedule and the best days to observe the phenomena - Republic World - Republic World A number of meteors appear to radiate from one point in the sky at a particular date every year. Continue reading for complete Meteor showers list 2020. More...

NASA Prepares to Explore Moon: Spacesuits, Tools - NASA Goddard 02-Jul-2020

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NASA Prepares to Explore Moon: Spacesuits, Tools - NASA Goddard Preparing to explore the surface of the Moon goes well beyond designing and building safe spacecraft and spacesuits. NASA also has to ensure the surface vehi... More...

A binary star as a cosmic particle accelerator - Phys.org 02-Jul-2020

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A binary star as a cosmic particle accelerator - Phys.org With a specialized telescope in Namibia a DESY-led team of researchers has proven a certain type of binary star as a new kind of source for very high-energy cosmic gamma-radiation. Eta Carinae is located 7500 lightyears away in the constellation Carina (the s… More...

LIGO reveals quantum correlations at work in mirrors weighing tens of kilograms - physicsworld.com 02-Jul-2020

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LIGO reveals quantum correlations at work in mirrors weighing tens of kilograms - physicsworld.com Result points to lower noise limit for gravitational-wave detectors More...

The Large Hadron Collider Just Discovered a Brand-New Particle - Futurism 02-Jul-2020

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The Large Hadron Collider Just Discovered a Brand-New Particle - Futurism "Today's discovery opens another exciting chapter in this scientific book." More...

Core of a gas planet seen for the first time - BBC News 02-Jul-2020

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Core of a gas planet seen for the first time - BBC News Astronomers have found a previously unseen type of object circling a distant star. More...

Astronauts perform 2nd spacewalk to swap batteries - Times of India 02-Jul-2020

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Astronauts perform 2nd spacewalk to swap batteries - Times of India Astronauts are performing their second spacewalk in under a week to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station. Commander Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken ventured out Wednesday to tackle the cumbersome job. NASA plans to send the astronauts o… More...

NASA delays Mars rover Perseverance again as launch deadline looms - CNET 02-Jul-2020

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NASA delays Mars rover Perseverance again as launch deadline looms - CNET Scrub the last three dates. NASA is now aiming for July 30 (or even later). More...

A massive star in a far-off galaxy just disappeared, leaving behind no trace! - WION 02-Jul-2020

A massive star in a far-off galaxy just disappeared, leaving behind no trace! - WION The star, which was 2.5 times brighter than the Sun, left no trace behind More...

Fascinating: Amber fossils reveal the true colors of 99-million-year-old insects - Potato News Today 02-Jul-2020

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Fascinating: Amber fossils reveal the true colors of 99-million-year-old insects - Potato News Today Researchers have discovered the true colors of a group of fossilized insects, trapped in amber approximately 99 million years ago in Myanmar. The ancient insects include cuckoo wasps, soldier flies… More...

NASA shares timelapse footage of the sun, as SDO watches sun nonstop for 10 years | ABC News - ABC News 02-Jul-2020

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NASA shares timelapse footage of the sun, as SDO watches sun nonstop for 10 years | ABC News - ABC News NASA shared timelapse footage of the sun, celebrating their Solar Dynamics Observatory watching the sun nonstop for more than a decade. In 10 years, SDO gath... More...

Science from home: How an eclipse happens - NBC4 Columbus 02-Jul-2020

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Science from home: How an eclipse happens - NBC4 Columbus Explaining how solar and lunar eclipses happen using a flash light & 2 round objects More...