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Aphelion Day 2020: Earth is farthest from the sun today! - Space.com 05-Jul-2020

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Aphelion Day 2020: Earth is farthest from the sun today! - Space.com More...

Soyuz MS-15 crew enters International Space Station - TASS 05-Jul-2020

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Soyuz MS-15 crew enters International Space Station - TASS The spacecraft approached the station after a six-hour journey More...

In Photos: The First Solar Eclipse (Surya Grahan) of the Year - The Quint 05-Jul-2020

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In Photos: The First Solar Eclipse (Surya Grahan) of the Year - The Quint Top 10 photos of the first annular solar eclipse of the year. More...

SpaceX postpones launch of Falcon 9 missile carrying Starlink satellites - TASS 05-Jul-2020

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SpaceX postpones launch of Falcon 9 missile carrying Starlink satellites - TASS The launch has already been postponed for two days earlier More...

In A Cultural Evolution Of Sorts, Canadian Sparrows Are Now Singing A New Tune - India Times 05-Jul-2020

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In A Cultural Evolution Of Sorts, Canadian Sparrows Are Now Singing A New Tune - India Times In the course of two decades,white-throated sparrows across western and central Canada have changed one oftheir songs.New research published in CurrentBiology explains that birds rarely change their tune and when they do it'smostly limited to the local enviro… More...

Using Radar on NASA's LRO, scientists think that the .. might be more metallic than they had earlier thought - Firstpost 05-Jul-2020

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Using Radar on NASA's LRO, scientists think that the .. might be more metallic than they had earlier thought - Firstpost The Moon is a product of a collision between a Mars-sized protoplanet and a young Earth. More...

Nasa Mars rover: Perseverance launch pushed back again - ClickLancashire 05-Jul-2020

Nasa Mars rover: Perseverance launch pushed back again - ClickLancashire More...

Quantum fluctuations can jiggle objects on the human scale - Space Daily 05-Jul-2020

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Quantum fluctuations can jiggle objects on the human scale - Space Daily Boston MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 - The universe, as seen through the lens of quantum mechanics, is a noisy, crackling space where particles blink constantly in and out of existence, creating a background of quantum noise whose effect More...

The world endured 2 extra heatwave days per decade since 1950 but the worst is yet to come - MENAFN.COM 05-Jul-2020

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The world endured 2 extra heatwave days per decade since 1950 but the worst is yet to come - MENAFN.COM (MENAFN - The Conversation) The term 'heatwave' is no stranger to Australians. Defined as when conditions are excessively hot for at least three days in a row, these extreme temperature events ha More...

DNA in the water can tell us how many fish are there - Tech Explorist 05-Jul-2020

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DNA in the water can tell us how many fish are there - Tech Explorist Scientists have developed a new non-invasive method to count individual fish by measuring the concentration of environmental DNA in the water, which could be applied for quantitative monitoring of aquatic ecosystems. More...

Cosmic 'fireworks' shine in baby star cluster and distant galaxy - Space.com 05-Jul-2020

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Cosmic 'fireworks' shine in baby star cluster and distant galaxy - Space.com More...

Harvesting hydrogen from nanogardens - Phys.org 05-Jul-2020

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Harvesting hydrogen from nanogardens - Phys.org Easily produced, nature-like nanostructures of cobalt phosphide are highly effective catalysts for the electrolysis of water, according to research performed by chemist Ning Yan and his team at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular… More...

Bizarre Exposed Core of Gas Giant Planet Discovered for First Time - Newsweek 05-Jul-2020

Bizarre Exposed Core of Gas Giant Planet Discovered for First Time - Newsweek More...

SpaceX launches new satellite that will make GPS three times more accurate (eventually) - ZME Science 05-Jul-2020

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SpaceX launches new satellite that will make GPS three times more accurate (eventually) - ZME Science The improvements won't happen overnight. Ten more such satellites are under manufacturing. More...

SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft caught on camera in the course of NASA astronaut spacewalk - Aviation Analysis Wing 05-Jul-2020

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SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft caught on camera in the course of NASA astronaut spacewalk - Aviation Analysis Wing SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship captured throughout NASA astronaut spacewalk SpaceX’s initial astronaut-proven Crew Dragon spacecraft has been caught on More...

The Moon is totally metal – BGR - BGR 05-Jul-2020

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The Moon is totally metal – BGR - BGR New readings from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal that the metal content within lunar craters is significantly higher than on the surface.  The findings could reveal a new link between the Moon and Earth and support formation theories. Ongoing rese… More...

The new launch date will be no earlier than July 30, NASA says - News Lagoon - News Lagoon 05-Jul-2020

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The new launch date will be no earlier than July 30, NASA says - News Lagoon - News Lagoon – Advertisement – The new launch date will be no earlier than July 30, NASA now says.After two before delays that pushed the launching of NASA’s new Mars rover Perseverance ago by many days, the launch was postponed yet again The launch window for a mission t… More...

The Moon is totally metal - BGR 05-Jul-2020

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The Moon is totally metal - BGR New readings from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal that the metal content within lunar craters is significantly higher than on the surface.  The findings could reveal a new link between the Moon and Earth and support formation theories. Ongoing rese… More...

Earth farthest from the solar on July 4 | Tonight - Winged Express 05-Jul-2020

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Earth farthest from the solar on July 4 | Tonight - Winged Express Picture at best by means of Sara Zimmerman at Unearthed Comics. Many thanks, Sara! Earth Earth reaches a milestone on... More...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures one galaxy and two asteroids - Republic World - Republic World 05-Jul-2020

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures one galaxy and two asteroids - Republic World - Republic World NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently shared an image portraying the sparkling stars of a ‘dwarf galaxy’ located around 15 million light-years away. More...

The Fastest Growing Monster Black Hole Is Devouring A Sun's Mass In A Day - India Times 05-Jul-2020

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The Fastest Growing Monster Black Hole Is Devouring A Sun's Mass In A Day - India Times Scientists have managed to measure the appetite of one of the largest known black holes in the Universe. If the new measurements are to be believed, the particular black hole is the fastest growing black hole we know of in the entire Universe, devouring mass … More...

China's FAST telescope detects extragalactic neutral hydrogen - CGTN 05-Jul-2020

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China's FAST telescope detects extragalactic neutral hydrogen - CGTN More...

Gorgeous New Footage Lets You Fly Over a Vast, Ice-Filled Crater on Mars - ScienceAlert 05-Jul-2020

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Gorgeous New Footage Lets You Fly Over a Vast, Ice-Filled Crater on Mars - ScienceAlert We love flyover videos from other worlds. These stunning videos, created from imagery gathered by orbiting spacecraft, can give us a sense of what it would be like to fly in an airplane on another planet. More...

Astronomers Spot a Planet Unlike Any We've Seen Before Orbiting a Distant Star - ScienceAlert 05-Jul-2020

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Astronomers Spot a Planet Unlike Any We've Seen Before Orbiting a Distant Star - ScienceAlert Some 730 light-years away, around a star that's a lot like our Sun, astronomers have found a really weird exoplanet. More...

Stunning Celestial Fireworks Celebrate Birth of Colossal Star Cluster - SciTechDaily 05-Jul-2020

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Stunning Celestial Fireworks Celebrate Birth of Colossal Star Cluster - SciTechDaily Astronomers created a stunning new image showing stellar fireworks in star cluster G286.21+0.17. Most stars in the universe, including our Sun, were born in massive star clusters. These clusters are the building blocks of galaxies, but their formation from de… More...

What color is the sunset on other planets? - Live Science 05-Jul-2020

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What color is the sunset on other planets? - Live Science More...

Independence Day Message from Astronauts in Space - NASA 05-Jul-2020

Independence Day Message from Astronauts in Space - NASA More...

Scientists Discover New Species of Amphibians with Snake-Like Venom Glands - News18 05-Jul-2020

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Scientists Discover New Species of Amphibians with Snake-Like Venom Glands - News18 These limbless amphibians are generally found in areas with tropical climates, which includes Africa, Asiaand America. More...

Florida based firm to offer balloon rides from Alaska to the edge of space - The Indian Express 05-Jul-2020

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Florida based firm to offer balloon rides from Alaska to the edge of space - The Indian Express The balloon rides will be manned by a flight crew taking eight passengers in a pressurized capsule suspended beneath a hydrogen balloon the size of a football stadium. More...

This planet is hotter than a star and has four seasons every 36 hours - Digital Trends 05-Jul-2020

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This planet is hotter than a star and has four seasons every 36 hours - Digital Trends NASA's planet-hunting satellite Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has discovered more about one of the most extreme planets ever detected, KELT-9 b. More...

Burnt to a crisp and crushed to death – how Earth’s neighbouring planets would brutally kill you in sec - The Sun 05-Jul-2020

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Burnt to a crisp and crushed to death – how Earth’s neighbouring planets would brutally kill you in sec - The Sun More...

Scientists have determined the amount of energy in the center of the milky Way - The Times Hub 05-Jul-2020

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Scientists have determined the amount of energy in the center of the milky Way - The Times Hub More...

Footprints on the Moon and cemeteries on Mars: interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman - The New Leam 05-Jul-2020

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Footprints on the Moon and cemeteries on Mars: interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman - The New Leam More...

A bright fireball over Tokyo explodes with the force of 165 tons of TNT - CNET 05-Jul-2020

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A bright fireball over Tokyo explodes with the force of 165 tons of TNT - CNET A space rock reportedly causes a sonic boom as it crashes into our atmosphere over Japan. More...

Rocket Lab vehicle fails to reach orbit, loses payload of satellites - Devdiscourse 05-Jul-2020

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Rocket Lab vehicle fails to reach orbit, loses payload of satellites - Devdiscourse A rocket from small-satellite launch firm Rocket Lab failed to reach orbit minutes after a successful liftoff from New Zealand on Saturday, the company said, losing its payload of seven small satellites it had intended to carry to space. "An issue was experi… More...

DNA Linked to Covid-19 Was Inherited From Neanderthals, Study Finds - The New York Times 05-Jul-2020

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DNA Linked to Covid-19 Was Inherited From Neanderthals, Study Finds - The New York Times The stretch of six genes seems to increase the risk of severe illness from the coronavirus. More...

Details about the first-ever tourist walk in outer space revealed - Space Daily 05-Jul-2020

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Details about the first-ever tourist walk in outer space revealed - Space Daily Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 05, 2020 - At the end of June, Russian rocket company Energiya and US space tourism firm Space Adventures signed a contract to send two tourists to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz rocket. More...

ISRO captures image of Mars’ elusive moon Phobos - The New Indian Express 05-Jul-2020

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ISRO captures image of Mars’ elusive moon Phobos - The New Indian Express The Indian Space Reasearch Organisation (ISRO) captured an image of Phobos, an elusive moon of Mars, from a distance of 4,200km, on July 1. More...