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The moon is 85 million years younger than earlier thought - Sprout Wired 16-Jul-2020

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The moon is 85 million years younger than earlier thought - Sprout Wired This visualization reveals the moon remaining formed from a collision, which, according to a new research, happened additional a short... More...

SpaceX delays launch of South Korean military satellite to perform rocket checks - Space.com 16-Jul-2020

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SpaceX delays launch of South Korean military satellite to perform rocket checks - Space.com "We're being extra paranoid," Elon Musk says. More...

New AI Technique Predicts the Survival of Planetary Systems - AZoRobotics 16-Jul-2020

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New AI Technique Predicts the Survival of Planetary Systems - AZoRobotics Researchers are clueless about how planetary systems—similar to the solar system or the multi-planet systems surrounding other stars—arrange themselves, and why collision does not occur more often between the planets. More...

Calgary photographers capture Comet NEOWISE with the aurora - Calgary Herald 16-Jul-2020

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Calgary photographers capture Comet NEOWISE with the aurora - Calgary Herald Calgary photographers capture Comet NEOWISE with the aurora More...

NASA chief says Russia ties 'solid' as Moscow's space chief rejects US-led moon program - Deccan Herald 16-Jul-2020

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NASA chief says Russia ties 'solid' as Moscow's space chief rejects US-led moon program - Deccan Herald NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said Tuesday he still expected support from Russia's space corporation in its Artemis moon program despite Moscow's space chief slamming the US-led lunar effort. Bridenstine said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday "the … More...

NASA Has a Message For Aliens Visiting Earth: Don't Contaminate Our Planet - News18 16-Jul-2020

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NASA Has a Message For Aliens Visiting Earth: Don't Contaminate Our Planet - News18 The role of NASA's Office of Planetary Protection is to promote responsible exploration of the solar system by protecting both Earth and mission destinations from biological contamination. More...

Navigating the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Space Sciences - Analytics Insight 16-Jul-2020

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Navigating the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Space Sciences - Analytics Insight Scientists are employing Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for space sciences. Princeton researchers designed SPOCK to predict the course of planets while NASA is planning to use AI for Mars exploration. More...

China's Chang'e-4 probe enters 20 lunar day - CGTN 16-Jul-2020

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China's Chang'e-4 probe enters 20 lunar day - CGTN Both the lander and the rover of China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe have resumed work for the 20th lunar day on the far side of the Moon, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration on Wednesday. More...

Scientists Think The Moon Is A Lot More Younger Than Previously Thought - Mashable India 16-Jul-2020

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Scientists Think The Moon Is A Lot More Younger Than Previously Thought - Mashable India Scientists in a new study have found that the Earth’s natural satellite could be 85 million years younger than previous calculations have suggested. More...

Astronomers Observe Most Distant Explosion in Universe That Took Place 10 Billion Years Ago - Gadgets 360 16-Jul-2020

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Astronomers Observe Most Distant Explosion in Universe That Took Place 10 Billion Years Ago - Gadgets 360 Astronomers have spotted one of the most powerful and oldest explosions that took place nearly 10 billion years ago. The explosion that has been named SGRB181123B occurred just 3.8 billion years after the Big Bang. More...

Astronomers discover big galactic wall hidden guiding Milky Way - Aviation Analysis Wing 16-Jul-2020

Astronomers discover big galactic wall hidden guiding Milky Way - Aviation Analysis Wing Experts have found a celestial structure built of galaxies extra than 1.4 billion mild-years very long and 600 million deep in the skies over the South More...

New studies link rise in global methane emissions to oil, gas and agriculture - The Poultry Site 16-Jul-2020

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New studies link rise in global methane emissions to oil, gas and agriculture - The Poultry Site More...

Desert telescope takes aim at ageing our Universe - BBC News 16-Jul-2020

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Desert telescope takes aim at ageing our Universe - BBC News A telescope high in the Atacama Desert in Chile enters the debate about the age of the Universe. More...

Scientists fit beetles with tiny camera backpacks that reveal insect secrets - CNET 16-Jul-2020

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Scientists fit beetles with tiny camera backpacks that reveal insect secrets - CNET A GoPro for creepy-crawlies puts scientists at the insects' eye level. More...

Scientists spot star flung across our galaxy at insane speeds - BGR 16-Jul-2020

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Scientists spot star flung across our galaxy at insane speeds - BGR Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope identified a star moving at truly incredible speeds. The white dwarf is thought to have partially exploded, sending the remaining material of the star flying at incredibly high speeds. The star’s speed is estimated… More...

Moon is 85 million years younger than we had previously thought, say astronomers - Firstpost 16-Jul-2020

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Moon is 85 million years younger than we had previously thought, say astronomers - Firstpost The commonly accepted hypothesis is that the Moon was formed from the debris of a collision between the Earth and a smaller planet called Theia. More...

Guidelines for viewing Comet NEOWISE, which will disappear shortly - haveeruonline 16-Jul-2020

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Guidelines for viewing Comet NEOWISE, which will disappear shortly - haveeruonline Comet NEOWISE is having rave critiques from astronomers that have seen it this week. Below are some strategies from all those astronomers.Brian Ottum, More...

Boeing to support Int'l Space Station operations through 2024 - CGTN 16-Jul-2020

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Boeing to support Int'l Space Station operations through 2024 - CGTN More...

Mars 2020: Opera Singer Writes an Anthem for Red Planet - Bloomberg QuickTake News 16-Jul-2020

Mars 2020: Opera Singer Writes an Anthem for Red Planet - Bloomberg QuickTake News More...

This bacteria eats metals as its food - Tech Explorist 16-Jul-2020

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This bacteria eats metals as its food - Tech Explorist Caltech microbiologists have discovered bacteria that feed on manganese and use the metal as their source of calories. More...

New potential launch dates for UAE's Mars Mission - The National 16-Jul-2020

New potential launch dates for UAE's Mars Mission - The National More...

Artificial Intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive - Devdiscourse 16-Jul-2020

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Artificial Intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive - Devdiscourse Rejecting the large range of unstable possibilities -- all the configurations that would lead to collisions -- would leave behind a sharper view of planetary systems around other stars, but it's not as easy as it sounds. More...

Perseid meteor shower 2020: When is the Perseid meteor shower and when does it peak? | Science | News - haveeruonline 16-Jul-2020

Perseid meteor shower 2020: When is the Perseid meteor shower and when does it peak? | Science | News - haveeruonline On July 17, Earth will commence its yearly voyage as a result of the particles left at the rear of by the Comet Swift-Tuttle. As a final result, the More...

SpaceX launch of first South Korean armed service satellite delayed - Sprout Wired 16-Jul-2020

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SpaceX launch of first South Korean armed service satellite delayed - Sprout Wired The Falcon 9 booster for the Anasis-II mission is a history-building rocket. It was the booster used to supply NASA... More...

Timelapse of new comet NEOWISE captured - News 5 Cleveland 16-Jul-2020

Timelapse of new comet NEOWISE captured - News 5 Cleveland More...

Mysterious planet number nine - FOX59 News 16-Jul-2020

Mysterious planet number nine - FOX59 News More...

Science News | ⚡ISS Can Be Seen From Indian Cities of Delhi, Ahmedabad & Rajkot Tonight: Here Are The Timings - LatestLY 16-Jul-2020

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Science News | ⚡ISS Can Be Seen From Indian Cities of Delhi, Ahmedabad & Rajkot Tonight: Here Are The Timings - LatestLY Read Latest Science News Quickly Here | The International Space Station is a multi-national collaborative project between five space agencies. The modular space station located in the low Earth orbit is easy to spot when the sky is clear sky. Tonight, the ISS… More...

Asteroid close approach: NASA gearing up as asteroid to pass closer than the Moon - Express.co.uk 16-Jul-2020

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Asteroid close approach: NASA gearing up as asteroid to pass closer than the Moon - Express.co.uk NASA is on alert after discovering an asteroid which is predicted to make what is known as a 'close approach' to Earth in September, passing our planet even closer than the Moon. More...

A.I. system SPOCK determines which planets live or die - Inverse 16-Jul-2020

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A.I. system SPOCK determines which planets live or die - Inverse A team of researchers developed an A.I. system to determine which planets will survive, and which ones will crash into each other. More...

White dwarf star was flung across our galaxy by an unobserved type of supernova - CNN 16-Jul-2020

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White dwarf star was flung across our galaxy by an unobserved type of supernova - CNN A white dwarf star has been sent zooming across our Milky Way galaxy thanks to the blast from a unique kind of supernova that it managed to survive, according to a new study. More...

Comet Neowise Appears In Bay Area Skies - KPIX CBS SF Bay Area 16-Jul-2020

Comet Neowise Appears In Bay Area Skies - KPIX CBS SF Bay Area More...

The Moon Is Millions of Years Younger Than We Thought, Scientists Suggest - ScienceAlert 16-Jul-2020

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The Moon Is Millions of Years Younger Than We Thought, Scientists Suggest - ScienceAlert Looking back through several billion years of history isn't easy, and new discoveries continually prompt us to rethink just how the Moon came to be. Now, a new study suggests Earth's satellite is much younger than we tend to think – about 85 mill More...

Scientists are now a step closer towards understanding how a supermassive black hole is born - Firstpost 16-Jul-2020

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Scientists are now a step closer towards understanding how a supermassive black hole is born - Firstpost They have found that the supermassive black hole lives in a galaxy known as Mirach's Ghost due to its proximity to the star Mirach. More...

Black hole the size of a grapefruit lurking at the edges of our solar system 'could be Planet X' - Firstpost 16-Jul-2020

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Black hole the size of a grapefruit lurking at the edges of our solar system 'could be Planet X' - Firstpost The Legacy Survey of Space and Time telescope should be able to confirm or rule out if Planet X is a black hole or not. More...

Intergalactic wall: Stretch of galaxies some 1.4 bn light-years long discovered in the universe - Firstpost 16-Jul-2020

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Intergalactic wall: Stretch of galaxies some 1.4 bn light-years long discovered in the universe - Firstpost The structure stretches across the southern border of the universe, and comprises thousands of galaxies and huge amounts of gas and dust. More...

Astronomers in Hawaii discover second most distant short gamma-ray burst - KHON2 News 16-Jul-2020

Astronomers in Hawaii discover second most distant short gamma-ray burst - KHON2 News More...

Carbon levels in Comet Atlas could help astronomers detect the age of other comets - Firstpost 16-Jul-2020

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Carbon levels in Comet Atlas could help astronomers detect the age of other comets - Firstpost Comet Atlas was a long-period comet, one that enters the Solar System once in 5,476 years. More...

Short gamma ray burst leaves most-distant optical afterglow ever detected - Phys.org 16-Jul-2020

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Short gamma ray burst leaves most-distant optical afterglow ever detected - Phys.org The farther away an object lies in the universe, the fainter it appears through the lens of a telescope. More...

World’s largest soaring bird Andean condors can fly for 160 km without flapping wings - India Today 16-Jul-2020

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World’s largest soaring bird Andean condors can fly for 160 km without flapping wings - India Today The bird spends just 1 per cent of its time aloft flapping their wings, which is mostly during take-off. More...

Incredible satellite footage shows Godzilla dust cloud travel from Africa to US - Mirror Online 16-Jul-2020

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Incredible satellite footage shows Godzilla dust cloud travel from Africa to US - Mirror Online A clip was shared of the massive dust plume by the European Space Agency, which tracked it on its Copernicus Sentinel and Aeolus satellites. It could be the largest dust cloud ever recorded More...

Virginia rocket launch may be visible for most of East Coast and as far west as Ohio - WHNT News 19 16-Jul-2020

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Virginia rocket launch may be visible for most of East Coast and as far west as Ohio - WHNT News 19 A rocket launch from Virginia may be visible to many in the Eastern Time Zone on Wednesday morning. More...

NASA’s first lunar habitat may be an RV-like rover built by Toyota - Ars Technica 16-Jul-2020

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NASA’s first lunar habitat may be an RV-like rover built by Toyota - Ars Technica “NASA’s budget is stretched pretty thin.” More...

A Giant Asteroid Is Getting Ready To Skim By Earth Closer Than The Moon At 18,000 MPH - BroBible 16-Jul-2020

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A Giant Asteroid Is Getting Ready To Skim By Earth Closer Than The Moon At 18,000 MPH - BroBible Don’t panic, but a rather menacing 170-foot tall asteroid is… More...

Oil & Gas Methane Leaks Responsible For Rise In Emissions - OilPrice.com 16-Jul-2020

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Oil & Gas Methane Leaks Responsible For Rise In Emissions - OilPrice.com A U.S. Appeals Court ruled on Tuesday that the Dakota Access oil pipeline can continue to operate while the court considers whether the pipeline should be shut down as ordered by a lower court's ruling More...

A Beginner's Guide To Photographing Comet Neowise - PetaPixel 16-Jul-2020

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A Beginner's Guide To Photographing Comet Neowise - PetaPixel The comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) has arrived in the night sky here in the northern hemisphere, delighting skywatchers and photographers alike. With planning, More...

Universe is 13.8 billion years old, scientists confirm - USA TODAY 16-Jul-2020

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Universe is 13.8 billion years old, scientists confirm - USA TODAY The universe is about 13.8 billion years old, according to new research recently published by an international team of astrophysicists. More...

Five years after New Horizons flyby, 10 cool things about Pluto - The Siasat Daily 16-Jul-2020

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Five years after New Horizons flyby, 10 cool things about Pluto - The Siasat Daily Washington D.C.: Five years ago, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made history. After a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, the intrepid piano-sized probe flew within 7,800 miles of Pluto. For the first time ever, we saw the surface of this… More...

Emirates Mars Mission to Launch with ASU-Designed Instrument - Space Ref 16-Jul-2020

Emirates Mars Mission to Launch with ASU-Designed Instrument - Space Ref Emirates Mars Mission to Launch with ASU-Designed Instrument - SpaceRef More...

Impact of leaving the middle seat empty - KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas 16-Jul-2020

Impact of leaving the middle seat empty - KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas More...

What You Need to Know About Mars - NASA 16-Jul-2020

What You Need to Know About Mars - NASA More...

Researchers turned beetles into photographers for the sake of science - Digital Trends 16-Jul-2020

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Researchers turned beetles into photographers for the sake of science - Digital Trends A camera that weighs less than a tenth of a playing card could help power tiny robotics, researchers from the University of Washington suggest. More...

Look up after sunset to spot a comet - Bangalore Mirror 16-Jul-2020

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Look up after sunset to spot a comet - Bangalore Mirror The object is the Comet NEOWISE, which was discovered on March 27 by NASA’s NEOWISE, an Infra-Red space telescope in orbit around the Earth. The official name of the comet is C/2020 F3 NEOWISE and it More...