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SpaceX shares video of first double fairing catch – Spaceflight Now - Spaceflight Now 24-Jul-2020

SpaceX shares video of first double fairing catch – Spaceflight Now - Spaceflight Now More...

Largest-Ever 3D Map of the Universe Fills in History Gaps - Interesting Engineering 24-Jul-2020

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Largest-Ever 3D Map of the Universe Fills in History Gaps - Interesting Engineering The project saw over 100 astrophysicists collaborate. More...

“Unknown” –Magnetic-Field X-Shape, Helix, Superbubble Phenomena Discovered - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel 24-Jul-2020

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“Unknown” –Magnetic-Field X-Shape, Helix, Superbubble Phenomena Discovered - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel “What lead me more or less directly to the special theory of relativity was the conviction that the electromotive force acting on a body in motion in a magnetic field was nothing else but an electric field,” said Albert Einstein. Now, 115 years after Einstein… More...

Explained: Why Asteroid 2020 ND is ‘potentially dangerous’ to Earth - The Indian Express 24-Jul-2020

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Explained: Why Asteroid 2020 ND is ‘potentially dangerous’ to Earth - The Indian Express Asteroid 2020 ND: The asteroid, about 170 metres-long, will be as close as 0.034 astronomical units (5,086,328 kilometres) to our planet, and is travelling at a speed of 48,000 kilometres per hour. More...

Engineers just debuted the first 'non-cuttable' material: a metal that turns tools against themselves - Business Insider India 24-Jul-2020

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Engineers just debuted the first 'non-cuttable' material: a metal that turns tools against themselves - Business Insider India Researchers in the UK and Germany have engineered a metal that they describe as the world's first human-made non-cuttable material. The material, called More...

Wild image shows spiral galaxy's massive, swirly magnetic field - CNET 24-Jul-2020

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Wild image shows spiral galaxy's massive, swirly magnetic field - CNET It's not a space amoeba. More...

The climate won't warm as much as we feared – but it will warm more than we hoped - The Conversation AU 24-Jul-2020

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The climate won't warm as much as we feared – but it will warm more than we hoped - The Conversation AU A new assessment found substantial warming is much more solidly assured than we thought. More...

New Models Say Venus Likely Has Active Volcanoes - Nerdist 24-Jul-2020

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New Models Say Venus Likely Has Active Volcanoes - Nerdist Using simulations based on mathematical models, researchers say Venus likely has a churning interior and active volcanoes all over its surface. More...

'Potentially dangerous' Asteroid ND 2020 to zoom past Earth tomorrow, biggest threat ahead in November - Jagran English 24-Jul-2020

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'Potentially dangerous' Asteroid ND 2020 to zoom past Earth tomorrow, biggest threat ahead in November - Jagran English Scheduled to fly by on July 24 Asteroid 2020 ND is in all likelihood to be safely away from Earth More...

China's daring Tianwen-1 mission to Mars: Everything you need to know - CNET 24-Jul-2020

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China's daring Tianwen-1 mission to Mars: Everything you need to know - CNET China will attempt to be the third nation to land on the red planet. More...

NASA's Juno spacecraft snaps first images of Ganymede's north pole - CNET 24-Jul-2020

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NASA's Juno spacecraft snaps first images of Ganymede's north pole - CNET Plasma rains cause a strange kind of ice to form at Ganymede's poles. More...

Mammal cells could struggle to fight space germs - Phys.org 24-Jul-2020

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Mammal cells could struggle to fight space germs - Phys.org The immune systems of mammals—including humans—might struggle to detect and respond to germs from other planets, new research suggests. More...

Chandrayaan-2: One year since launch, first science d..on polar water-ice, minerals expected by October 2020 - Firstpost 24-Jul-2020

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Chandrayaan-2: One year since launch, first science d..on polar water-ice, minerals expected by October 2020 - Firstpost Water-ice near the polar regions, water-bearing minerals, and Argon concentrations in the exosphere are some key areas of data to expect. More...

NASA Offers up to $180,000 to University Students Who Can Help Solve the Lunar Dust Problem - Science Times 24-Jul-2020

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NASA Offers up to $180,000 to University Students Who Can Help Solve the Lunar Dust Problem - Science Times The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is tapping university students to solve one of space exploration's persisting problems--lunar dust. More...

Scientists discover a Methane leak in Antarctica's seabed | Climate Change | GHG - WION 24-Jul-2020

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Scientists discover a Methane leak in Antarctica's seabed | Climate Change | GHG - WION Scientists discover a Methane leak in Antarctica's seabed | Climate Change | GHG | World News Nobody really knows why the leak happened, or the events leadin... More...

Skull of smallest known dinosaur found preserved in 99-million year-old amber - CNN 24-Jul-2020

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Skull of smallest known dinosaur found preserved in 99-million year-old amber - CNN The skull of a previously unknown species of bird-like dinosaur has been discovered trapped in a chunk of 99-million-year-old amber. More...

Advanced Photon Source upgrade will transform the world of scientific research - Phys.org 24-Jul-2020

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Advanced Photon Source upgrade will transform the world of scientific research - Phys.org From chemistry to materials science to COVID-19 research, the APS is one of the most productive X-ray light sources in the world. An upgrade will make it a global leader among the next generation of light sources, opening new frontiers in science. More...

Scientists accidentally create new species of fish - WATE 6 On Your Side 24-Jul-2020

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Scientists accidentally create new species of fish - WATE 6 On Your Side Scientists in Hungary have created a Frankenfish by mistake. The accident led to the creation of new species: A mix of Russian sturgeon and American paddlefish. More...

SpaceX and NASA target September for first operational astronaut crew launch - TechCrunch 24-Jul-2020

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SpaceX and NASA target September for first operational astronaut crew launch - TechCrunch SpaceX and NASA are aiming to launch the first official operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon human-rated spacecraft sometime in September, the agency revealed via a media update this week. The launch had been tracking towards an August date, but the … More...

Comet Neowise makes special appearance in couple’s breathtaking proposal pics - Hindustan Times 24-Jul-2020

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Comet Neowise makes special appearance in couple’s breathtaking proposal pics - Hindustan Times The pictures have gone viral. More...

Astronomers Discover One of the Coolest Transiting Gas Giants | Astronomy - Sci-News.com 24-Jul-2020

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Astronomers Discover One of the Coolest Transiting Gas Giants | Astronomy - Sci-News.com Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS), astronomers have discovered a transiting Saturn-like exoplanet circling NGTS-11 (also known as TOI-1847 and 2MASS J01340514-1425090), a mid K-ty… More...

The Hope Probe: the Arab world's first interplanetary mission - euronews (in English) 24-Jul-2020

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The Hope Probe: the Arab world's first interplanetary mission - euronews (in English) The United Arab Emirates' Hope Probe heads to Mars after six years of hard work and meticulous planning from the team of Emirati scientists and engineers. It... More...

Huge 3D-map of the universe revealed - Fox News 24-Jul-2020

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Huge 3D-map of the universe revealed - Fox News Astrophysicists have created what they describe as the largest three-dimensional map of the universe ever created. More...

Scientists create world's first 'uncuttable' material - inspired by grapefruits and shells - Sky News 24-Jul-2020

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Scientists create world's first 'uncuttable' material - inspired by grapefruits and shells - Sky News Researchers believe it can be used in security environments, allowing armour to be stronger and locks to be more secure. More...

Understanding the microbial community hiding in our showers - Phys.org 24-Jul-2020

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Understanding the microbial community hiding in our showers - Phys.org In Benedum Hall at the University of Pittsburgh, nine shower heads in three brand new shower stalls run for eight minutes every day. More...

The Entire Earth Is Vibrating Less Due to COVID-19 Lockdowns, Study Reveals - ScienceAlert 24-Jul-2020

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The Entire Earth Is Vibrating Less Due to COVID-19 Lockdowns, Study Reveals - ScienceAlert We humans are a rowdy, disruptive bunch. Our very day-to-day living causes the planet to hum. Quite literally - driving and travelling, digging and construction, industry, and even sports events all contribute to a constant background hum of high-fr More...

Hubble delivers knockout view of Saturn in the summertime - CNET 24-Jul-2020

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Hubble delivers knockout view of Saturn in the summertime - CNET NASA and ESA put some rings on it with a gorgeous new portrait of Saturn. More...

Russian cargo ship brings needed supplies and equipment to space station - CBS News 24-Jul-2020

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Russian cargo ship brings needed supplies and equipment to space station - CBS News The Progress cargo ship docked at the International Space Station after a speedy two-orbit rendezvous. More...

First underwater methane leak discovered near Antarctica — and scientists are worried - Livescience.com 24-Jul-2020

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First underwater methane leak discovered near Antarctica — and scientists are worried - Livescience.com What's worse, Antarctica's methane-eating microbes aren't doing their jobs. More...

When Comet Neowise will be visible in the UK this month, and how to see it - iNews 24-Jul-2020

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When Comet Neowise will be visible in the UK this month, and how to see it - iNews During its closest approach to Earth Neowise will be about 64 million miles away - or about 400 times further away than the moon More...

Giant exoplanets directly observed orbiting Sun-like star – Physics World - physicsworld.com 24-Jul-2020

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Giant exoplanets directly observed orbiting Sun-like star – Physics World - physicsworld.com Finding could shed light on how our own solar System evolved More...

NASA to send stadium-size balloon skyward to study the cosmos - CNET 24-Jul-2020

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NASA to send stadium-size balloon skyward to study the cosmos - CNET ASTHROS will use a telescope to observe wavelengths of light not visible from the ground. More...

China successfully launches Tianwen-1 Mars Probe, which is expected to land on red planet in ... - ARIRANG NEWS 24-Jul-2020

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China successfully launches Tianwen-1 Mars Probe, which is expected to land on red planet in ... - ARIRANG NEWS China successfully launches Tianwen-1 Mars Probe, which is expected to land on red planet in Feb. 2021 중국, 첫 화성탐사선 '톈원 1호' 발사... 내년 2월께 도착 Aiming to become a... More...