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How to photograph Comet Neowise…before it's too late! - Digital Camera World 25-Jul-2020

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How to photograph Comet Neowise…before it's too late! - Digital Camera World Don't miss the opportunity to see this new comet in the night skies... it will be 6,800 years before it appears again! More...

Before 2 astronauts can return to Earth via SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, they'll use a robotic arm to check t - Business Insider India 25-Jul-2020

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Before 2 astronauts can return to Earth via SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, they'll use a robotic arm to check t - Business Insider India SpaceX on May 30 launched NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to orbit — the private company's first flight of humans. Behnken and Hurley rode SpaceX's More...

Earth's atmosphere more sensitive to CO2 emissions than thought, study finds - Reuters India 25-Jul-2020

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Earth's atmosphere more sensitive to CO2 emissions than thought, study finds - Reuters India Hopes that the rise in average global temperatures by 2100 might be capped below 2.5C can be all but ruled out if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, new research reassessing the atmosphere's sensitivity to CO2 suggests. More...

Spectacular UV flash may explain how white dwarfs explode - Phys.org 25-Jul-2020

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Spectacular UV flash may explain how white dwarfs explode - Phys.org For only the second time ever, astrophysicists have spotted a spectacular flash of ultraviolet (UV) light accompanying a white dwarf explosion. More...

Watch WION Fineprint: Beijing's attempt to join the elite global space club | China MARS Mission Online in HD - Zee Kannada 25-Jul-2020

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Watch WION Fineprint: Beijing's attempt to join the elite global space club | China MARS Mission Online in HD - Zee Kannada 100,000+ hours of TV Shows from ZEE network, Movies, International & Original content, music online in the language of your choice. Watch 90+ Live TV channels online including News anytime, anywhere on ZEE5 – where you feel the entertainment come alive! More...

The Hope Probe: the Arab world's first interplanetary mission - euronews Knowledge 25-Jul-2020

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The Hope Probe: the Arab world's first interplanetary mission - euronews Knowledge 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...

China's first mission to the Red Planet - CGTN America 25-Jul-2020

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China's first mission to the Red Planet - CGTN America China has successfully launched its first Mars mission, Tianwen-One. What is this mission about? https://bit.ly/2OSwuvU Watch CGTN LIVE on your computer, tab... More...

Comet NEOWISE offers a cosmic photo op - The Hindu 25-Jul-2020

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Comet NEOWISE offers a cosmic photo op - The Hindu Two ISRO scientists take snaps of comet that will not be seen for 6,800 years More...

Active Venus volcanoes make super hot planet even more unwelcoming - CNET 25-Jul-2020

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Active Venus volcanoes make super hot planet even more unwelcoming - CNET New research suggests more than three dozen spots on the heated world could be ready to blow. More...

Scientists discover first active methane leak from the sea bed in Antarctica - Firstpost 25-Jul-2020

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Scientists discover first active methane leak from the sea bed in Antarctica - Firstpost The seepage of the methane was first discovered in 2011 by a team of divers but studies on the site began only in 2016. More...

'Potentially dangerous' Asteroid ND 2020 to zoom past Earth today, biggest threat ahead in November - Jagran English 25-Jul-2020

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'Potentially dangerous' Asteroid ND 2020 to zoom past Earth today, biggest threat ahead in November - Jagran English The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA has issued a warning about a huge asteroid named Asteroid 2020 ND which will move past Earth on Friday More...

Young dolphins pick their friends wisely - Phys.org 25-Jul-2020

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Young dolphins pick their friends wisely - Phys.org Strategic networking is key to career success, and not just for humans. A new study of wild bottlenose dolphins reveals that in early life, dolphins devote more time to building connections that could give them an edge later on. More...

Good Vibes Only: Earth is Vibrating Less Thanks to Coronavirus Lockdowns - News18 25-Jul-2020

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Good Vibes Only: Earth is Vibrating Less Thanks to Coronavirus Lockdowns - News18 Vibrations travel through the earth like waves, creating seismic noise from earthquakes, volcanoes, wind and rivers as well as human actions such as travel and industry. More...

Juno Delivers First Images of The North Pole of Ganymede, Where It Rains Plasma - ScienceAlert 25-Jul-2020

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Juno Delivers First Images of The North Pole of Ganymede, Where It Rains Plasma - ScienceAlert It's been busily orbiting and observing Jupiter and its moons for four years now, but the scientific spacecraft Juno still has some surprises to share. For the first time, it has imaged the north pole of one of the oddest objects in the Solar System, More...

Cosmonaut builds engineered cartilage aboard the International Space Station - physicsworld.com 25-Jul-2020

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Cosmonaut builds engineered cartilage aboard the International Space Station - physicsworld.com For the first time, 3D human tissue has been assembled in the microgravity of space, using a scaffold-free tissue engineering approach More...

All of America's 'Gators' Came From Africa, Five Millions of Years Ago - News18 25-Jul-2020

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All of America's 'Gators' Came From Africa, Five Millions of Years Ago - News18 That such a voyage is possible has been demonstrated by a present-day cousin, Australia's saltwater crocodile, which satellite tracking has shown can travel 500 kilometres (310 miles) in about a month while passively transported by ocean currents. More...

Human immune system is not prepared to detect and respond to space germs - Firstpost 25-Jul-2020

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Human immune system is not prepared to detect and respond to space germs - Firstpost Microorganisms could exist beyond Earth and they could be based on different amino acids than the life forms on Earth. More...

'Potentially hazardous' asteroid to zoom past Earth today - Deccan Herald 25-Jul-2020

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'Potentially hazardous' asteroid to zoom past Earth today - Deccan Herald The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has sent out a warning about a “potentially hazardous” asteroid that would cross by planet Earth today.  The asteroid, named 2020 ND, has an estimated size of 480 ft - even larger than the London Eye. More...

A Crispr Calf Is Born. It's Definitely a Boy - WIRED 25-Jul-2020

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A Crispr Calf Is Born. It's Definitely a Boy - WIRED UC Davis scientists spent years editing a sex-determining gene into bovine embryos. In April, Cosmo arrived—and his DNA reveals how far the field has to go. More...

Rocket Report: Astra sets launch date, SpaceX reaches a record valuation - Ars Technica 25-Jul-2020

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Rocket Report: Astra sets launch date, SpaceX reaches a record valuation - Ars Technica “We had a component break in our engine system.” More...

Scientists unveil first ever pictures of multiple planets around a Sun-like star - Deccan Herald 25-Jul-2020

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Scientists unveil first ever pictures of multiple planets around a Sun-like star - Deccan Herald For the first time ever, scientists have managed to capture images of multiple planets twirling about another sunlike star. Yet despite its stellar host’s resemblance to our own, the snapshots of this planetary system reveal it to be no place like home. More...

Democratic platform calls for continuity in NASA programs - SpaceNews 25-Jul-2020

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Democratic platform calls for continuity in NASA programs - SpaceNews A draft of the Democratic Party’s 2020 platform suggests that an administration led by Joe Biden would make few major changes in NASA programs. More...

Our Neanderthal ancestors were most sensitive to pain than us; scientists specify genes responsible - Firstpost 25-Jul-2020

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Our Neanderthal ancestors were most sensitive to pain than us; scientists specify genes responsible - Firstpost People with the Neanderthal variant of the gene were found to experience 'pain more often than those who did not'. More...

Paper describing hummingbird-sized dinosaur retracted - Phys.org 25-Jul-2020

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Paper describing hummingbird-sized dinosaur retracted - Phys.org The journal Nature has issued a retraction for a paper it published March 11th called "Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Myanmar." The editorial staff was alerted to a possible misclassification of the fossil embedded in amber, and afte… More...

NASA to Launch Telescope aboard Football Stadium-size Balloon to Study Cosmos - News18 25-Jul-2020

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NASA to Launch Telescope aboard Football Stadium-size Balloon to Study Cosmos - News18 The mission is named Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths (ASTHROS). More...

Study identifies 21 existing drugs that could treat COVID-19: Multiple drugs improve the activity of remdesivir, a current standard-of-care treatment for COVID-19 - Science Daily 25-Jul-2020

Study identifies 21 existing drugs that could treat COVID-19: Multiple drugs improve the activity of remdesivir, a current standard-of-care treatment for COVID-19 - Science Daily A new study has identified 21 existing drugs that stop the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. More...

SpaceX astronauts speak to Yahoo Finance from International Space Station - Yahoo Finance 25-Jul-2020

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SpaceX astronauts speak to Yahoo Finance from International Space Station - Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance's Adam Shapiro speaks to astronauts live from space in the International Space Station. #ISS #SpaceX #Astronauts Subscribe to Yahoo Finance: ht... More...

Four ways the Mars 2020 rover will pave the way for a manned mission - CNN 25-Jul-2020

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Four ways the Mars 2020 rover will pave the way for a manned mission - CNN The new rover will be on a mission to lay the groundwork for future human exploration. More...

Best telescopes and binoculars for stargazing in 2020 - NBC News 25-Jul-2020

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Best telescopes and binoculars for stargazing in 2020 - NBC News Meteor showers 2020: Buy the best telescopes and binoculars to watch the next meteor shower including Perseid. Brands include Celestron and Coleman and Galileo. More...

Man proposes below comet that only appears every 6,800 years - Daily Mail 25-Jul-2020

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Man proposes below comet that only appears every 6,800 years - Daily Mail Space lover John Nicotera and his now-fiancee Erica Pendrak had been dating for two years before he decided to pop the question. More...

SpaceX satellites keep wrecking images of comet NEOWISE - Livescience.com 25-Jul-2020

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SpaceX satellites keep wrecking images of comet NEOWISE - Livescience.com This is a new problem for photographers looking toward space. More...

Race For the Red Planet: China Launches its First Unmanned Mission to Mars - News18 25-Jul-2020

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Race For the Red Planet: China Launches its First Unmanned Mission to Mars - News18 China's largest carrier rocket, the Long March 5 Y-4, blasted off with the probe at 12:41 p.m. from Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island of Hainan. More...

Don't Miss The Stunning Image Of Summertime On Saturn - Sakshi English 25-Jul-2020

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Don't Miss The Stunning Image Of Summertime On Saturn - Sakshi English NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken a new image of Saturn and its rings that offers a glimpse...... More...