Explained: How Covid-19 lockdowns caused a drop in seismic noise levels worldwide - The Indian Express High frequency noise caused by human activities dropped by as much as 50 per cent between March and May this year, according to researchers. More...

A New Flapping Drone Can Take Off, Hover and Swoop Like a Bird - Gizmodo Australia We have developed four-winged bird-like robots, called ornithopters, that can take off and fly with the agility of swifts, hummingbirds and insects. We did this by reverse engineering the aerodynamics and biomechanics of these creatures. Our ornithopters have… More...

ASTHROS Will Study the Cosmos with a Stratospheric Balloon - techtoday19 Work has begun on an ambitious new mission that will carry a cutting-edge 8.4-foot (2.5-meter) telescope high into the stratosphere on a balloon. Tentatively planned to launch in December 2023 from Antarctica, ASTHROS (short for Astrophysics Stratospheric Tel… More...

Astronaut shares pic of Hurricane Hanna from space, leaves netizens amazed - Hindustan Times The photo posted on astronaut Bob Behnken’s official Twitter account, shows a view of Hurricane Hanna taken from the International Space Station(ISS). More...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover to be launched on Thursday, check details - Jagran English Space scientists and researchers have been conducting experiments to know more about the Red Planet s soil atmosphere and the conditions that might sustain life More...

Human activity on Earth half as noisy during Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns - South China Morning Post More...

Scientist Shows How Planets Don’t Quite Orbit The Sun With A Fascinating Animation - Mashable India It is a well-known fact that Sun is the centre of our solar system and all the planets orbit this yellow star. But that is not the case exactly, the planets and even the Sun are in fact orbiting the centre of mass of the solar system. More...

Researchers offer unprecedented look into 'central engine' powering a solar flare - Phys.org In a study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of researchers has presented a new, detailed look inside the "central engine" of a large solar flare accompanied by a powerful eruption first captured on Sept. 10, 2017 by the Owens Valley Solar … More...

Wow! Two 14-year-old schoolgirls from Surat discover Earth-bound asteroid - Financial Express More...

Pristine environments offer a window to our cloudy past - Phys.org A new study uses satellite data over the Southern Hemisphere to understand global cloud composition during the industrial revolution. This research tackles one of the largest uncertainties in today's climate models—the long-term effect of tiny atmospheric par… More...

Take a Flight Through the Most Detailed 3D Map of the Universe Ever Made - Universe Today Once I accidentally took a photo of one of the most important stars in the Universe… That star highlighted in the photo is called M31_V1 and resides in the Andromeda Galaxy. The Andromeda – AKA M31- is the closest galaxy to our own Milky Way. But before it wa… More...

NASA is betting on a massive balloon to attempt something totally new and little risky - Inverse NASA's latest mission will see a light-weight telescope strapped to a giant balloon to explore the stars of the cosmos. More...

How to see Comet Neowise and what to look for in the sky - iNews The comet, which was discovered in late March by a space telescope, is visible over the UK throughout July More...

Scientists identify the ancient enzyme that makes body odor so strong - CNET We've known certain bacteria cause BO, but now scientists have found the specific enzyme within the germs that makes us so aromatic. More...

Scientists create AI tool to identify individual birds - Express Computer Researchers have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to train computers to recognise individual birds, a task that humans are unable to do More...

Carbon emissions are chilling atmosphere above Antarctica - India Climate Dialogue Studies on earth’s upper atmosphere over Antarctica provide a new opportunity to monitor how well human interventions to reduce emissions are working More...

Self-replicating Fungus from Chernobyl Could Protect Astronauts from Space Radiations - News18 The fungi, named a Cladosporium sphaerospermum, absorbs ionizing gamma radiation along with using it to produce its own biomass. This process could turn out to be helpful in creating anti-radiation shields for space travellers. More...

In Pics: First Moments Of Sunrise From Space! - Sakshi English NASA astronaut Bob Behnken posted some of the stunning images from Space. He took to his Twitter and shared the...... More...

NEOWISE July 28 Location: Where to spot the bright comet tonight? Find out - Republic World - Republic World Bright Comet NEOWISE is on its journey out of the solar system & will soon disappear into the dark depths of space. Here is how you can spot the comet tonight. More...

Thales Alenia Space technology to enable VIPER, the rover that NASA will send to the Moon in the search for water, to communicate directly to Earth - WebWire VIPER is a future mission to the Moon, the fourth lunar mission with the participation of Thales Alenia Space in Spain, , •    Thales Alenia Space confirms its expertise in planetary and deep space communications, , •    Thales Alenia Space: a key partner and… More...

New studies reveal inside of central energy release region in solar eruption - EurekAlert Prof. LIN Jun from the Yunnan Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with Prof. CHEN Bin from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, conducted the radio observation of the magnetic field distribution and relativistic electron acceleratio… More...

Cosmic Mystery: Integral High-Energy Space Observatory Detected a Unique Fast Radio Burst From a Dead Star in Our Galaxy - SciTechDaily ESA’s Integral helps unravel origin of Fast Radio Bursts A global collaboration of telescopes including ESA’s Integral high-energy space observatory has detected a unique mix of radiation bursting from a dead star in our galaxy — something that has never been… More...

Seismic waves used to 'see' chemical reactions underground, may protect water quality: Study - Firstpost Researchers managed to see under the surface to assess chemical reactions that alter the quality of groundwater. More...

Black phosphorus future in 3-D analysis, molecular fingerprinting - Phys.org Many compact systems using mid-infrared technology continue to face compatibility issues when integrating with conventional electronics. Black phosphorus has garnered attention for overcoming these challenges thanks to a wide variety of uses in photonic circu… More...

Double Meteor Shower to grace the skies tonight: How to watch falling meteors - Times Now The year 2020 has been tough but cheer up because you will be able to watch a meteor shower tonight! More...

Astronaut shares extraordinary photos of the first moments of sunrise from the ISS - Deccan Herald National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Robert Louis ‘Bob’ Behnken, who was also a former Colonel with the US Air Force, had a special something for his Twitter followers yesterday. “First moments of sunrise from @Space_Station,” wrote … More...

China's Mars probe photographs Earth en route to Red Planet - Deccan Herald China's first Mars probe has beamed back a photo of the Earth and the Moon as it heads toward its destination, the country's space agency said Tuesday. The image, which shows the two celestial bodies as small crescents in the empty darkness of space, was take… More...

Surat: Two Class 10 students discover asteroid - The Indian Express As a part of the All India Space Search Campaign 2020, over 175 students from different schools in Gujarat participated in the International Science Program, conducted by SPACE/India, SPACE/Surat, in collaboration with the IASC, Hardin Simmons University, Tex… More...

Strange gas signature on Mars may help explain methane mystery - Space.com More...

Scientists revive 100 million-year-old microbes from the sea - BBC News The organisms had been in a dormant state in the seabed in the South Pacific since the age of dinosaurs. More...

Chernobyl Fungi May Protect Astronauts from Space Radiation - Nerdist Researchers are exploring ways to use melanin extracted from Chernobyl fungi, as well as rust, as potential radiation shields in space. More...

Reproductive effects of weed killer, glyphosate, examined in mice - techtoday19 Exposure to the chemical glyphosate changed the level of some ovarian proteins in mice but did not impact ovarian steroid production, an indication glyphosate may not adversely affect reproduction, according to a new study. Two studies, published in the peer-… More...

A plunge in incoming sunlight may have triggered 'Snowball Earths' - Phys.org At least twice in Earth's history, nearly the entire planet was encased in a sheet of snow and ice. These dramatic "Snowball Earth" events occurred in quick succession, somewhere around 700 million years ago, and evidence suggests that the consecutive global … More...

Bringing Mars back to Earth - BBC News An audacious mission to bring rock samples from Mars back to Earth is about to begin - find our more with our illustrated guide More...

NASA captures a crystal-clear image of Saturn - 12 News More...