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*The world-famous Arecibo dish seriously damaged
The National Science Foundation has been forced to suspend astronomical observations from its iconic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico after its 305-metre dish was seriously damaged following a cable break.
*SOHO discovers 4000th comet
Citizen scientists looking through data from NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft -- SOHO – have discovered their four thousandth comet.
*SpaceX’s Starlink constellation reaches 655 satellites
SpaceX has completed its eleventh Starlink launch with another 58 of the broadband internet satellites placed into orbit. 
*The Science Report
Warnings that the COVID-19 coronavirus could be as deadly as the 1918 flu pandemic. Twenty-two Australian native freshwater fish are likely to become extinct within the next twenty years. New algorithms that can distinguish between troll messages and those tweeted by public figures. New study shows stopping for a coffee on that morning ride may help your cycling performance. Skeptics guide to winning a quarter of a million dollars
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*New record for a close call for planet Earth with an asteroid
Planet Earth’s just had another close call with an asteroid the size of a small truck narrowly missing the planet.
*The ultimate rave data set released
Some call it the ultimate rave – the release of the sixth and final data set from the RAdial Velocity Experiment or RAVE -- the largest systematic spectroscopic survey of motions of star in the Milky Way galaxy.
*Ariane 5 launches another satellite mission extension vehicle
Arianespace has launched a mission extension vehicle and two new telecommunications satellites into orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.
*The Science Report
New world record high temperature set in Death Valley. Global atmospheric methane levels are at a record high. E-cigarettes acting as gateway drug encouraging regular cigarette smoking. Fossils from a new species of theropod dinosaur discovered on the Isle of Wight.
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*Best place on Earth to see stars
A new study has determined that a frozen plateau in Antarctica called Dome A is the best place on Earth to see the stars.
*Dozens of brown dwarfs discovered in our neighbourhood
A new study has uncovered 95 previously unknown brown dwarfs lurking in our cosmic neighbourhood.
*The tenth pack of Starlink satellites now in orbit
SpaceX has launched its tenth Starlink mission adding another 57 broadband internet satellites to the growing constellation.
*The Science Report
Climate change pushing Greenland's ice sheet beyond an irreversible tipping point. Common high blood pressure drug Hydrochlorothiazide linked to increased risk of skin cancer. Scientists turn house bricks into batteries. Archaeologists discover 2700-Year-Old Administrative Centre remains in Jerusalem. Can dogs sense the supernatural?
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*Asteroid Psyche could be the core of an unformed planet
A new study of the Main Belt asteroid Psyche suggests it could be the remnant of a planet that never formed.
*New discovery about the Higgs Boson
Physicists at CERN the European Centre for nuclear research have witnessed the Higgs Boson decaying into a pair of muons.
*Satellite Navigation systems
Satellite navigation systems have become essential to our way of life – especially travel – but how do they work?
*South Korea’s first military communications satellite launched
SpaceX has successfully launched South Korea’s first military communications satellite into geostationary orbit.
*The Science Report
COVID-19 infections are linked to heart damage. Kids under five may be important drivers of the COVID-19 virus. How sleep helps improve your memory. A new species of sauropod dinosaur discovered in China. Beijing makes it illegal to question Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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*New study warns that alien life would be dangerous to Earthlings
Discovery that alien peptides containing two amino acids commonly found in carbonaceous meteorites would pose a serious threat to human health.
*NASA looking at a new mission to Venus
The proposed mission named VERITAS would transform sciences understanding of the internal geodynamics that shaped Earth’s sister planet Venus.
*The Kremlin tests its new anti-satellite weapon
Moscow has conducted a space-based anti-satellite weapons test-firing a projectile from its Cosmos 2543 satellite.
*China growing eyes in the sky
China has launched another high-resolution surveillance satellite part of a growing constellation of almost a hundred eyes in the sky keeping a close watch on Beijing’s friends and enemies.
*The Science Report
COVID-19 lockdowns cause the longest and most prominent reduction in man-made noise on record. Your chances of getting COVID-19 in a commuter situation such as on a train, bus, or plane. New Zealand's melting glaciers are ten times more like to be caused by global warming. Paleontologists have discovered a new species theropod dinosaur in Portugal.
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*Astronomers discover a pulsar powering up
Astronomers have for the first time seen material spiralling into a distant neutron star and triggering a massive outburst of energy thousands of times brighter than the Sun.
*The solar system’s largest impact crater discovered on Ganymede
Astronomers have discovered what appears to be the solar system’s largest impact crater on the Jovian moon Ganymede.
*SpaceX completes test hop of its colonial transport starship prototype
A basic test article prototype of SpaceX’s future interplanetary colonial transport system starship has successfully completed a test hop at the company’s Boca Chica test centre on the Texas Gulf of Mexico coast.
*The International Space Station about to get smaller with the loss of a module
A Russian Progress cargo ship which will detach and destroy one of the modules of the International Space Station has docked with the Space Station just three hours after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/624506685439049728
*The Science Report
Vladimir Putin approves the world’s first Coronavirus vaccine without proper testing. Hundreds if not thousands of Chinese scientific papers found to be deliberate fakes. Another secret of Stonehenge revealed. Evidence that Torres Strait islanders were cultivating bananas more than two thousand years ago. The skeptic’s guide to bio-dynamic wine.
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*A neutron star at the heart of supernova 1987A
There’s growing evidence that a neutron star was created from the explosion of supernova 1987A
*SpaceX Dragon completes its first mission carrying crew to the space station
The first-ever privately operated manned orbital space flight has returned safely to Earth.
*Stunning early morning Proton launch
A Proton rocket has transported two new telecommunications satellites into space in a spectacular nighttime launch. 
*August Skywatch
The annual Perseids meteor shower is among the highlights of the night skies of August.
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*Discovery of a possible origin for mysterious Fast Radio Bursts
Astronomers have detected mysterious signals known as Fast Radio Bursts emanating from a highly magnetic neutron star known as a magnetar.
*First exposed planetary core discovered
Astronomers have discovered what appears to be the exposed core of a planet – providing an unprecedented opportunity to see inside the interior of a planet and learn about its composition.
*Virgin Galactic to start space tourist flights next year
Virgin Galactic says it expects to be carrying its first paying passengers to the edge of space in the first quarter of next year.
*The Science Report
South Australian company Vaxine is about to begin phase two trials of its new COVID-19 vaccine. Hydroxychloroquine isn’t going away with new studies showing cuts in COVID-19 death rates. Claims humans colonized the Americas 15 thousand years earlier than previously thought. A new study claims there might be more to having a gut feeling than you realize – well sort of.
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*Discovery of a mysterious ancient stellar cluster
Astronomers have discovered the shredded remains of an ancient globular star cluster that was torn apart by our own Milky Way galaxy more than two billion years ago.
*NASA launches the most sophisticated ever mission to Mars
After more than a decade of preparation NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission has finally blasted off on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of alien life.
*Mars sample return mission
ESA has contracted Airbus to build an Earth Return Orbiter spacecraft to fly to Mars and collect geological samples of the Red Planet selected by Perseverance for return to Earth.
*The Science Report
Monash university develops a new preventative drug against heart attack and to treat COVID-19. Scientists successfully revive dormant 101.5 million year old microbes trapped below the sea floor. Australia’s deadly summer bushfires were so severe that their smoke reached new heights. Eating chocolate at least once a week linked to a reduced risk of heart disease. The Nobel Disease -- when intelligence fails to protect against stupidity.
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*Debate continues over the age of the universe
New observations by the National Science Foundation’s Atacama Cosmology Telescope have now placed the age of the universe at 13.77 billion years -- give or take 40 million years.
*Signs of a new ocean opening up in Africa
Scientists say a 60 kilometre long crack in the Ethiopian desert which first opened up in 2005 with the equivalent of several hundred years of tectonic plate movement in just days -- will continue spreading -- eventually forming a new ocean within the next five to ten million years.
*Japan and China launch separate missions to Mars
Japan and China have each launched separate missions, within days of each other -- bound for Mars.
*The Science Report
Scientists develop a new drug which could eradicate COVID-19 from lungs in a matter of days. The world's polar bears to be extinct by the end of the century due to climate change. Paleontologists have discovered a new species of sauropod dinosaur in northern Switzerland. Remember your pets when you go back to work – they could suffer separation anxiety. There’s been a drop in vaccination rates in Australia in recent months.
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