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NASA study finds that there was nearly 20 percent drop in global nitrogen dioxide levels due to COVID-19 lockdown
Trendingdesk •The data showed significant changes with 50 of the 61 analysed cities showed nitrogen dioxide reductions between 20 to 50 percent.

Asteroid wider than a pair of football fields to fly by Earth at a fair distance on 14 September
Trendingdesk •The near-earth object with its massive size and close proximity, however, has no chance of hitting our homeworld, assured NASA.

China’s Chang’e-4 probe resumes activities on the far side of the moon for 22nd lunar day
Trendingdesk •The Chinese space agency revealed that Yutu-2 will be moving northwest towards a “basalt area” that are some “impact craters with high reflectivity”.

Satellite spree: ISRO aims to test low-cost rockets this year, bag 50 PSLV missions in next 5 years
•The first low-cost satellite launch from the space agency is expected to take place in the next four months.

NASA, ESA Hubble telescope captures image of spiral galaxy 60 million light-years away
Tech2 News Staff •The spiral galaxy, NGC 3717, is located in the Hydra constellation that is commonly represented as a water snake.

World Space Week: Eight moon landers that successfully explored the surface of Earth's satellite
Tech2 News Staff123 •These moon landers gave us a lot of the information about the moon that enabled us to send the first human beings there.

NASA's 61st birthday: 15 best spacewalk photos, space selfies and other incredible moments in spaceflight
Tech2 News Staff •NASA was born when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation bringing the agency into existence.

Black hole rips apart a star, scientists managed to snag a look at the violent event
•NASA's TESS showed that the star was eventually sucked into oblivion in a rare cosmic occurrence.

Pakistan's space agency wants to launch its first astronaut into space by 2022
•A selection committee will be set up and will begin choosing candidates in February next year.

Russian space agency bemoans cancellation of head Dmitry Rogozin's visit to US
•NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine rescinded the invitation to Dmitry Rogozin after complaints.



