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Monday was the warmest day recorded on Earth. But how do scientists actually measure that?

In the past week, Earth’s record for the hottest day was broken twice. Sunday July 21 was declared Earth’s hottest day since records began, when average surface temperature reached 17.09°C. On Monday the record fell again, when average temperatures reached 17.16°C – and Tuesday was almost as hot.

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Earth Defense Force 6 review

Earth Defense Force 6 elevates meathead B-movie action with a smart time travel twist.

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Disneyland Strike Averted As Unions Agree Tentative Deal

Unions representing Disneyland theme park employees in California reached a tentative deal with the company on Wednesday, averting a major strike at the "happiest place on Earth."

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Earth just had its two hottest days ever

On Sunday, the daily temperature record was broken, only to be shattered again on Monday

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Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds

Using data from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists have determined that the solar system's tiniest planet, Mercury, hides a not-so-tiny secret: a 10-mile-thick mantle of diamond.

Space

China's tiny 'Golden Toad' rover used AI to take an epic photo on the moon's far side (video)

A new video shows how a tiny rover on China's ambitious Chang'e 6 mission used AI to snap an epic shot on the far side of the moon.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope directly images its coldest exoplanet target yet

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated a super-Jupiter that is one of the coldest exoplanets ever directly imaged.

Space

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The Rift Gravel – Decker and Svendsen use two-up sprints to win elite titles at Gravel Earth Series stop in Iceland

Tiago Ferreira comes second in men's sprint while Karolina Migon claims women's runner-up spot

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Astronomers Were Looking for a Planet, but They Didn't Expect This One

Epsilon Indi Ab is bigger, cooler, and farther out than anyone expected.

Inverse

We’ve discovered the world’s trees absorb methane – so forests are even more important in the climate fight than we thought

Tree bark in the world’s forests absorbs the greenhouse gas methane, my colleagues and I have demonstrated for the first time on a global scale – a discovery that could have big implications for tackling climate change.

The Conversation

Watch NASA's massive Artemis 2 rocket core stage arrive in Florida. Next stop: the moon (video, photos)

Artemis 2's core stage is near its launch site in Florida after sailing more than 900 miles from New Orleans. The rocket is scheduled to send NASA astronauts around the moon in 2025.

Space

Earth-based telescope sees Boeing's Starliner approach the ISS in broad daylight (photo)

Infrared telescopes scanning the skies during the day watched as Boeing's first crewed Starliner spacecraft approached the International Space Station on June 6, 2024.

Space

EU climate monitor reports highest ever average global temperatures

Earth withered through a second straight day of record-breaking temperatures on 22 July, the EU's climate monitor said Wednesday, as parts of the world suffer devastating heatwaves and wildfires.

Radio France Internationale

NASA astronauts to give free astrophotography master class TODAY live from space

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander of the SpaceX Crew-8 Mission, will be joined by veteran Don Pettit

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Earth Records Hottest Day Ever, Climate Change Impact

Earth's hottest day on record underscores urgent need to address climate change and reduce emissions.

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Inventors on hunt for way to make clean water on moon

UK Space Agency awards £30k in funding to 10 teams racing to solve the complex problem

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Super Earth grants free mechs to all Helldivers 2 players in celebration of a last-minute Major Order victory

Never tell me the odds.

Space

Happy 25th anniversary, Chandra! NASA celebrates with 25 breathtaking images from flagship X-ray observatory

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the flagship Chandra X-ray observatory, NASA has released 25 never-before-seen images of iconic astronomical objects.

Space

Rapidly spinning dead stars could unveil dark matter secrets

"Cosmic lighthouses" comprised of rapidly spinning dead stars that blast out radiowaves could be used to shed new light on dark matter, the universe's most mysterious "stuff."

The Independent UK

Earth's temperature hit all-time record high on Sunday as warming planet marks keep falling

The European climate service Copernicus says that Earth Sunday sizzled to the hottest day measured by humans, yet another heat record that shattered in the past couple of years

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