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Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Caused Climate Shift

Discoveries of ancient cosmic airbursts and their impact on Earth's climate and biodiversity.

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Reddit users weigh in on adult siblings’ vacation bedroom dispute

‘Why on earth lie that you’re ok with it, then demand the room to yourself and then pick a living room pull-out couch as the hill to die on?’ one commenter wrote

The Independent UK

The secret futuristic city being built by tech billionaires in California

California Forever has bold plans, hundreds of millions in capital invested, and some of the biggest names in tech backing its vision of a brand new city outside of San Francisco – but can it convince skeptical voters to see the light? Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

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Jumping on an asteroid: How VR is being used to visit worlds we can never reach

At the 2024 Astronomical Society of Australia's Annual Scientific Meeting, I got to walk on an asteroid in virtual reality. Here's what I found in Ryugu World.

Space

Crew of NASA's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year

Four volunteer crew members who spent more than 12 months inside NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston have emerged from the artificial alien enviroment

The Independent UK

Chasing the midnight sun along Norway's arctic coastline

Join me on an adventure along Norway's stunning coastline as I explore the strange phenomenon of the midnight sun, where the sun doesn't set below the horizon.

Space

Titanic sub company co-founder wants to colonise the Moon and create joint society with Earth by 2063

Guillermo Söhnlein, the co-founder of the Titan submersible company, says he has plans for a moon colony

The Independent UK

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NASA spots unexpected X-shaped structures in Earth's upper atmosphere — and scientists are struggling to explain them

NASA's GOLD mission found unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the plasma of Earth's ionosphere. Researchers have likened our upper atmosphere to "alphabet soup."

LiveScience

‘Potentially historic’ heatwave threatens more than 130 million people across US

Temperatures could crest 100F (38C) in many regions after breaking records and sparking dozens of wildfires

The Guardian - US

Ancient asteroid reveals solar system's secrets

Australian scientists studying ancient asteroid fragments collected from space by NASA are answering age-old questions about life on Earth and the solar system.

AAP

130 million Americans under threat of record-breaking heatwave

Roughly 130 million people are under threat from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures and is expected to shatter more inot next week from the Pacific Northwest to the Mid-Alantic states and the Northeast

The Independent UK

The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens

Without plate tectonics, oceans and continents, complex life that is able to invent and master advanced technology might never evolve.

Space

Earth has 7 strange quasi-moons — and you could name one of them

The International Astronomical Union has partnered with the Radiolab podcast to present a quasi-moon-naming contest.

Space

‘We made the Maldives from a hotel in Heathrow airport’: Hollywood location scouts reveal their secrets

Globe-trotting in search of picture-perfect scenes for the screen is not always as glamorous as it sounds. But to better understand these unsung heroes’ shadowy art, you first have to track them down …

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Journey to JAXA: Why I skipped Mount Fuji and went straight to the Japanese space agency

Japan has many iconic tourist destinations, but one place unlikely to be on many itineraries is about 90 minutes from central Tokyo – and it's just as intriguing as one of the world's most photogenic mountains.

Wallpaper

The off-grid Earthship community in New Mexico is an otherworldly desert landscape

Earthship, an off-grid community where architecture 'like entering some other country', is captured through the lens of photographer Victoria Sambunaris

Space

2 asteroids just zipped by Earth, and NASA caught footage of the action

NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar has collected invaluable information about two asteroids that flew very close to Earth. Don't worry, neither posed a threat.

Total Film

The 32 greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger movies

Only Arnold Schwarzenegger can make "I'll be back" sound a little threatening

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'No fireworks on ISS,' so astronauts experiment with 'light painting' instead (photos)

Eerie new ISS photos appear to show a ghost in the machine during Independence Day. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick and others did 'light painting' with the U.S. flag in the background.

Space

Watch the 1st teaser trailer for new horror game 'A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead'

Get a look at the first reveal trailer for Saber Interactive's "A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead" video game.

Space

New moon of July 2024: Dark skies tonight as Earth is farthest from the sun today

The new moon of July 2024 occurs today as Earth reaches its farthest point from the sun, known as aphelion.

Space

Rare 'polar rain' aurora seen from Earth for the first time

Seen for the first time from the ground, the polar rain aurora produced an eerie green glow captured on camera in Norway.

Evening Standard

OPINION - A Labour landslide? On that share of the vote? In this economy?

If I woke you up first thing this morning and told you Labour had secured 33.7 per cent of the vote, you might reasonably ask: what the hell am I doing in your house? But eventually, you might also wonder how on earth Keir Starmer managed to chuck away a…

Space

Rapidly spinning 'extreme' neutron star discovered by US Navy research intern

A Navy research team intern is part of a group of astronomers who have discovered a rapidly spinning neutron star, or "pulsar," in a dense cluster of stars around 10 light-years away.

LiveScience

Shark Bay: Home to Earth's largest plant — an immortal, self-cloning seagrass meadow stretching 112 miles

A 77-square-mile seagrass meadow at the bottom of Shark Bay in Western Australia is both Earth's largest plant and largest clone.

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