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Breakthrough coming? Iceland could get solar power from space in 2030

A British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of the novel renewable energy source.

Space

Watch sun unleash major X-flare in epic solar eruption (video)

We could expect even more eruptions from this sunspot region in the coming days as it rotates to face Earth.

Space

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says

The United Nation’s warning comes as scientists say 2024 will most certainly be Earth’s hottest year on record once again

The Independent UK

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Samuel L. Jackson thinks Star Wars' Mace Windu could be "out there walking the Earth" with his Pulp Fiction character

"Just 'cause they cut my arm off and I fell out of a window, doesn’t mean I’m dead"

Total Film

Tesco, KFC and other top brands could be selling chicken linked to illegal deforestation, report says

Exclusive: Major UK supplier linked to soya giant repeatedly accused of razing habitats vital for fighting the climate emergency

The Independent UK

Saturn gets its 1st confirmed Trojan asteroid — but it might be stolen

Saturn has finally joined the solar system's other giant planets in possessing a Trojan asteroid, but it may have stolen it. The bouncing asteroid seems to have originated in the Kuiper belt.

Space

Four large ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids headed towards Earth – but it should be fine

Largest of the asteroids is about 580ft wide, Nasa says

The Independent UK

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Comet A3: Stunning new pictures show ‘comet of the century’ like never before

Telescopes in space have provided stunning new images of Comet A3, the so-called “comet of the century”.

The Independent UK

What we already know about the results

What we already know about the results before the official end of the race

Salon

These amazing images will make you want to photograph Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, before it's too late

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS continues to delight astrophotographers and there's still time to capture the fleeting celestial event

Digital Camera World

What On Earth Is Going On With Abortion Laws In Queensland? Here’s Everything We Know

Despite abortion being decriminalised Australia-wide for some time now, there are whispers of reforms post the Queensland election.

Pedestrian.tv

Headless 'Halloween comet' could already be doomed

While some are hoping for a bright "Halloween comet," astronomers say the speeding cosmic snowball has likely already broken apart.

Space

Mini '2001' monoliths fly into space on first flight of Blue Origin's 2nd crew ship

A number of black slabs modeled after the monoliths in "2001: A Space Odyssey" have made the trip into space and back on the first flight of Blue Origin's second human-rated launch vehicle.

Space

Spooky fireball blazes across Lake Erie a week before Halloween (video)

A fireball lit up the skies over Lake Erie on Monday (Oct. 21) evening, eliciting hundreds of witness reports to the American Meteor Society.

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Boeing-built communications satellite breaks up in orbit. 'Total loss,' operator says

The Intelsat-33e satellite is in pieces following some kind of problem in geostationary orbit, according to the company and US Space Force. An investigation is ongoing.

LiveScience

4 large asteroids, including a skyscraper-size 'city killer,' will zoom past Earth in a 12-hour span today (Oct. 24)

Four "potentially hazardous" space rocks, which are between 100 and 580 feet across, will all make their closest approaches to Earth within less than 12 hours of one another on Thursday (Oct. 24). Two of them were only discovered earlier this month.

LiveScience

30 years of polar climate data converted into menacing, 6-minute song

Geoenvironmental scientist Hiroto Nagai used publicly available climate data from the North and South poles to compose an ominous-sounding chamber music piece.

Space

1st triple black hole system discovered in 'happy accident'

The first "black hole triple" system, consisting of a black hole hungrily feeding on a companion star orbited by a more distant star, hints at a gentle formation process without supernova explosions.

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Boeing-made satellite shatters in orbit, and nobody knows why

Intelsat 39 being launched from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket in 2019.

Total Film

The 32 greatest '90s sci-fi movies

In the era of dial-up internet, these were the sci-fi films that blew us away

LiveScience

Watch huge fireball blaze over Lake Erie in stunning videos

A fiery meteor shot across the sky above the Great Lakes on Monday (Oct. 21) just after sunset, stunning witnesses from Michigan to New York, Kentucky and North Carolina.

The Guardian - UK

‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation

Oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf explains why Amoc breakdown could be catastrophic for both humans and marine life

LiveScience

How old is planet Earth?

How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon.

Newcastle Herald

'How big does a disaster have to be?': council's natural disaster application rejected

Upper Hunter earthquakes not considered to be natural disasters.

Space

SpaceX's Starlink internet flies on a Boeing 777 jet for the 1st time

SpaceX's Starlink satellites provided internet service on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time today (Oct. 22), during a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to London.

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