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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida (video)

SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Wednesday evening (Oct. 23).

Space

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again

NASA’s top climate scientist says the planet is being tested and ‘we have not yet passed that test’

The Independent UK

Fall back to Earth with Falcon 9 payload fairings in stunning new SpaceX video

A recent SpaceX Starlink launch featured an extra video treat: a view of the Internet satellites being revealed for future Internet service. But Starlink's effects on astronomy still causes concern.

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See the 'comet of the century' light up the night sky in breathtaking photos

Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS proved to be photogenic as it lit up the early autumn skies of the Northern Hemisphere this month.

Space

What’s the difference between fusion and fission? A nuclear physicist explains

Globally, nuclear power accounts for roughly 10% of electricity generation. In some countries, such as France, this figure is nearly 70%.

The Conversation

Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading climate scientists warn

Leading climate scientists ring alarm bell on key Atlantic Ocean current collapse in open letter

LiveScience

Scientists have dated the moon's oldest, and largest, impact site

The moon has been bombarded by asteroids and comets for more than 4.32 billion years.

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Tiny photosynthetic aliens could be lurking in hidden bubbles in Mars' ice — and could soon be replicated on Earth

A new NASA-led study suggests that photosynthetic microbes could thrive in hidden bubbles of meltwater below patches of ice on Mars. This could be one of the easiest places to search for extraterrestrial life "anywhere in the universe," the team says.

LiveScience

Before and after satellite images show lakes appearing across Sahara after deluge of rain soaks desert

Lakes appearing in the Sahara desert captured in satellite images after a cyclone dumped a years' worth of rain on northern Africa in just a few days.

LiveScience

A Meteorite the Size of Four Mount Everests Hit Earth — It Left This Strange Aftermath

When a meteorite quadruple the size of Mount Everest slammed into ancient Earth, some microbial life thrived, a new study found.

Inverse

How many moons does Jupiter have?

How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it seems.

LiveScience

Earth from space: Bizarre 'pet cloud' reappears above its favorite spot in New Zealand

A recent satellite image captured the reemergence of a unique, UFO-like cloud, known as the "Taieri Pet," which appears above New Zealand's South Island when conditions are just right.

LiveScience

4,300 tonnes of space junk and rising: another satellite breakup adds to orbital debris woes

A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, and adding to the growing swarm of space junk clouding our planet’s neighbourhood.

The Conversation

Flat Earthers: The Musical review – what happens when a ‘Flattie’ and a sceptic fall in love?

Hayes Theatre Co/Griffin Theatre Company, SydneyJean Tong and Lou Wall’s queer musical is very funny but undeniably messy, leaving the audience feeling like they have too many tabs open at once

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Former union head Joe de Bruyn’s speech condemning abortion and same-sex marriage sparks walkout at Catholic university

De Bruyn likened abortion rate to the ‘human toll of World War II’ and said same-sex marriage went against ‘every society on Earth’

LiveScience

Half-a-billion-year-old 'marine Roomba' is earliest known asymmetrical animal

A backward question mark shape on the creature's back reveals early animal evolutionary history.

Space

Most of Earth's meteorites may have come from the same 3 spots

Scientists say they've uncovered where the vast majority of Earth's meteorites came from.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk wants to send 30,000 more Starlink satellites into space - and it has astronomers worried

Satellites in orbit are already an obstacle for astronomers. Sending tens of thousands more could compound issues without any solutions.

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The Independent UK

A vast meteor striking Earth might have brought about whole new kinds of life, scientists say

Oceans would have boiled away and everything would have been coated in a deadly dust – but still something thrived

Evening Standard

Life ‘may have thrived’ after giant meteorite hit Earth – research

Experts suggest the conditions caused by the impact of the S2 meteorite 3.26 billion years ago may have caused certain life forms to bloom.

The Independent UK

Cop16: What is the UN nature summit and what will negotiations involve?

Here are answers to key questions about the Cop16 conference on biodiversity.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Basketball in Space: How Zero Gravity Would Transform the Game

Basketball is a fast-paced, gravity-bound sport where speed, agility, and coordination rule the court. But what if we took the game beyond the confines of Earth and into the vast expanse of space? Imagine playing basketball in a zero-gravity ...

Inverse

Inside the Extreme Workout Regimen of An Astronaut Stuck at the International Space Station

Here are the surprising fitness workouts NASA astronauts perform on the International Space Station to stay healthy and ready for daring spacewalks.

The Independent UK

Orionid meteor shower to light up night sky

The display will produce up to 25 fast meteors with fine trains per hour.

LiveScience

Listen to haunting sounds of Earth's magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago in eerie new animation

A new video shows how Earth's magnetic field weakened and warped before temporarily flipping during a recent "polar reversal event."

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