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Where did the universe's magnetic fields come from?

How the universe got its large magnetic fields has remained one of the stickiest outstanding problems in astrophysics. Now, researchers have proposed a novel solution: a giant "dust battery" operating when the first stars appeared.

‘First instinct is to swim’: my trip on a zero-gravity flight with an Esa astronaut

The sensation of weightlessness is extraordinary as I join Rosemary Coogan for a breathtaking glimpse of life in space

The Guardian - UK

Space travel should not be just ‘for the elites’, says new British astronaut

Space travel should not be just ‘for the elites’, says new British astronaut

Rosemary Coogan, European Space Agency’s second UK recruit, will be deployed to ISS for six months

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Spectacular Beaver Moon spotted across UK in last chance to see supermoon this year

Stunning photos captured over the world as Friday’s full moon makes dazzling appearance

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The 32 greatest George Clooney movies

When he left ER, George Clooney's star only got bigger

Europe's Hera asteroid probe heads for Mars after engine burn

Europe's Hera asteroid probe will use the Red Planet for a gravity assist on its way to scope out the space rock crash site of NASA's DART impactor.

Mars meteorite found in drawer reveals history of water on Red Planet

"We think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was caused by magmatic activity that still occurs periodically on Mars to the present day."

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Meteorite found in a drawer at university contains 700-million-year-old evidence of water on Mars

Meteorite found in a drawer at university contains 700-million-year-old evidence of water on Mars

The Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no clear indication of how it got there. A new analysis of the rock reveals evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago.

Lava could light up the James Webb Space Telescope's search for watery exoplanets

Lava could light up the James Webb Space Telescope's search for watery exoplanets

Scientists are trying to figure out how minerals connected to exoplanetary water would look to the James Webb Space Telescope.

Samantha Harvey’s Orbital and the fragility of Earth

Samantha Harvey’s Orbital and the fragility of Earth

Letter: Peter Reason says the Booker prize winner’s novel may encourage the idea that we have to get off the planet to see what we are doing to it

The Guardian - UK

'Another piece of the puzzle': Antarctica's 1st-ever amber fossil sheds light on dinosaur-era rainforest that covered South Pole 90 million years ago

'Another piece of the puzzle': Antarctica's 1st-ever amber fossil sheds light on dinosaur-era rainforest that covered South Pole 90 million years ago

Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below the seafloor have revealed a tiny piece of fossilized resin holding fragments of an ancient rainforest that covered the South Pole during the Cretaceous period.

NASA and Microsoft team up to create an Earth Copilot AI chatbot

NASA and Microsoft team up to create an Earth Copilot AI chatbot

NASA space data can now be accessed through a Microsoft-based AI chatbot.

Last chance to see supermoon until November 2025

Last chance to see supermoon until November 2025

The ‘Beaver Moon’ is the fourth supermoon of the year.

Evening Standard

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to launch AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird smartphone satellites

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to launch AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird smartphone satellites

AST SpaceMobile, a startup with plans for a direct-to-cellphone satellite service constellation, has chosen Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to launch some of its next-gen satellites.

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As the Taurid meteor shower passes by Earth, pseudoscience rains down – and obscures a potential real threat from space

With the Taurid meteor shower now hitting the night skies worldwide, look for what could be a celestial treat – you might see shooting stars, and maybe even fireballs, the biggest and brightest meteors.

Beaver moon to dazzle skies in this year’s last supermoon: When to watch

This supermoon will reach its peak brightness on Friday at 4:29pm Eastern Time (21:29 GMT).

El Ojo: The mysterious floating island in Argentina's swampland that looks like a perfectly round eye

Argentina's El Ojo is said to harbor UFOs and the ghosts of ancient deities, but as far as scientists can tell, the island is simply a fluke of nature that formed through erosion and water currents.

Aurora activity is just getting started. Here's why the best northern lights are yet to come.

Mark your diaries for the 2026/27 aurora season could be a big one!

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Rare outburst meteor shower this weekend

The annual Leonid meteor shower is expected to be at its most active in 33 years

Did NASA's Viking landers accidentally kill life on Mars? Why one scientist thinks so

Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a scientist who thinks NASA's Viking landers could have inadvertently destroyed the life they were searching for. In this Q&A, we ask why.

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Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29

What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Asteroid pieces brought to Earth help reveal how our solar system's planets and moons grew

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system.

Evening Standard

Meta Quest 3S review: We try the affordable, mixed-reality headset

Transport to another dimension with an entryway to the world of VR

Brilliant fireball explodes over North America as satellites capture flash from space (video)

Cameras and NOAA weather satellites captured the moment when a meteor exploded into a brilliant fireball over the western U.S. and parts of western Canada.

The Conversation

What CO₂ ‘jumps’ from Antarctic ice say about climate change

The atmosphere is constantly changing. Its composition has varied regularly over the course of the planet’s climatic epochs, particularly with regard to its levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, a crucial factor in determining Earth’s climate.

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