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Earth Is Rapidly Heading Towards Solar Maximum — How Many Auroras Will There Be in 2025?

During the peak of the cycle, called solar maximum, more sunspots and solar flares occur, increasing the likelihood of solar storms.

Inverse

'Lost in insignificance': Here's what it's like to rappel into the solar system's largest canyon

"You wanted this moment to belong just to yourself and the landscape: sunset on the rim of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system."

LiveScience

Remote-control robots could help humanity explore the moon and Mars

Teleoperated rovers could soon be working on the moon, with human controllers on Earth manipulating the rovers' tools virtually.

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Blowing up: Inflatable space habitats could be key to exploring the solar system

Private companies are making progress on expandable habitats, which could help humanity keep its foothold in Earth orbit and settle the moon and Mars.

Space

Hubble Telescope sees 'stellar volcano' erupt in amazing colors (video, photo)

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an intricate portrait of R Aquarii, an odd nearby binary star system that occasionally erupts into spectacular novae.

Space

Alabama Endures Shocking Crashing to Earth As CFP Berth Looks Unlikely

Kalen DeBoer is 5–2 for just the third time in his career, and the Crimson Tide need to win out to have a chance at the SEC title game or a playoff spot.

Sports Illustrated

Vance plan to colonize universe is awful

The infinite growth of humanity means infinite growth of humanity’s current problems

Salon

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What Is The Origin Of Life On Earth? Rain’s Crucial Role Offers A Big Hint

Recently published research looks at the possibility that rainwater played a crucial role in stabilizing early cells, paving the way for life’s complexity.

Inverse

After Helldivers 2's latest Major Order win, it looks like Super Earth is setting up its own Terminid version of Jurassic Park

Tyranny Park will be open to "well-paying" tourists

GamesRadar

‘Humanity would watch helplessly as space junk multiplies uncontrollably’: has the number of satellite launches reached a tipping point?

From chaotic collisions to depletion of the ozone layer, the thousands of satellites in orbit around Earth have the potential to wreak havoc in coming decades. What are the solutions to a growing menace?

The Guardian - UK

Will Antarctica one day be green?

New research indicates Antarctica’s melting ice is allowing plants to thrive, an ominous shift for the continent

Salon

Cheryl has released a powerful statement following the "earth shattering" news of Liam Payne's death

Marie Claire

DC reveals its full slate of January 2025 comics and covers featuring Batman, Superman, Batman, the Justice League, and more

DC's full January 2025 solicitations are here

GamesRadar

Palau’s vibrant Helen Reef is a magnet for poachers. These rangers keep it safe

Helen Reef, a 40-square-mile atoll at the southern edge of Palau, is one of Earth's most remote and biologically diverse reefs

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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink internet satellites from Florida (video)

SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink broadband satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from Florida tonight (Oct. 18).

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Cheryl fighting to ‘navigate’ ex-boyfriend Liam Payne’s ‘earth-shattering’ death

Two days after his death, Cheryl has admitted she is battling to “navigate” her ex-boyfriend Liam Payne’s “earth-shattering” death.

The Independent UK

Cheryl Cole breaks silence on ‘earth shattering’ death of her child’s father Liam Payne

Liam Payne, who shares seven-year-old son Bear with ex Cheryl Cole, died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony

Space

'Killer electrons' play pinball with space weather around Earth

"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet.

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Inverse

Scientists Just Identified A Key Location On Mars Where Life Could Thrive

A new study reveals a special place where life might survive on Mars.

Salon

Meteor shower to pass Earth this weekend

The Orionids will be most visible starting Sunday, Oct. 20

The Conversation

Getting carbon capture right will be hard – but that doesn’t make it optional

The UK government has given the go-ahead to carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) schemes worth £22 billion (US$28.6 billion). Critics are insisting that this technology – which involves capturing carbon as it is emitted or taking it back out of the atmosphere, then pumping it into rocks deep underground…

Space

Europe makes moves to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029

The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029.

Space

Hunter's Moon supermoon 2024 puts on a frightfully good show for skywatchers around the world (photos)

The Hunter's Moon rose on Thursday (Oct. 17), becoming the biggest and brightest full moon of the year and wowing skywatchers around the globe with a spooky pre-Halloween show.

International Business Times

Gaza 'Hell On Earth' For One Million Children: UN

The one million children in Gaza are living a "hell on Earth", the UN said Friday, with around 40 children having been killed there every day over the past year.

Space

Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to see bits of Halley's comet burn up in the night sky

The Orionid meteor shower 2024 reaches its peak in the pre-dawn hours on Monday, Oct. 21, but this year a bright moon could make it difficult to see these shooting stars.

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