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Why is there so much military interest in the moon?

The United States' use of military agencies such as DARPA to develop emerging technologies for the moon could be sending a wrong message.

Space

How to juice energy from a black hole

It's possible to extract energy from primordial black holes, experts say — if they actually exist

Salon

The Best Sci-Fi Series of the Year Just Delivered Two Massive Mid-Season Twists

In 'For All Mankind,' Season 4, Episode 5, a new asteroid coupled with poignant flashbacks, change everything.

Inverse

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The Geminids — this year's only multicolored meteor shower — peaks next week. Here's how to watch.

As many as 120 'shooting stars' per hour will be visible during the moonless peak of the Geminid meteor shower on Dec. 13 and 14.

LiveScience

Light No Fire: Everything we know so far

Light No Fire is an Earth-size upcoming adventure game where you'll explore, build, and survive a true open world together

GamesRadar

Mild tremors of 3.2 magnitude recorded at Chengalpattu district

Mild tremor of 3.2 magnitude recorded in Chengalpattu district on Dec 8. Tremors may be due to heavy rainfall post-monsoon. Cavities in upper layers of earth's crust collapse when water percolates at 5 km. Tremors may occur up to two-three months after monsoon. Severe cyclonic storm Michaung had dumped heavy…

The Hindu

Hello Games reveals new game, Light No Fire, at The Game Awards

The team behind No Man's Sky have revealed their next game, a procedurally generated Fantasy themed Earth with multiplayer named Light No Fire.

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Hello Games' grand follow-up to No Man's Sky, Light No Fire, is an open world the size of the actual Earth

The ambitious pitch for near-endless fantasy adventure is thrilling—but a bit of caution is warranted, to say the least.

PC Gamer

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites from California (video)

SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California early on Friday morning (Dec. 8).

Space

Crossed wires caused parachute problem during OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample delivery, NASA says

Crossed wires likely prevented OSIRIS-REx's return capsule from deploying its drogue parachute during its descent through Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 24, NASA officials say.

Space

Dolphins’ Electric Super Sense Unveiled: Navigating Oceans And Hunting With Precision

Bottlenose dolphins possess a sophisticated sensory mechanism to detect weak electric fields, aiding navigation and hunting.

Zenger

Putin allies jubilant as US Republicans balk on Ukraine aid, report says

‘It is even more dangerous to be a friend of the United States than its enemy. In the end, they will abandon you, leaving nothing but the scorched earth on your territory’

The Independent UK

Scientists study violent 'superflares' on stars thousands of times brighter than the sun

Scientists have used solar flares from the sun to determine the physics driving powerful and violent 'superflares' on massive stellar bodies that are up to 10,000 times brighter than our star.

Space

NASA says Hubble Telescope will resume science operations after gyroscope glitch

The Hubble Space Telescope is soon to exit safe mode, NASA says.

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Ethereal halo of light around full moon spotted during recent SpaceX rocket launch

An eerily-perfect ring of light was spotted around the full moon in Florida during the recent launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, creating a stunning new photo.

LiveScience

Underwater volcano riding a sinking tectonic plate may have unleashed major earthquakes in Japan

A seamount sitting on a subducting tectonic plate off the coast of Japan and plowing its way into Earth's mantle may be at the root of several magnitude 7 earthquakes in the past 40 years.

Space

NOAA's older Earth-watching satellites get new 'extended life'

NOAA has plans to add extra years to the lifespan of their fleet of older polar orbiting satellites by controlling them through using an Internet cloud-based system.

LiveScience

'Lightning-like energy bursts' could be used to track the 99% of space junk that can't be seen from Earth

Current methods of tracking space junk in Earth's orbit only follow objects bigger than a softball. A new technique could trace the 99% of junk that's smaller.

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The Conversation

The longstanding mystery of Mars' moons – and the mission that could solve it

The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about 22km in diameter) and Deimos (about 13km in diameter), have been puzzling scientists for decades, with their origin remaining a matter of debate. Some have proposed that they may be made up of residual debris produced from a planet or large asteroid…

The Conversation

Billions have been raised to restore forests, with little success. Here's the missing ingredient

Protecting and restoring forests is one of the cheapest and most effective options for mitigating the carbon emissions heating Earth.

LiveScience

6 million-year-old 'fossil groundwater pool' discovered deep beneath Sicilian mountains

Fresh water that trickled down into Earth's crust 6 million years ago became trapped thousands of feet beneath the Hyblaean Mountains in Sicily, forming an aquifer that has not budged since.

The Conversation

4 east African countries are going for nuclear power – why this is a bad idea

The east Africa region has the fastest growing population in Africa. Between 2013 and 2017, its growth rate was twice the African average. The region is also experiencing strong economic growth. It’s sub-Saharan share of GDP has risen from 14% in 2000 to 21% in 2022.

Evening Standard

What is the hole in the sun? Phenomenon explained

The captured image depicts a stream of solar wind hurtling towards Earth.

Space

The ISS just turned 25, and NASA is getting ready for the end (video)

The ISS turned 25 years old on Dec. 6, and a new generation of space station is coming into view. By 2030, NASA wants commercial stations and a vehicle ready to deorbit the ISS.

The Guardian - UK

‘With Cate Blanchett in my ears, I become an insect on the wing’ – our writer merges with a rainforest

Using astonishing VR technology and just his own breathing, our writer dies, disintegrates, then merges with an Amazonian forest. Could he become a sequoia tree next? What about stepping into a black hole?

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