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Why are we seeing northern lights more often in the UK?

Is this spectacular night sky phenomenon becoming more frequent?

Evening Standard

Japan's ispace will launch its 2nd lunar lander to the moon in December

Japanese company ispace plans to launch Mission 2, its second shot at landing on the moon, this December on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Space

Gateway to the underworld: The enormous permafrost 'megaslump' in Siberia that keeps getting bigger

The growing "gateway to the underworld," officially known as the Batagay megaslump, is the largest megaslump in the world and exposes permafrost layers that are 650,000 years old.

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Northern lights: Where and when to see the aurora borealis in the UK this weekend

The Met Office has given advice on hiw to have a chance of seeing the northern lights this weekend

The Independent UK

4 silver Viking Age bracelets discovered 'untouched' on Norway mountainside after more than 1,000 years

Archaeologists have unearthed a set of uniquely decorated bracelets on the site of a "large and powerful" Viking Age farm.

LiveScience

Boeing’s Starliner astronauts speak publicly today for 1st time in 2 months: Watch it live

Boeing Starliner's historic first mission with astronauts did not turn out as planned. Starliner's 2 NASA astronauts will share their experiences from the ISS today (Sept. 13).

Space

First Thing: Putin warns Nato over Ukraine missiles

Warning follows suggestions US may lift restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weapons. Plus, Bernardine Evaristo on the books of her life

The Guardian - UK

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Northern lights: ‘Unbelievable scene’ of green skies as aurora borealis illuminates parts of UK

‘Witnessed mesmerizing northern lights over London during [a] midnight flight on Friday’

The Independent UK

50 Years Ago, A Groundbreaking Sci-Fi Franchise Got a Spinoff You've Probably Never Seen

As the Planet of the Apes movies were met with shrinking box office returns, the sci-fi franchise turned to TV. But a Planet of the Apes TV series was fated to be forgotten.

Inverse

Afternoon Update: civil service apologises for robodebt; Musk calls Australian government ‘fascists’; and an Earth-shaking discovery

The Australian Public Service commissioner labelled the unlawful scheme ‘a failure of government’

The Guardian - AU

Northern Lights illuminate skies over UK as far south as East Sussex

The aurora borealis was pictured as far south as the Sussex coast on Thursday night - and could be visible again on Friday

Evening Standard

A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project

Two astronauts have carried out the first-ever commercial spacewalk, using new less-bulky spacesuits designed by SpaceX.

The Conversation

This mini-golf game is one of the most creative games I've ever played

Walkabout Minigolf is the best mini-golf game ever made, and the game's latest course debut, Mars Gardens, proves just how creative mini-golf can be in VR.

Android Central

How Venom 3's big villain Knull could open the door for Eddie Brock to appear in Avengers: Secret Wars

The comic history of Knull has comic connections to Secret Wars that could be a gamechanger for Venom: The Last Dance

Total Film

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Friday essay: Giant shark megalodon was the most powerful superpredator ever. Why did it go extinct?

Imagine the seas off Peru, 6 million years ago. A group of long-nosed dolphins swam through the warm seawater, breaking the surface with occasional enthusiastic leaps into the stark sunshine, then diving crisply back into the clear water to join their compadres.

Fortune

Who is Jared Isaacman, the first billionaire spacewalker?

The 41-year-old entrepreneur is also an experienced pilot.

The Conversation

The skyscraper-sized tsunami that vibrated through the entire planet and no one saw

Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. We saw it on sensors everywhere, from the Arctic to Antarctica.

The Guardian - UK

Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami

Landslide in Greenland caused unprecedented seismic event that shows impact of global heating, say scientists

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'Mega' El Niño may have fueled Earth's biggest mass extinction

Volcanoes spewing carbon dioxide 250 million years ago heated the climate so much that extreme El Niño events became the norm, pushing most life on Earth past its limits.

The Independent UK

Landslide triggered by climate change ’caused Earth to vibrate for nine days’

Researchers suggest that the landslide was a result of a glacier at the foot of a mountain in Greenland thinning.

The Conversation

The UK and Ireland’s climate was tropical 26 million years ago – here’s why that matters now

Millions of years ago, the climate was much warmer and wetter climate than today. But exactly how much warmer and wetter?

LiveScience

1st tardigrade fossils ever discovered hint at how they survived Earth's biggest mass extinction

Detailed 3D images of the first tardigrade fossils ever discovered help scientists predict when tardigrades evolved their near-indestructibility — a trait that might have helped them survive multiple mass extinctions.

Space

Polaris Dawn: World's 1st commercial spacewalk was history's 20th stand-up EVA

Two private astronauts conducting the first commercial spacewalk did not so much float out of their spacecraft as they did "stand up."

Space

Tiny NASA satellite detects its 1st massive gamma ray burst

A NASA satellite designed to search for the universe's most powerful and violent explosions has successfully scouted its first burst, space agency officials announced earlier this week.

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Spacex Completes First Private Spacewalk Above Earth

SpaceX's historic private spacewalk showcases innovation and collaboration in space exploration, marking a significant milestone for the private space indu...

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