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Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings − a geologist explains what's happening

Lava erupted through a fissure in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Dec. 18, 2023, shooting almost 100 feet (30 meters) in the air in its early hours.

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Parts of UK could see northern lights tonight, says Met Office

Aurora borealis forecast to be visible across huge swathes of the North Atlantic and Scandinavia

The Independent UK

How the runaway greenhouse gas effect can destroy a planet's habitability — including Earth's

Scientists watched as a simulated planet was driven from a habitable Earth-like heaven to an inhospitable Venus-like hell as the result of a runaway greenhouse effect, delivering a stark climate message.

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Orange tabby cat named Taters steals the show in first video sent by laser from deep space

An orange tabby cat named Taters stars in the first video sent by laser from deep space, stealing the show as he chases a red laser light

The Independent UK

NASA's Historic Milestone: Cat Video Successfully Streamed from Space

NASA achieves historic milestone by streaming ultra-high definition video from deep space using laser technology. Plus, a cat named Tater steals the show! ...

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NASA laser-beams adorable cat video to Earth from 19 million miles away (video)

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment streamed a high-definition video of Taters the cat to Earth from 19 miles (31 million km) away in a groundbreaking demonstration.

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New Webb Telescope Image Reveals Uranus In A Whole New Light

A new JWST image of Uranus is shedding light on the ice giant's ring structure and mysterious storms.

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‘It surprised the scientists’: Grindavík residents in limbo after powerful eruption

Grindavík residents had been preparing to spend Christmas back at home after being evacuated

The Guardian - UK

Pew! Pew! Pew! NASA's 1st successful two-way laser experiment is a giant leap for moon and Mars communications

NASA has completed its first laser link with an in-orbit laser relay system, marking a significant advancement in space communication technology.

Space

Weapon X-Men introduces a new super-team made up entirely of Wolverine variants

Including the all-new character Jane Howlett

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Hubble Telescope captures a galaxy's 'forbidden' light in stunning new image

The "forbidden" light of the spiral galaxy MCG-01-24-014 is captured in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope, suggesting the galaxy contradicts common rules of quantum physics.

Space

Strange 'slide whistle' fast radio burst picked up by alien-hunting telescope defies explanation

The fascinating patterns of 35 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) reveal new properties of these mysterious blasts of deep-space radiation that appear and disappear in milliseconds.

LiveScience

'Too Dangerous Inside': China Quake Victims Set In For Freezing Night

As evening brought freezing temperatures to northwestern China's Gansu province, shellshocked residents huddled around small fires in the street, reeling after the country's deadliest earthquake in years deprived them of shelter.

International Business Times

The story of David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy: "David wasn’t going to do the show, and his mum said, ‘No, you HAVE to work with Bing Crosby!’ She was a fan"

A schmaltzy TV special did not seem the most likely vehicle for a hit Christmas single, but this 1977 collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby yielded an enduring classic that cuts across the generational divide

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This alien planetary system has a Jupiter world 99 times wider than Earth

Astronomers found two planetary systems centered around solar analogs containing mini-Neptune planets and a "super-Jupiter" world 99 times the size of Earth.

The Guardian - US

Taters the cat stars in Nasa’s first video streamed from deep space

Cat chases laser pointer dot in 15-second video, designed to test possibility of sending streaming video through deep space

The Guardian - UK

Iceland volcano eruption: will it spark a flight crisis and how long will it last?

As a 2.5-mile fissure opens up in the Earth’s crust spewing jets of lava, we look at the local and international implications

The Conversation

2023's extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters

The year 2023 was marked by extraordinary heat, wildfires and weather disasters.

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Watch Artemis 2 moon crew take a slide for NASA training (video)

The next moon astronauts practiced sliding out of their Orion spacecraft during a simulated emergency splashdown. Artemis 2 aims to fly the four astronauts in 2024.

Inverse

The Most Underrated Sci-Fi Adventure of the Decade Just Quietly Dropped on Netflix

With this overlooked 2020 sci-fi adventure film, you can feel free to just sit back and enjoy the ride. Now that it's on Netflix, here's why Inverse recommends that you stream 'Love and Monsters' ASAP.

LiveScience

Project Kuiper: Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starlink passes 'crucial' test

Amazon's Project Kuiper, which uses optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology to connect more than 3,000 satellites in a mesh network that blankets Earth, just cleared a final hurdle needed to launch next year.

Inverse

These 17 Icy Worlds Could Have Warm Oceans Full of Alien Life

With any luck, we could one day watch chilly geysers erupting from the surface of nearby (and potentially life-sustaining) exoplanets.

LiveScience

Tonga volcano eruption was fueled by 2 merging chambers that are still brimming with magma

Researchers have mapped the magma plumbing system beneath Tonga's underwater volcano and discovered three magma chambers, two of which fed the record-shattering 2022 eruption.

The Hindu

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

the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch a mission, named “Martian Moon eXploration”, to Phobos and Deimos in September 2024. The mission will be carried by a newly designed rocket, the H-3, which is still under development.

The Guardian - US

Is the US going to approve the single biggest fossil-fuel expansion on earth?

Biden has a chance to show that the world’s biggest exporter of oil and gas is actually going to change its ways. It’s not clear if he’ll take it

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