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Geminid meteor shower spawned by violent asteroid smashup

The Geminid meteor shower, which happens every December, comes from a space rock with a comet-like tail. New research suggests a violent origin story.

Space

Astronauts unfurl final roll-out solar array (for now) at space station in record-tying spacewalk

NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen deployed the sixth and last (for now) upgraded solar array outside of the International Space Station while Bowen tied an American spacewalk record.

Space

Light pollution poses serious threat to astronomy, skywatching and more, study says

Astronomers are once again ringing alarm bells about rising light pollution destroying pristine night skies. This time, though, their worries extend beyond their core discipline.

Space

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UAP Reports Involve the Ocean Too, NASA Investigator Reveals

For its expansive UAP team, the space agency turned to oceanographer Paula Bontempi, an expert in how light interacts with water.

Inverse

Cosmic-ray 'GPS' system that tracks underground movement could change the way we respond to disasters

A new system that uses subatomic particles produced high in Earth's atmosphere could provide a view inside volcanoes and help locate people trapped beneath rubble.

LiveScience

Out of this world accommodation: What sci-fi gets right (and wrong) about life beyond Earth

Science fiction cinema has offered up countless attempts to foretell human existence beyond the stars. But just how rooted in science are these Hollywood attempts to depict humans settling other planets?

Space

France's growing water crisis

Dry rivers, thirsty villages and depleted groundwater reserves: as water supply grows ever more uncertain, France is gearing up for another dry summer. But the country has a game plan for survival: share, reuse and save a dwindling resource. The Down to Earth team takes a closer look.

France 24

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The Apollo moon landing was real, but NASA's quarantine procedure was not

On its face, the Apollo 11 quarantine protocol looked sensible. But the new research suggests that NASA's "planetary protection" efforts were largely for show.

Space

Dormant supervolcano at risk of erupting and bringing 'mini ice age' to millions

Campi Flegrei in southern Italy, near Naples, has not erupted since 1538 but experts fear it could soon explode, causing a nightmare scenario for millions of people

Daily Mirror

TUI passenger says airline's change to Orlando flights is 'much speedier and easier'

TUI’s move to Florida’s Melbourne Orlando International Airport means a speedier and easier exit for families heading to the theme parks and for Marella cruise passengers sailing from Port Canaveral

Daily Mirror

Rocket Lab is set to launch a mystery mission from Virginia. What could it be?

Rocket Lab is gearing up to launch a mission from Virginia in the next few days, but you apparently won't be able to watch it live.

Space

Nina Metz: The reality show ‘Stars on Mars’ is ‘Big Brother’ meets ‘The Martian’ — and a whole lot of propaganda

I’m not usually drawn to reality TV. But when physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mentioned that she was watching the Fox series “Stars on Mars,” which premiered earlier this month, my interest was piqued.

Chicago Tribune

Earth, air, fire, water — and family — are all 'Elemental' for Pixar's Peter Sohn

In science class, Sohn saw the periodic table as an apartment building. The son of Korean immigrants, he felt the elements were a "beautiful metaphor" for cultures mixing in his New York hometown.

WEKU

Could the megalodon still exist today?

Megalodon once dominated Earth's oceans. Despite vanishing from the fossil record millions of years ago, rumors persist that these gigantic sharks are still alive.

LiveScience

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The Conversation

Oceans absorb 30% of our emissions, driven by a huge carbon pump. Tiny marine animals are key to working out its climate impacts

The ocean holds 60 times more carbon than the atmosphere and absorbs almost 30% of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from human activities. This means the ocean is key to understanding the global carbon cycle and thus our future climate.

PC Gamer

An extremely premature ranking of Starfield's 1,000+ planets

At Starfield Direct we saw a ton of Starfield's planets and moons. Here are the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The Conversation

For the first time, astronomers have found life-supporting molecules called phosphates on Enceladus

The search for habitable conditions beyond Earth has just become more interesting with the discovery of biologically available phosphorus from one of Saturn’s moons. Phosphorus is the most elusive of the six crucial elements needed for life.

Space

Ultra-hot exoplanet has an atmosphere of vaporized rock

Astronomers have taken a deeper look at the scorching hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b, where iron rains from the sky to determine the other chemical elements that comprise its blistering atmosphere.

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Saturn's moon Enceladus has all the ingredients for life in its icy oceans. But is life there?

For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system.

The Independent UK

Movie review: Pixar's 'Elemental' won't set the world on fire, but it holds water

Pixar’s “Elemental” conjures a diverse metropolis where the elements — fire, water, earth and air — live like ethnicities mostly ghettoized from one other

Inverse

Mars Rover Sends a Stunning Panorama of the Red Planet Home to Earth

NASA's Curiosity Rover sent us this panorama postcard of its current scenic view of Gale Crater, overlooking an ancient lakebed where there was once water on Mars.

The Conversation

There could still be a ninth planet in our Solar System – here’s why

We all used to think there were nine planets. But in 2006 the solar system was left with only eight planets, when Pluto was no longer classified as such. Is it still possible there is a planet out there beyond Neptune – possibly way beyond it?

Inverse

Scientists Finally Confirm A Long-Held Belief About What Triggers Photosynthesis

A single photon is enough to catalyze photosynthesis in bacteria, according to a study published in Nature, which likely applies to plants as well.

Evening Standard

Secret Invasion on Disney+ review: this old dog needs to learn some new tricks

Nick Fury is back! And he’s... old now?

The Guardian - UK

Drinking alcohol is bad for you – end of. Ignore the headlines that claim otherwise

Another week, another article suggesting that alcohol may have health benefits. It’s amazing how desperate drinkers are to fool themselves, writes Adrian Chiles

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