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Sweden discovers Europe’s largest rare earth mineral deposit

The rare minerals are used for the creation of electric vehicles, wind turbines, and more.

Evening Standard

The Earth's Corr: Inaction on decaying buildings is a dereliction of duty

Everywhere you look, they’re there - and did you know each and every one of them is storing carbon in their roof beams, bricks and mortar?

Belfast Live

Hawks Nest, Tomago rare earth mining bid a one-off, backer says

He said that despite the name "rare earths", the individual minerals themselves were relatively common in the earth's crust, but were not often in concentrations that made them economic to recover.

Newcastle Herald

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SpaceX sends up Falcon Heavy on sunset launch for Space Force

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The winds died down for SpaceX as it queued up its rarely used Falcon Heavy right after sunset from the Space Coast on Sunday.

Orlando Sentinel

Elton John was super, but stadium shows are no match for Supercars

I AM pleased to explain to Tony Morley why the "down to earth good people of Waratah and surrounding suburbs can enjoy a concert in close proximity to their homes" while the good people of Newcastle East cannot tolerate a V8 car race

Newcastle Herald

Can we suck the water out of asteroids? New research may solve one obstacle

Scientists found that solar sails, not rockets, could be the best option to return materials mined from asteroids back to Earth.

Inverse

'Dress like a cabbage': surviving the world's coldest city

Temperatures have plunged to minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) this week in Yakutsk during an abnormally long cold snap in the Siberian city known as the coldest on earth.

Reuters

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She may not do much but my baby daughter is a marvel

You may not have realised it, but there’s also been a baby living with us this past year...

The Guardian - UK

Astrophysicist shares his tips to help you see the best space events of the year from Australia

A Queensland astrophysicist is warning stargazers that a once-in-50,000-year comet may be a let down, but there are other key space events you should be looking out for.

ABC News

SpaceX delays Falcon Heavy launch attempt until Sunday

ORLANDO, Fla. — The planned Saturday liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center has been delayed until Sunday.

Orlando Sentinel

This bold new mission will try beaming solar power down from space

While the technology behind solar cells has existed since the late 19th century, generating solar power in space presents some serious challenges.

Inverse

Time tunnel: why an Australian expedition is drilling through 2.6km of Antarctic ice

Ancient air trapped deep below the surface could unlock secrets of the Earth’s past and help understand what lies ahead as CO2 in the atmosphere keeps rising

The Guardian - AU

SpaceX Falcon Heavy targets sunset launch, double sonic boom landings

ORLANDO, Fla. — There could be more SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches in 2023 than it has ever flown with the first one set for liftoff at 5:55 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center.

Orlando Sentinel

Russia sets new contingency plan for crew of damaged space capsule

Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced new contingency plans on Saturday for the three crew of a damaged capsule docked to the International Space Station, saying the U.S. member of the trio would return to Earth in a separate SpaceX vessel if they needed to evacuate in the next few weeks.

Reuters

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Inverse

15 years ago, a spacecraft swung by Mercury to beat the Sun's gravity

The MESSENGER mission needed a few gravitational assists to enter orbit around the smallest planet.

Radio France Internationale

Earth's protective ozone layer on track to heal within 50 years

The Earth’s protective ozone layer is healing at a rate that climatologists believe will see the stratospheric hole over Antarctica fully closed in the next five decades – but challenges remain.

ABC News

Hot Jupiter exoplanet that fits a year into five days discovered by Toowoomba university

Hundreds of light years away, the hot Jupiter exoplanet has temperatures high enough to melt silver and is orbiting its sun in the length of a working week.

The Independent UK

New this week: Lukas Graham, 'That 90’s Show' and 'Jung_E'

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Lukas Graham, the Showtime series “Your Honor” starring Bryan Cranston returns for its second and final season, and “Hellbound” director Yeon Sang-Ho unveils his new sci-fi action pic, the dystopian “Jung_E,” where Earth has become uninhabitable and war is about to…

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France 24

Wind turbines are getting old. What happens to the ageing fleet?

Modern wind turbines are growing taller, bigger and more powerful. They offer the potential for reliable, abundant energy. But what happens to the ageing fleet? The industry is now scrambling to avoid a waste problem, giving old turbines a second lease of life. The Down to Earth team takes a…

Inverse

You need to watch the most underrated sci-fi space-thriller on Amazon ASAP

This take on 'Alien' is shamelessly derivative and totally thrilling.

The New Daily

NASA’s orbital Webb telescope peers deep into space and finds a whole new world

The James Webb Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, LHS 475 b. NASA says the planet is just 41 light-years away from us.

Salon

Black holes on a collision course

Astronomers announce the discovery of two supermassive black holes that are closer than any pair ever seen

Irish Mirror

Gemma Collins 'ready to trek Kilimanjaro' as she calls on spiritual healer to help

Gemma Collins has been keeping fans updated after she returned from a trip to Bethlehem and experienced terrible foot pain, but after receiving treatment says she feels like a "new woman"

Los Angeles Times

ExxonMobil publicly denied global warming for years but quietly predicted it

In perhaps one of the most cynically ironic twists in the field of climate science, new research suggests ExxonMobil may have had keener insight into the impending dangers of global warming than even NASA scientists but still waged a decades-long campaign to discredit research into climate change and its connection…

Inverse

New super-Earth study solves a baffling exoplanet mystery

A new model suggests why some solar systems collect remarkably similar large, rocky worlds.

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