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Conquest by Nina Allan review – alien invasion, coding and Bach

A science fiction story from the 50s propels this brilliantly digressive exploration into art, ecology and the psychology of conspiracy theories

The Guardian - UK

For sale: Designed by Bjarke Ingels, Vollebak Island is both building research lab and radical retreat

Billed as the ultimate escape from everyday reality, Vollebak Island is the clothing brand’s bold take on a sustainable utopia, as well as a massive self-build project designed by Bjarke Ingels

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‘It’s new territory’: why is Betelgeuse glowing so brightly and behaving so strangely?

After the ‘great dimming’, the closest red giant star to Earth is pulsating twice as fast as usual and lighting up the southern hemisphere’s early evening sky

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A mock 'alien message' was beamed to Earth by the European Space Agency — they want you to decode it

If Earth received an extraterrestrial message, how would you interpret it? Members of the public are being encouraged by Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) to do just that.

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Michael Block crashing back to Earth, Harry Hall’s birdiefest lead our 5 things to know from first round at 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge

Many of the pertinent storylines leading up to the Charles Schwab Challenge were tossed out the window.

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Antarctic alarm bells: observations reveal deep ocean currents are slowing earlier than predicted

Antarctica sets the stage for the world’s greatest waterfall. The action takes place beneath the surface of the ocean. Here, trillions of tonnes of cold, dense, oxygen-rich water cascade off the continental shelf and sink to great depths. This Antarctic “bottom water” then spreads north along the sea floor in…

The Conversation

A rare type of black hole never proven to exist could be orbiting our galaxy right now, Hubble telescope reveals

A potential intermediate-mass black hole may be lurking in Messier 4, the nearest globular star cluster to Earth, new Hubble data reveals.

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Virgin Galactic aces final test spaceflight, eyes start of commercial service in June

Virgin Galactic aced its fifth test flight to suborbital space this morning (May 25), keeping the company on track to start commercial operations next month.

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Raging 'polar vortex' discovered over Uranus' north pole for 1st time

A polar cyclone is swirling on Uranus, further showing that the planet's atmosphere is a hive of hidden activity.

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Gravitational wave lab LIGO roars back online to detect the oldest black hole collisions ever seen

LIGO has been upgraded to observe gigantic black hole mergers 5 billion light-years away.

LiveScience

Meteorites and volcanoes may have helped jump-start life on Earth

Iron particles from meteorites and volcanoes could have catalyzed chemical reactions to form some of the organic compounds essential for life.

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Volcanoes and Meteors Helped Produce the Building Blocks of Life on Earth

A new study suggests that iron from volcanic ash and dusty meteor debris may have played a role in building complex organic molecules that eventually became building blocks for life.

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Slowing ocean current caused by melting Antarctic ice could have drastic climate impact, study says

The Southern Ocean overturning circulation has ebbed 30% since the 90s, CSIRO scientist claims, leading to higher sea levels and changing weather

The Guardian - AU

DeSantis mocked over humiliating launch

"Unspinnable failure. Total and complete. Fully public,” tweeted MSNBC host Chris Hayes

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Orcas are ramming yachts off the Spanish coast – is the whale world rising up?

One explanation is they are reacting to past trauma inflicted on one member of the pod by humans, says the author Philip Hoare

The Independent UK

Elon Musk insists Ron DeSantis’s disastrous Twitter launch was a success: ‘The top story on Earth’

CEO insists glitches only revealed ‘massive attention’ governor’s event attracted

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Rare green fireball explodes over Australia, creating bright flash visible for hundreds of miles

An unusual green meteor recently exploded as it plummeted through the sky over Australia, giving off a brilliant flash of light that could be seen for miles.

Insider UK

Oil and gas emissions predicted to rise for North Sea companies

Shell and BP responsible for around 36% of the total 725 million tonnes of CO2 set to be emitted between now and 2030

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What time is Virgin Galactic's Unity 25 spaceflight on May 25?

Virgin Galactic will launch its first spaceflight in two years on its reusable space plane Unity on Thursday (May 25), but exactly when the launch takes place will depend on what time its carrier plane takes off.

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Climate change could trigger gigantic deadly tsunamis from Antarctica, new study warns

Slippages in sediment beneath the Antarctic seabed could spawn gigantic tsunamis as oceans warm.

Space

Solar 'superflares' millions of times stronger than anything today may have sparked life on Earth

Intense solar storms may have delivered Earth its earliest building blocks of life, new research suggests.

LiveScience

What's the difference between outer space and deep space?

Space, outer space, and deep space — which is further out, and which is the real final frontier?

Space

'Alien' signal beamed to Earth from Mars in SETI test

A European Mars orbiter beamed a coded message to Earth today (May 24), kicking off a weeks-long project designed to help us prep for a real signal from E.T.

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Tonga volcano eruption created 'super plasma bubble' in atmosphere, disrupting precise GPS

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption last year was so powerful it created a "super plasma bubble" in the upper atmosphere over northern Australia, likely disrupting precise GPS for hours.

Inverse

Would You Lie in Bed for 2 Months for Human Space Exploration? These 12 People Will

Participants in a European Space Agency study will lie horizontally for 60 days straight to mimic how life in space affects the body.

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