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Google Doodle celebrates American climate scientist Eunice Newton Foote’s 204th birthday

Google celebrates Eunice Newton Foote's 204th birthday with a Doodle. Foote was the first to discover the greenhouse effect and its role in Earth's climate. She also campaigned for women's rights and published two U.S. physics studies, the first by a woman. Her findings led to further experiments uncovering the…

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A new era for Florida’s phosphates: rare earth minerals for EVs instead of fertilizers

The periodic table you may remember from chemistry class had two additional rows of elements below the main table. In the top added row are rare earth elements, metals critical in everyday technologies like cell phones and flat-screen TVs. Their global demand has skyrocketed for use in renewable energy technologies…

Miami Herald

California's Death Valley sizzles as brutal heat wave continues

Death Valley is putting a sizzling exclamation point on a record warm summer across the globe as it flirts with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded

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Stars Sometimes Grow Spiral Arms, And Astronomers Might Finally Know Why

Lots of galaxies have bright arcs of stars that spiral away from their center, including our Milky Way.

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Super-close supernova captivates record number of citizen scientists

Data from the closest cosmic supernova explosion to Earth for 10 years was collected by a record number of observers for SETI, showing what the collective power of citizen scientists can achieve.

Space

Hubble telescope captures stunning shot of spiral galaxy (photo)

A dazzling new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a distant galaxy that hosted a supernova explosion not long ago.

Space

Science This Week | Chandrayaan-3 mission begins, scientists declare a new geological epoch and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

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Ranked! The 100 best stadiums in the world

The best stadiums in the world from all corners of the globe: this is your ultimate match-going bucket list

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Chandrayaan-3 | A flight to the moon

India's third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, has captured the imagination of the public as it sets off to the moon. With improved designs and safeguards, ISRO hopes to succeed in the mission and become the fourth nation to land on the moon. If successful, it will be a major fillip for…

The Hindu

This Small Canadian Lake Could Signal The Beginning of a New Geological Epoch

Are we really living in the Anthropocene, the geological time marked by the global impact of human activity? And if so, when did it begin?

Inverse

ISRO performs Chandrayaan-3’s first orbit-raising manoeuvre

The manoeuvre was performed by the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru

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ISRO begins firing of onboard thrusters as Chandrayaan-3 mission enters crucial phase

ISRO to fire onboard thrusters of Chandrayaan-3 from July 15 to take it to Moon's south pole for soft-landing on Aug 23. Scientists to perform several orbit raising manoeuvres during 41-day phase.

The Hindu

Will the drive for EVs destroy Earth's last untouched ecosystem?

In the hunt for minerals needed in electric car batteries, some companies are turning to the deep sea. But mining this ecosystem could threaten its very existence.

LiveScience

The summer meteor showers of 2023 could be awesome. Here's how to see them

One of the best meteor displays of the year will be visible soon: The Perseid Shower. But there also are a number of minor meteor displays that will be peaking in the next couple of weeks.

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With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth

Climate breakdown and crop losses threaten our survival, but the ultra-rich find ever more creative ways to maintain the status quo, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

‘This feels exactly the right place to be’: Sir Patrick Vallance on pandemics, eco-anxiety and leading the Natural History Museum

The UK’s former chief scientific adviser, a familiar face during Covid, talks about his new role as chair of the London museum and putting its collection at the heart of our climate response

The Hindu

Sixty two of 111 lunar missions in last seven decades were successful: NASA database

India on July 14 launched its third mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-3, with an aim to soft land on the surface of Earth’s only natural satellite. A successful landing would make India the fourth country to achieve the rare feat after the United States, China and the Soviet Union.

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Researchers discover stardust sprinkled on a nearby asteroid

The dust, which came from distant stars, is thought to be similar to grains that eventually helped form the planets, including Earth.

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See the wild Las Vegas Sphere transform into Earth, Mars and the moon (photos)

The Sphere in Las Vegas, the world's largest spherical structure, used its 580,000-square-foot LED 'exosphere' display to bring us Mars, the moon and Earth on July 4.

LiveScience

Nuclear bombs set off new geological epoch in the 1950s, scientists say

Nuclear testing in the 1950s marked sediments at the bottom of a lake in Canada to such an extent that scientists are calling for it to become the symbol of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene.

Space

'Failed star' is the coldest radio wave source ever discovered

Astronomers have discovered an ultracold brown dwarf, a "failed star" smaller than Jupiter and colder than a campfire that is emitting radio waves.

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Death Valley threatens temperature records but tourists keep coming

Notoriously hot California national park could surpass modern record of 130F amid unrelenting heatwave

Space

What's next for India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover mission?

India's third lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14. The mission's lander and rover are scheduled to touch down on the moon in late August.

Space

Famous 'man in the moon' could be 200 million years older than we thought

Moon craters used to measure lunar time have been reassessed, indicating some features are much older than we thought, possibly by up to 200 million years.

Space

A tale of two space rocks: The year 'Deep Impact' and 'Armageddon' smashed onto the silver screen

Twenty-five years ago, two movies about deadly asteroids collided at the global box office – with very different results.

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