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Airplanes face a growing risk of being hit by uncontrolled re-entries of rockets used to launch satellites

On May 11, 2020 a deadly threat flew from Los Angeles to New York City in under nine minutes. It was a 20-tonne Chinese Long March 5B rocket body passing around 60 miles overhead.

The Conversation

The largest black hole ever discovered can fit 30 billion suns. We found it with gravity and bent light

Astronomers have just discovered what may be the largest black hole known to date.

Space

Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the sea is rising

Last week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report, delivering a sobering assessment of the state of our climate and the urgency of curbing emissions.

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America Can Have More Clean Energy or More Toad-Protecting Regulations, but Not Both

Carbon-free power isn’t free of hard choices.

Reason

Microgravity in space can alter human cells. We now know how

Scientists have discovered how cells respond and adapt to exposure to microgravity, the near-weightless conditions experienced in space.

Space

Nature favours all creatures great and small over medium-sized, study suggests

The pattern favouring large and small organisms held across all types of species and was more pronounced in land-based organisms, researchers say.

The Independent UK

Object mistaken as a galaxy is actually a black hole pointed directly at Earth

An object once thought to be a radio galaxy is actually an active black hole that changed angles to point directly at Earth, new research suggests.

LiveScience

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A tiny Eastern European cubesat measured the monster gamma-ray burst better than NASA. Here's how

The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen blinded all of NASA's flagship gamma-ray missions last year. This tiny Eastern European cubesat, however, didn't get overwhelmed.

Space

China plans to use parachutes to control its rocket debris problem

China is finalizing testing of a parachute system to help control falling rocket debris downrange.

Space

Scotland to be dazzled by Northern Lights as solar winds race towards Earth

The Northern Lights are set to dazzle much of Scotland tonight as solar winds race towards Earth.

The National (Scotland)

Which planets are aligned tonight? Planetary parade - how to see it and the best time explained

It's the last time you'll be able to see the sky spectacular until 2040

GoodToKnow

Northern Lights set to dazzle Scotland as solar winds race towards Earth

The Aurora Borealis will be visible on Thursday night and Friday night this week, clear skies permitting.

The Independent UK

Astronomers detect rare 'ultramassive' black hole, about 33 billion times the mass of the Sun, using gravitational lensing

Astronomers making use of a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing have discovered a black hole about 33 billion times the mass of the Sun.

ABC News

Hubble telescope spies mysterious celestial object that defies classification

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged celestial object Z-229-15, which is simultaneously classified as a Seyfert galaxy, an active galactic nucleus (AGN), and a quasar.

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Mysterious aurora-like phenomenon 'STEVE' appears during strongest solar storm for more than half a decade

The STEVE phenomenon was spotted across the U.S. and in parts of the U.K. after the most powerful solar storm to hit Earth for six years smashed into our planet.

Space

SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea (video)

SpaceX launched 56 of its Starlink internet satellites toward orbit and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea today (March 29).

The Guardian - US

US puts Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for auction for oil drilling

In latest blow to Joe Biden’s reputation as the ‘climate president’, 73.3m acres of the gulf will be offered for fossil fuel extraction

The Conversation

What are auroras, and why do they come in different shapes and colours? Two experts explain

Over millennia, humans have observed and been inspired by beautiful displays of light bands dancing across dark night skies. Today, we call these lights the aurora: the aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere, and the aurora australis in the south.

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New Study Suggests One Aspect of Space Travel Can Accelerate Aging

The microgravity environment could hasted age-related issues.

The Guardian - UK

Cosmic explosion last year may be ‘brightest ever seen’

Astronomers say gamma-ray burst may have been result of star collapsing to form black hole

Space

Brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen a 1-in-10,000-years event that's 'absolutely monstrous,' scientists say

"The BOAT"' was about 70 times brighter than any other gamma-ray burst that scientists have observed, a new study reports.

Space

William Shatner documentary 'You Can Call Me Bill' will help expand access to space

The non-profit organization Space For Humanity will receive 25% of the proceeds from the new William Shatner documentary "You Can Call Me Bill."

The Guardian - US

Five planets line up to put on celestial show for skywatchers tonight

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus will briefly appear in a planetary alignment near the crescent moon after sunset

The Independent UK

Cosmic explosion that blinded space instruments ‘may be the brightest ever seen’

The gamma-ray burst occurred two billion light-years away from Earth.

LiveScience

Brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected defies explanation

Scientists are taking a closer look at the afterglow left by the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, and what they see doesn't fit with any theoretical models.

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