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Is some of the body that collided with Earth to form the Moon still recognisable inside our planet?

Scientists have dated the birth of the Solar System to about 4.57 billion years ago. About 60 million years later a “giant impact” collision between the infant Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia created the Moon.

The Conversation

AMD Comes Roaring Back, Gains Market Share in Laptops, PCs and Server CPUs

Mercury Research estimates that AMD supplied over 23% server processors in Q3, around 19% of client PC CPUs.

Tom’s Hardware

Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star

Astronomers using data obtained by NASA’s now-retired Kepler space telescope have identified seven planets orbiting a star in our Milky Way galaxy, with all of them suffering the wrath of their star - even more brutally than Mercury

The Hindu

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Tropical birds show signs of mercury contamination, due to artisanal gold mining operations: Study

Tropical birds are showing signs of mercury contamination as artisanal and small-scale gold mining operations reach deeper into jungles, finds a new research. Birds living within 7 km of such gold mining activity were found to have mercury concentrations over four times higher than those living at other sites across…

The Hindu

Brittney Griner Takes Major Step Toward Playing for Team USA in 2024 Olympics

The three-time gold medalist could be on the verge of an anticipated return to the international stage in next year’s Summer Games.

Sports Illustrated

A flop at first, ‘The Right Stuff’ ascends to the level of a classic

The great space epic, which turns 40 this month, still thrills with its expert casting and dazzling visuals.

Chicago Sun-Times

This Tidally Locked Super-Earth May Explain Mysteries in Our Solar System

The exoplanet LHS 3844b is warmer than it should be, and figuring out why could help explain some of the weird quirks of our own solar system.

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Horoscope for Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023

After 1:30 a.m. Chicago time, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Aquarius.

Chicago Sun-Times

A Planetary Scientist Reveals the Bizarre Untold Story of Why Mercury Keeps Shrinking

Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years.

Inverse

‘Young Frankenstein’ will have you screaming with laughter at Mercury Theater Chicago

Mel Brooks’ musical comedy is a seasonally fitting giggle fest wrought with cheesy double-entendres and monstrous puns.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sampha: Lahai review – how to make an existential crisis sound sublime

Six years after the Mercury prize-winning Process, Sampha Sisay’s follow-up is jittery with anxiety and indecision, yet poised and luscious

The Guardian - UK

WNBA fans have questions about the Phoenix Mercury hiring a coach straight from the NBA

WNBA fans are fired up.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Big Barn Find Reveals Numbers-Matching Dodge Charger Under Decades Of Dirt

There are also several Edsels, a first-gen Charger, and a Chevy Corvair.

Motor1

Can the Liberty Pull Off an Unthinkable Comeback?

Down 2–0 in the series, New York will look to do what’s never been done in the WNBA Finals before.

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This next NASA mission to an asteroid is seriously metal

A NASA mission called Psyche is about to launch on a mission out to an unusual asteroid that's scientists believe is largely composed of metal.

Inverse

More Than 100 Years Later, Physicists Still Haven't Cracked Superconductivity

Superconductivity has always been tricky to prove because some metals can masquerade as superconductors.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Putting green to be part of $100 million practice facility for Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury

It's the list of amenities that will really make the place unique.

Salon

Shrinking planet Mercury getting smaller

The first evidence of Mercury's shrinkage came in 1974 when the Mariner 10 mission transmitted pictures to Earth

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Superconductivity at room temperature remains elusive a century after a Nobel went to the scientist who demonstrated it below -450 degrees Fahrenheit

On April 8, 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes scribbled in pencil an almost unintelligible note into a kitchen notebook: “near enough null.”

The Independent UK

Research suggests Mercury continues to shrink

Mercury’s radius may have decreased by as much as 7km, models and observations indicate.

The Conversation

Mercury: shrinking planet is still getting smaller – new research

Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years. Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, its interior has been cooling down as internal heat leaks away. This means that the rock (and, within that, the metal) of which it is composed must have…

The Guardian - AU

Sydney smashes 1 October heat record as Victoria fights bushfires

The previous hottest start to October in Sydney was 33.1C but Sunday’s mercury peaked at 35.6C

Space

Only 2 planets shine in January's night sky to the naked eye — here's where to look

Where are the bright naked-eye planets in January 2026 and when are the best times to view them?

AAP

Spring turns up the heat for footy finals fever

The mercury is expected to soar in multiple cities as special provisions are put in place for a scorching NRL grand final.

The Independent UK

Japan's court recognizes more victims of Minamata mercury poisoning and awards them compensation

A Japanese court has ordered the central government, the Kumamoto prefecture and a chemical company to recognize more than 120 plaintiffs as patients of the decades-old Minamata mercury poisoning and pay compensation they have been denied because they developed symptoms after moving away from the region

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