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A 'new star' has exploded into the night sky — and you can see it from North America

The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 million times brighter. The shining explosion is visible to the naked eye and can be seen from parts of North America.

LiveScience

SpaceX's Starship explodes on Texas launch pad in 'catastrophic failure' during routine test

SpaceX's Starship 36 underwent a "catastrophic failure" on the stand at its Texas launch site, but the latest setback is unlikely to dent the company's ambitions.

LiveScience

Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You'd need all of North and Central America, study finds

Planting trees can help save the planet, right

The Independent UK

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Stone tools from a cave on South Africa’s coast speak of life at the end of the Ice Age

The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world.

The Conversation

Ancient groundwater records reveal worrying forecast for US Southwest

Groundwater records from the last ice age indicate that aquifers in the U.S. Southwest are more sensitive to global warming than aquifers in the Pacific Northwest.

LiveScience

These 102 Comparison Pics Might Give You A Fresh Perspective On The World (New Pics)

Why does Fanta look completely different in the US and the UK?

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Just three years to limit global warming to 1.5C, top scientists warn

Earth could breach the 1.5C global warming limit in as little as three years, top scientists have warned

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“Fingernails Fall Off”: 35 Cool And Gross Things That Happen To Astronauts In And Out Of Space

Have you ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut?

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New start date for the Anthropocene proposed – when humans first changed global methane levels

Humans have been reshaping the environment for at least 10,000 years. But the Anthropocene is the name given to the specific period of Earth history during which humans have had a global effect on the planet’s climate and ecosystems. Despite formal rejection as a geological epoch, it’s widely understood within…

The Conversation

Carbon emissions on track to make crossing 1.5C threshold inevitable by 2028, scientists warn

The rate of human-caused warming per decade has increased to nearly 0.27 degrees Celsius, painting 'a depressing picture'.

Euronews

Astronomers discover the largest comet from the outskirts of the solar system is exploding with jets of gas

The monsterous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 isn't just the largest icy rock in the Oort Cloud, it's the second most distant that is chemically active.

Space

Unexpected passing object could help wipe out Earth

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The Independent UK

Neanderthal extinction: a space physicist reopens the debate

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to some of the big questions about their existence and supposed disappearance.

The Conversation

Planet’s reflective cloud coverage is shrinking - and amplifying the climate crisis, research finds

Study from Nasa and Australian universities shows cloud coverage at the poles has shrunk over past 24 years, but mystery of 2023 global temperature spike remains

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Are you struggling with aphids on tomato plants? Experts reveal 5 ways to get rid of these pests for good

See these simple and recommended ways to combat aphids on tomatoes

International Business Times

Warning Signs On Climate Flashing Bright Red: Top Scientists

From carbon pollution to sea-level rise to global heating, the pace and level of key climate change indicators are all in uncharted territory, more than 60 top scientists warned Thursday.

International Business Times

Moth Uses Stars To Navigate Long Distances, Scientists Discover

A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometres every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said Wednesday, the first time this talent has been discovered in an invertebrate covering vast distances.

The Conversation

Migrating bogong moths use the stars and Earth’s magnetic field to find ancestral summer caves each year

It’s a warm January summer afternoon, and as I traverse the flower-strewn western slopes of Australia’s highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, I am on the lookout for a tell-tale river of boulders that winds its way down into the alpine valleys below.

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The Independent UK

Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come

A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the Earth will be pretty much locked into hitting the internationally agreed upon preferred limit for global warming

The Guardian - UK

Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn

Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering

Evening Standard

World now in ‘crunch time’ to avoid higher levels of warming, UN scientists warn

Drivers of climate change are ‘all moving in the wrong direction’, the team of international scientists said.

The Independent UK

The Earth could be soon flung out of orbit or into the sun - all thanks to a passing star

Either way, the sun is likely slated to consume Earth in billions of years

Space

See the moon rise alongside the giant planets Neptune and Saturn predawn on June 19

The alignment occurs hours after the moon hits its third quarter phase.

Space

2 Chinese spacecraft just met up 22,000 miles above Earth. What were they doing?

A new Chinese refueling spacecraft met up with an older satellite in high Earth orbit this month, apparently marking a step forward in orbital servicing.

Space

Mars joins the Spring Triangle this week: Here’s when and how to see it

Mars will remain in the Spring Triangle until mid-September.

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