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'City killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could shower Earth with 'bullet-like' meteors if it hits the moon in 2032

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, debris from the nuclear bomb-like impact could trigger a "spectacular" meteor shower that will endanger Earth-orbiting satellites.

LiveScience

Google Earth has historic street view now and just in case you don't feel old enough already, it's to celebrate its 20th birthday

Just don't zoom in when you scroll all the way back to 1984.

PC Gamer

Alien life could survive deadly stellar radiation, Earth's desert lichen reveal

A walk in the desert and a curious discovery could have revealed that the secrets of alien life grow in the harshest conditions on Earth in the form of lichen.

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You can see a giant 'hole' shoot across Saturn this summer — and it won't happen again until 2040

There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing surface over the next few months. The rare spectacle is only visible every 15 years.

LiveScience

80 Everyday Facts That People Realized Not Everyone Knows

How common is common knowledge?

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Exclusive: New god game Demiurgos puts you in control of a famous deity trying to outplay other gods on a cosmic tabletop version of earth

It's a promising new blend of strategy and simulation from a god's-eye view.

PC Gamer

‘Amazing Astronomy’: 50 Of The Most Captivating Astronomy Pictures

Calling all astronomy enthusiasts! Explore the enigmatic cosmos through captivating images curated from the 'MAstronomers' Twitter account.

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‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk

Campaign group say piece responds to tech billionaires’ ‘dangerous’ mission to make humans interplanetary

The Guardian - UK

45 Women Inventors Who Changed The World And You May Not Even Know It

Our list features famous women inventors of the past and today's STEM leaders who are shaping the world of tomorrow.

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'Pulsing, like a heartbeat': Rhythmic mantle plume rising beneath Ethiopia is creating a new ocean

Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent apart.

LiveScience

15 Years Ago, The Oldest Sci-Fi Show Dropped Its Most Perfect Finale

Why "The Big Bang" has never been topped. Here's a retrospective on the gold standard of 'Doctor Who' finales.

Inverse

45 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New

The new batch of facts to make you learn something today is out of the oven!

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Farmer fury over rare earths mine approval

A newly-approved rare earths mine has drawn the ire of farmers, who say the US-backed miner and the state government have failed to property consult community.

AAP

The world wants China’s rare earth elements – what is life like in the city that produces them?

More than 80% of China’s rare earth reserves are located in Baotou, an industrial hub of 2.7 million people that abuts the Gobi desert

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From the Cape to the constellation: SpaceX launches 27 more Starlink satellites (video)

SpaceX launched a batch of 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Space

Axiom-4 astronauts on SpaceX Crew Dragon welcomed aboard International Space Station (video)

After more than 24 hours on orbit, the the private astronaut crew of Axiom-4 has caught up to the International Space Station, docked and been welcomed aboard for their two-week mission.

Space

Off-Earth footprint: Florida company will design shoe in space in 2026

Humanity will soon take another step toward establishing an off-Earth economy, if all goes according to plan for the Florida-based shoe company Syntilay.

LiveScience

James Webb telescope discovers its first planet — a Saturn-size 'shepherd' still glowing red hot from its formation

Nestled inside a planetary ring 110 light-years from Earth, a planet spotted by the James Webb telescope is the lightest exoplanet ever detected.

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The Independent UK

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just found its first exoplanet

The planet is 110 light-years away from Earth and has the smallest mass observed by direct imagery

The Guardian - UK

James Webb telescope captures direct images of Saturn-sized exoplanet

TWA 7b is 110 light years away and by far the smallest-mass planet to be observed by direct imagery

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its 1st exoplanet and snapped its picture (image)

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, TWA 7b which is also the lightest exoplanet ever to be directly imaged.

Space

Astronomers thought a mysterious radio burst came from deep space. It was actually a dead NASA satellite

A mysterious and powerful blast of radio waves detected last year, suspected to originate far beyond the Milky Way came from a long-dead NASA spacecraft in Earth's orbit.

The Conversation

How do scientists calculate the probability that an asteroid could hit Earth?

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high.

The Conversation

The mystery of Mercury’s missing meteorites – and how we may have finally found some

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so meteorites that come from the Moon and Mars. This is probably a result of asteroids hitting their surfaces and ejecting material towards our planet.

The Conversation

How high-latitude peat and forest fires could shape the future of Earth’s climate

Understanding how wildfires influence our planet’s climate is a daunting challenge. Although fire occurs nearly everywhere on Earth and has always been present, it is still one of the least understood components of the Earth system. Recently, unprecedented fire activity has been observed in boreal (northern) and Arctic regions, which…

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