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6 Hindu Temples That Science Cannot Explain

Before modern engineering, before calculus, before computers - these temples were built. And thousands of years later, science still struggles to explain how, or why, they work the way they do. Perhaps these temples were never meant to be explained by science but to remind us that there are forms…

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Elon Musk Bags $4.16 Billion Space Force Constellation Deal to Track Hypersonic Weapons From Orbit

The US Space Force awards SpaceX a £3.26 billion contract to build a satellite network for tracking airborne targets, marking a strategic shift in military surveillance.

International Business Times UK

China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts return to Earth after being briefly 'stranded', wrapping up record-breaking mission (video)

China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts returned to Earth on Friday (May 29), wrapping up a record-breaking, and very eventful, space mission.

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Rare Blue Moon hides the red light of an ancient star on May 31: Will you be able to see it?

Prepare for a spectacular sight, as the second full moon of May meets the red star Antares this weekend.

Space

Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question

During an evening test fire on May 28, 2026, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded, engulfing the launchpad in a massive fireball. The spectacular fire, caught on video, not only destroyed the rocket but also appears to have significantly damaged Blue Origin’s only launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space…

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Moon base plans suffer early setback after Blue Origin rocket explosion

The space company founded by billionaire Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has a key role from the outset in establishing a lunar outpost.

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Could space-grown stem cells unlock faster cancer treatments and revolutionize organ regeneration breakthroughs? NASA’s ISS experiments are revealing surprising answers about the power of microgravity medicine

Space stem cell research is rapidly changing cancer treatment and regenerative medicine worldwide. Scientists aboard the International Space Station discovered stem cells grow into realistic 3D tissue structures faster in microgravity. NASA says these conditions reveal biological processes hidden by Earth’s gravity. Researchers now study tumour growth, tissue repair, immune…

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'I would never have guessed it': Unexpected effect is squeezing Mars' atmosphere like toothpaste, experts say

Researchers have uncovered an unexpected phenomenon, dubbed the Zwan-Wolf effect, squeezing plasma "like toothpaste" in Mars' upper atmosphere. This effect, which also happens on Earth, was thought to be impossible on the Red Planet.

LiveScience

48 Facts People Know Are True, But They Still Shock Them

Octopuses have three hearts. Bees daydream and think about their days just like we, humans, do. Our brains can also rewrite our memories, causing us to "remember" things differently. Those are just some of the interesting things people shared in one online thread where one netizen asked for the most…

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Chinese astronauts return after seven months in space

China's ‌Shenzhou-21 crew of three ‌astronauts have returned ‌to earth after nearly seven months ‌in ‌space ⁠and are in good health, state media reports say.

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3 astronauts from China return to Earth after nearly 7 months in space, a record for a Chinese crew

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending seven months in space

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Full Moon: Rare Blue micromoon to appear for last time until 2053

A Blue micromoon will peak on Sunday, with favourable weather offering a great chance to see the celestial coincidence

The Independent UK

Flight Path to Profits: American Airlines Bets on SpaceX

American Airlines is integrating high-speed Starlink satellite internet across its narrowbody fleet to capture the lucrative corporate travel market segment.

MarketBeat

'The Man Who Fell To Earth' at 50: Was David Bowie’s strange stranded alien his best role ever?

Maverick director Nicolas Roeg delivered a surreal sci-fi classic in 1976 that still resonates today.

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China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts returns to Earth after nearly 7 months in space

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending seven months in space

The Times of India

Scientists just found a lost river world buried beneath Antarctica’s ice for 34 million years

Beneath nearly two kilometres of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, locked away since the continent froze over at least 34 million years ago, scientists have found something that changes the way researchers understand both Antarctica's distant past and its near-term future. Using ice-penetrating radar gathered across multiple airborne survey campaigns,…

The Conversation

Scientists used a method from ecology to identify whether icy moons could hold conditions for life

New observatories and spacecraft missions are probing environments in our solar system that could potentially host life but have long remained hidden. Icy moons like Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa likely contain oceans beneath frozen outer shells. But a layer of ice prohibits space probes from sampling them directly.

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Fingal's Cave: Scotland's 'cave of melody' where eerie echoes bounce off pillars of solidified lava

Fingal's Cave is a hollow inside the Scottish island of Staffa that is characterized by massive, interlocking hexagonal columns of volcanic rock and astonishing acoustics.

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Arrowhead takes another swing at Helldivers 2's long-standing performance issues with a patch to "help you stay on target when the battlefield gets chaotic"

"Super Earth's finest engineers have been hard at work"

Digital Camera World

A fashion designer traveled to the "end of the Earth" – and captured this gripping, award-winning image with an 11-year-old DSLR

The composition and documentary storytelling of this immersive scene depicting two indigenous fishermen in the Russian Arctic carving through a frozen lake is visceral

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In our 250th edition, we ask just how well the fight against climate change is really going

In this week’s newsletter: We began writing Down to Earth in 2021, but the global political, economic and environmental landscape has changed drastically in the past five years

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Climate shocks are pushing Gaza’s fragile systems ‘closer to collapse’, warns humanitarian expert

Climate adaptation should become an integrated part of aid efforts, as the cost of conflict and global warming collide, according to one expert.

The Economic Times

Longest Total Solar Eclipse of the 21st century will last more than six minutes: Why the August 2027 celestial event is so rare

The rare total solar eclipse on August 2, 2027, is expected to become the longest total solar eclipse visible from land during the 21st century. Scientists say the eclipse will last unusually long because the Moon will be near perigee, making it appear larger in the sky. Countries including Spain,…

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5 Hindu Temples With Architecture No Modern Engineer Can Replicate

There is something deeply unsettling about standing in front of a structure that should not exist. Not haunted-unsettling. More like the feeling of realising the universe is older and stranger than you were taught. India has five such temples. Engineers have studied them. Scientists have measured them. And every single…

The Economic Times

How to watch the rare blue Micromoon: Date, timing and best viewing locations

A rare Blue Micromoon will appear on May 31, 2026, giving skywatchers a chance to witness one of the year’s most unusual lunar events. A Blue Moon refers to the second full moon within a calendar month, while a Micromoon occurs when the Moon reaches full phase near apogee, its…

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