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3.8 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal, reports National Centre of Seismology

Nepal experienced a 3.8 magnitude earthquake early Thursday morning, with its epicenter located at a depth of 25 kilometers. Meanwhile, Japan's Prime Minister urged vigilance following a strong earthquake off Iwate Prefecture, though no tsunami threat was reported. Separately, Caracas, Venezuela, was struck by two powerful earthquakes on Wednesday evening,…

The Economic Times

‘Networking becomes the make-or-break factor’: Orbital data centers reintroduce a challenge we’ve now fixed on land

Space-bound data centers promise solar energy and scale as AI demands soar, but latency re-emerges as a major issue.

TechRadar

What is China’s SpaceSail, and could it rival Elon Musk’s Starlink?

The company has just a few hundred satellites in low Earth orbit but has state backing and is already reportedly negotiating with dozens of countries

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Magnitude 6.9 quake hits northern Japan, no tsunami warning

A powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake jolted northern Japan, shaking homes and disrupting bullet train services. While felt as far as Tokyo, authorities reported no casualties or tsunami threats. The quake, striking off Iwate prefecture, registered a strong intensity in Aomori. Japan, situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," experiences frequent…

The Economic Times

NASA's aging infrastructure can't handle Artemis launches without $1 billion in upgrades, watchdog warns

NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon and bolster a rapidly growing commercial space industry is facing an infrastructure obstacle.

Space

Satellites reveal Earth has a surprising symmetry in the way it reflects light — and it might be tied to the El Niño cycle

Even though the Eastern and Western halves of Earth are fairly different, they reflect the same amount of sunlight, a new study finds.

LiveScience

Rick And Morty’s President Curtis Spinoff Just Showed Me The Cool Ways It’ll Differ From Its Parent Show

I am so ready for this.

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Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks

"Measurements of two mudstones show hundreds of organic detections, making this the most robust organic detection in Jezero crater."

Space

Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars

Perseverance identifies organic carbon molecules in rocks on riverbed that carried water billions of years ago

The Guardian - UK

This NASA rover Perseverance just logged 26.2 miles on Mars. What it found could be even bigger

NASA Perseverance rover Mars travel record: NASA's Perseverance rover has achieved a remarkable feat, completing a marathon distance of 26.2 miles on Mars. This advanced rover, exploring Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life, reached this milestone in under five years, significantly faster than its predecessor, Opportunity.

The Economic Times

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two dozen Starlink satellites to orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday night (June 24).

Space

China's Einstein Probe detected a mysterious cosmic explosion — and scientists have no idea what caused it

The explosion, consisting of two mysterious double flares, matches no known space eruption.

LiveScience

‘Supergirl’ Review: DC’s Most Refreshing New Hero Is Trapped In A Middling Movie

Milly Alcock's Woman of Tomorrow gets a throwback cosmic adventure in Craig Gillespie's 'Supergirl.'

Inverse

‘Supergirl’ review: Rough around the edges, but this space adventure is a blast

“Supergirl” is the newest movie in the DCU, following Kara Zor-El, a hardened Kryptonian survivor as she journeys across space on a brutal revenge mission.

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Why NASA's ISS Retirement Could Trigger a New Fight Over Who Pays for Space Debris

NASA's plan to retire the ISS by sending it into the Pacific Ocean is raising concerns about environmental damage and who could be liable for space debris in international waters.

The Economic Times

A discovery under 2 miles of ice in Antarctica could help solve a geological mystery millions of years old

Buried beneath nearly 2 miles of Antarctic ice, a newly discovered fan-shaped geological structure is changing how scientists understand Earth’s hidden history. The East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province reveals ancient tectonic movements, Gondwana breakup clues, and possible links to today’s glacier behavior. This discovery proves Antarctica is not just frozen…

International Business Times UK

Stanford Scientist Explains Why We Haven't Found Aliens Yet: 'Maybe We're One of the First'

A Stanford scientist's model suggests many small rocky planets can't sustain atmospheres, potentially explaining the scarcity of alien life and positioning Earth as one of the first habitable planets.

The Economic Times

A 650-foot mega tsunami struck Greenland, and scientists detected something even stranger afterward

In September 2023, a massive Greenland mega-tsunami sent mysterious vibrations through Earth for nine days. Scientists have now uncovered how a mountain collapse, trapped waves, and advanced satellites revealed one of the strangest natural events ever recorded.

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41 Surprising Facts About Our World That Are Truly Incredible

The world is a big place, and there’s far more happening on it than any of us could ever keep track of. New creatures are discovered, landscapes change, and mind-blowing discoveries keep reminding us how much there still is to learn. The Instagram page Earth Explained collects interesting facts about…

The Guardian - UK

Game of stones: how paintings of marble reveal a world of magical medieval mysticism

From trippy swirls to blood-soaked slabs, a new book mines gothic and renaissance art for the supernatural significance of the precious rock

Space

'Everybody wanted to be the first': Apollo astronauts were more competitive, Artemis 2 pilot says

NASA's Artemis moon program differs from Apollo in many ways, including the attitudes of its astronauts.

The Economic Times

Scientists explain how crocodiles survived the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs — the curious case of ‘living fossils’

Crocodiles remarkably survived the dinosaur-ending asteroid impact due to their ability to endure long periods without food and their presence in less-affected habitats. These ancient reptiles possess slow metabolisms and survive for extended durations without sustenance. Their evolutionary adaptability also enabled them to thrive in diverse environments.

The Economic Times

Lost world of birds and frogs: Scientists open a million-year-old cave time capsule in New Zealand, where 12 bird species and four frogs reveal a lost world reshaped by volcanoes and climate long before humans arrived

A remarkable fossil discovery in a New Zealand cave has unveiled a lost world of ancient birds and frogs, dating back one million years. This find, dubbed a "missing volume" of natural history, reveals a dramatically different avian landscape before human arrival. Scientists unearthed remains of extinct takahē ancestors and…

The Independent UK

Solar storms can cause rapid changes to the Earth’s atmosphere, new study suggests

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Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre

The glittering image, taken by the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope, heralds a new age of planetary discovery

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