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15 must-see naked-eye skywatching events this year

The 2025 skywatching guide includes a rare sunrise solar eclipse, an occultation of Mars and three supermoons. Here are the dates you need to know.

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Earth news quiz 2024: Test yourself on this year's biggest stories about our planet

How much do you remember about planet Earth in the news over the last 12 months? Take our quiz to find out!

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3... 2... 1... SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on third-to-last mission of 2024

SpaceX has begun counting down to the New Year, with the launch of the first of three rockets planned to close out 2024.

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SpaceX launches 4 Astranis satellites on 2nd try after last-second abort

SpaceX successfully launched a miniature fleet of communications satellites into orbit in a vindication of sorts after a last-second abort delayed the flight.

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Warren Buffett Says to Abandon The 1-Year Investing Horizon Because it's Pointless, 'We Recommend Not Less Than a Five-Year Test'

In a climate where quarterly earnings and one-year performance metrics dominate headlines, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett offered a contrarian viewpoint on how to truly measure a company’s success. “We never take the one-year figure very seriously. After all, why should the time required for a planet to...

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Our favorite space stories of 2024 — from lost planets to human-caused meteor showers

From the mysterious Planet Nine to the prospect of a "human-caused meteor shower," space and physics editor Brandon Specktor lists his favorite stories of 2024.

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Year of Venus: How to see the 'evening star' at its best in 2025

Venus is moving toward a dramatic finale in early 2025, when it will dazzle as the "evening star" after sunset. Here's when to catch it at its brilliant best.

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Don't miss these 15 spectacular moon events in 2025

Here are the best lunar events to see in 2025, including the Major Lunar Standstill, eclipses, occultations and conjunctions involving the moon.

Space

Rare Earth Revolution: Powering the Future of Technology

The growing demand for advanced technologies across multiple sectors is driving growth in the rare earth metals and specialty chemicals market.

MarketBeat

The 8 most controversial science stories of 2024

From a piece of cloth that may have belonged to Alexander the Great to an image of our galaxy's central black hole, here's our pick of controversial science stories in 2024.

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Starship, Europa Clipper and more: The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2024

From SpaceX plucking its huge Super Heavy rocket out of the sky to the launch of NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper mission, this year held many amazing advances.

Space

'Spiders on Mars' and ancient sea monsters: 5 of the biggest science stories you read in 2024

It's been a big year for science news.

LiveScience

Once in a ‘black moon’? What to know about this upcoming celestial spectacle

Like all new moons, black moons are invisible to the human eye

The Independent UK

10 times space missions went very wrong in 2024

From astronauts getting stranded on a leaking ISS and faceplanting moon landers to injured Mars robots and a tumbling solar sail, here are 10 of the biggest space exploration mishaps in 2024.

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NASA Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest-ever approach to the Sun

Parker Solar Probe is operating normally after passing just 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun’s surface, NASA says.

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Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year.

The big news in Earth science this year was all about climate change, with extreme weather, flooding and drought attributed to warming. Scientists also warned about much worse to come if we don't rein in carbon emissions.

The Independent UK

Shark Tank star says there’s ‘something great’ about Trump wanting to make Canada the 51st state

“Because if you figured out a way to put these two countries together, it would be the most powerful country on earth,” Kevin O’Leary declared on Fox News.

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NASA, Astronomical League team up for 2025 Hubble night sky challenge

The Hubble Space Telescope is nearing its 35th anniversary and skywatchers can celebrate the mighty telescope with a year-long observation challenge.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe phones home after surviving historic close sun flyby. It's alive!

A NASA spacecraft has survived a historic close fly of the sun. The mission team received a beacon tone from the Parker Solar Probe, signaling it was still functioning after the record approach.

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Dark Comets In Our Solar System Could Explain Earth’s Oceans — And So Much More

New research of dark comets explores how water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth — and brought us oceans.

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The oldest rocks on Earth

The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of the most notable and important formations scientists have discovered.

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Kawah Ijen: The volcano in Indonesia that holds the world's largest acidic lake at its heart

Kawah Ijen is an active volcano on the island of Java with an extremely acidic crater lake and gas emissions that produce blue flames upon contact with oxygen in Earth's atmosphere.

The Guardian - UK

Nasa probe successfully completes closest-ever approach to sun

Parker solar spacecraft got the closest any human-made object has ever come to the star

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“Walmart Is The World’s Largest Retailer Of Diamonds”: 50 Facts That Are Useless But Interesting

Did you know that otters have little skin pockets where they can store their favorite rocks? Or that it snows in the Sahara desert? The post “Walmart Is The World’s Largest Retailer Of Diamonds”: 50 Facts That Are Useless But Interesting first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Nasa’s Parker probe phones home after ‘touching Sun’ in historic mission

Spacecraft expected to send back detailed data on New Year’s Day

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