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Watch sun erupt in 1st images from NOAA's groundbreaking new satellite (photos)

NOAA shared new images taken by the world's first operational space-based coronagraph, CCOR-1, captured during a solar storm outburst.

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Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life

A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in a distant interstellar cloud of gas and dust.

The Conversation

Watch SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts return to Earth early Oct. 25

The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-8 mission will return to Earth early Friday morning (Oct. 25), and you can watch their homecoming live.

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Fighting space junk: More than 100 partners sign Europe's 'Zero Debris Charter'

More than 100 partners have signed Europe's Zero Debris Charter, a push to help get Earth's space junk problem under control.

Space

Watch live coverage of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 return to Earth with a splash

Tune in to watch the four astronauts touch down off the coast of Florida after a seven month research mission aboard the International Space Station

Digital Camera World

Supernova that lit up Earth's skies 843 years ago has a flowering 'zombie star' at its heart — and it's still exploding

A new animated map sheds light on the superhot "zombie star" at the heart of a nebula leftover from a distant supernova witnessed by astronomers in 1181. The remains of the stellar explosion are unusually wonky and are still exploding at a constant speed.

LiveScience

How Elon Musk has become a powerful figure in US politics

Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX recently made history by catching a Starship rocket booster as it careened back to Earth, wants you to vote for Donald Trump for many reasons. That includes not just what Trump will do here on this planet, but also for what he’ll achieve that’s outside…

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Breakthrough coming? Iceland could get solar power from space in 2030

A British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of the novel renewable energy source.

Space

Watch sun unleash major X-flare in epic solar eruption (video)

We could expect even more eruptions from this sunspot region in the coming days as it rotates to face Earth.

Space

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says

The United Nation’s warning comes as scientists say 2024 will most certainly be Earth’s hottest year on record once again

The Independent UK

Samuel L. Jackson thinks Star Wars' Mace Windu could be "out there walking the Earth" with his Pulp Fiction character

"Just 'cause they cut my arm off and I fell out of a window, doesn’t mean I’m dead"

Total Film

Tesco, KFC and other top brands could be selling chicken linked to illegal deforestation, report says

Exclusive: Major UK supplier linked to soya giant repeatedly accused of razing habitats vital for fighting the climate emergency

The Independent UK

Saturn gets its 1st confirmed Trojan asteroid — but it might be stolen

Saturn has finally joined the solar system's other giant planets in possessing a Trojan asteroid, but it may have stolen it. The bouncing asteroid seems to have originated in the Kuiper belt.

Space

Four large ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids headed towards Earth – but it should be fine

Largest of the asteroids is about 580ft wide, Nasa says

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Comet A3: Stunning new pictures show ‘comet of the century’ like never before

Telescopes in space have provided stunning new images of Comet A3, the so-called “comet of the century”.

Salon

What we already know about the results

What we already know about the results before the official end of the race

Digital Camera World

These amazing images will make you want to photograph Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, before it's too late

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS continues to delight astrophotographers and there's still time to capture the fleeting celestial event

Pedestrian.tv

What On Earth Is Going On With Abortion Laws In Queensland? Here’s Everything We Know

Despite abortion being decriminalised Australia-wide for some time now, there are whispers of reforms post the Queensland election.

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Headless 'Halloween comet' could already be doomed

While some are hoping for a bright "Halloween comet," astronomers say the speeding cosmic snowball has likely already broken apart.

Space

Mini '2001' monoliths fly into space on first flight of Blue Origin's 2nd crew ship

A number of black slabs modeled after the monoliths in "2001: A Space Odyssey" have made the trip into space and back on the first flight of Blue Origin's second human-rated launch vehicle.

Space

Spooky fireball blazes across Lake Erie a week before Halloween (video)

A fireball lit up the skies over Lake Erie on Monday (Oct. 21) evening, eliciting hundreds of witness reports to the American Meteor Society.

Space

Boeing-built communications satellite breaks up in orbit. 'Total loss,' operator says

The Intelsat-33e satellite is in pieces following some kind of problem in geostationary orbit, according to the company and US Space Force. An investigation is ongoing.

LiveScience

4 large asteroids, including a skyscraper-size 'city killer,' will zoom past Earth in a 12-hour span today (Oct. 24)

Four "potentially hazardous" space rocks, which are between 100 and 580 feet across, will all make their closest approaches to Earth within less than 12 hours of one another on Thursday (Oct. 24). Two of them were only discovered earlier this month.

LiveScience

30 years of polar climate data converted into menacing, 6-minute song

Geoenvironmental scientist Hiroto Nagai used publicly available climate data from the North and South poles to compose an ominous-sounding chamber music piece.

Space

1st triple black hole system discovered in 'happy accident'

The first "black hole triple" system, consisting of a black hole hungrily feeding on a companion star orbited by a more distant star, hints at a gentle formation process without supernova explosions.

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