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I’ve calculated Santa’s speed on Christmas Eve – and this is what it would do to Rudolph’s nose

With billions of children around the world anxiously waiting for their presents, Father Christmas (or Santa) and his reindeer must be travelling at breakneck speeds to deliver them all in one night.

The Conversation

Watch Chinese satellite burn up over US in spectacular 'fireball'

The GaoJing 1-02 imaging satellite burned up over the U.S. in a mesmerizing 'fireball' that some skywatchers mistook for a meteor shower.

LiveScience

NASA Solar Probe To Make Its Closest Ever Pass Of Sun

NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe is poised to make its closest-ever approach of the Sun on Christmas Eve, a record-setting 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the surface.

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10 supercharged solar storms that blew us away in 2024

The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, officially arrived in 2024, triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful auroras. Here are 10 of our favorite solar outbursts this year.

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10 most powerful solar flares of 2024

The sun released over 50 X-class solar flares in 2024! Here we take a look at some of the best.

Space

Computer models are vital for studying everything from climate change to disease – here’s how AI could make them even better

Here’s one definition of science: it’s essentially an iterative process of building models with ever-greater explanatory power.

The Conversation

How to teach climate change so 15-year-olds can act

OECD’s Pisa program will measure the ability of students to take action in response to climate anxiety and ‘take their position and role in the global world’

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Could that be Santa's sleigh? Early risers can spot the ISS from the UK this Christmas

A bright streak of light in the pre-dawn skies above the U.K. could easily be mistaken for Santa Claus getting an early start to his Christmas deliveries.

Space

70 Years Ago, A Legendary Sci-Fi Writer Defined A Hollywood Golden Age

From the depths of the ocean to the center of the Earth, Jules Verne's impact on science fiction remains massive today.

Inverse

Lasers powered by sunlight could beam energy through space to support interplanetary missions

New research has found a way to power spacecraft with lasers generated using solar energy alone.

LiveScience

'Mathematically perfect' star system discovered 105 light-years from Earth may still be in its infancy. Could that change its prospects for life?

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 billion years old, new research suggests.

LiveScience

Antarctica quiz: Test your knowledge on Earth's frozen continent

How much do you know about Antarctica? Take our science quiz to see if you'll freeze up or be as cool as a cucumber.

LiveScience

Notre Dame rose again from the ashes – so too can France’s battered democracy

With the country in stalemate, people have lost faith in government. But citizens’ assemblies show one way forward

The Guardian - UK

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea (video, photos)

SpaceX launched 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Dec. 23) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

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Weekly horoscope: 2 astrologers' predictions for 23rd - 29th December 2024

Read your weekly horoscope from Sally Trotman and Penny Thornton who reveal what this week holds for every star sign on love, family, career, and more

The Conversation

Interactive: What Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year

As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth’s history. Now, with nearly two decades of experience as a geologist, I think one of the best ways to understand our planet’s history and evolution is by condensing the entire timeline into a single…

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24). It is unlikely to get significantly closer to the sun before the end of its mission.

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Space2Sea Antarctica: William Shatner, Neil deGrasse Tyson and NASA astronauts talk exploration and science from the Drake Passage

Explorers, astronauts and filmmakers described life in space and on Earth in an epic livestream from the Drake Passage.

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12 Years Ago, The Most Iconic Sci-Fi Show of the '90s Refused to Answer Its Hugest Mystery

On this day, 'The X-Files' shrugged off the long-foretold invasion of The Grey. And we were left with more questions than answers.

Space

Daffy Duck's 'full moon' and Porky Pig fend off alien invasion in 'The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie' (trailer)

Daffy Duck's full moon is on display in teaser trailer has landed for "The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie"

The Independent UK

NASA's Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun

LiveScience

'Rising temperatures melted corpses out of the Antarctic permafrost': The rise of one of Earth's most iconic trees in an uncertain world

As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks we know today was a widespread population that was cleaved in half as North America inched westward.

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Who is the most expensive footballer of all time?

The most expensive footballer of all time cost around £200 million when he moved clubs

Space

Winter solstice 2024 brings shortest day of the year to Northern Hemisphere today

The winter solstice marks the official start of the astronomical winter, as the sun reaches its most southerly point in the sky as seen from Earth. This seasonal change occurs on Dec. 21, 2024.

Space

Astronauts on NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station will wear smart undershirts to stay healthy

Smart undershirts and AI algorithms will keep astronauts healthy on NASA's planned Gateway moon-orbiting space station.

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