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Ferns’ ability to evolve ‘backward’ offers insights into the meandering path of evolution

Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a resemblance, but each generation would look distinct from its predecessors. This is the process of evolution in its simplest form: descent with modification.

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Marble Caves: Chile's ethereal turquoise caverns with 'mineral ice cream' on the walls

The Marble Caves sit on the shores of a turquoise glacial lake in southern Chile. Light bounces off the water onto the walls, creating a magical, ever-changing display inside the caverns.

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'Tragedy of the commons' in space: We need to act now to prevent an orbital debris crisis, scientists say

Humanity needs to address the growing space junk problem now, before it gets completely out of hand, scientists stress.

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Space soldiers are ‘absolutely inevitable’, says Trump’s Nasa pick

President-elect Donald Trump says billionaire Jared Isaacman will ‘lead Nasa into a bold new era’

The Independent UK

China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from Mars

China's planned mission to bring rock samples to Earth from Mars would beat both NASA and the European Space Agency to the punch.

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From the US to Uganda, how climate activism has been criminalised in 2024

In this week’s Down To Earth newsletter: The global crackdown against climate activists and groups is clearly part of the fossil fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in full

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100 years after Super Earth saw them off the first time, Helldivers 2 brings back the Illuminate faction in its new Omens of Tyranny update, live now

The Illuminate "will challenge our recruits more than the other factions they have faced"

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Galaxy-size jet from monster black hole blasts mystery object in deep space (video)

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope, astronomers witnessed a massive black hole jet slam into an unknown object in space.

Space

Astronomers discover 7 new 'dark comets,' but what exactly are they?

By doubling the number of known "dark comets," astronomers have been able to split them into two camps depending on their location in the solar system.

Space

Satellites reveal stunningly detailed maps of Earth's seafloors

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

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Our sun may be overdue for a 'superflare' stronger than billions of atomic bombs, new research warns

A conceptual image of the sun launching a massive fiery plume toward Earth.

LiveScience

Violent superflares explode from sun-like stars every 100 years

Violent superflares erupt from sun-like stars about once a century, far more frequently than previously expected. As a civilization around such a star, what does this mean for us?

Space

‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research

Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections

The Guardian - UK

Meteor strikes on the moon! Astronomer captures possible Geminid lunar impacts (videos)

Several brief flashes on the lunar surface were captured from Earth.

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Fireball! Brilliant meteor streaks across Indiana’s early-morning sky (videos)

A fireball lit up the skies over Indiana early Tuesday morning (Dec. 10), illuminating the cloud cover as it burned through the atmosphere.

The Independent UK

When is the shortest day of the year? The Winter Solstice is nearly here

The shortest day of the year will see an early sunset at 3:03pm in the UK

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Geminid Meteor Showers Peak This Week — Here’s How To Catch The Show

Experience one of nature's most spectacular events with tips on when and where to see this year's Geminid meteor shower.

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Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think

Could humans expand out beyond their homeworld and establish settlements on the planet Mars? The idea of settling the red planet has been around for decades. However, it has been seen by sceptics as a delusion at best and mere bluster at worst.

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Rising desertification shows we can’t keep farming with fossil fuels

Three-quarters of Earth’s land has become drier since 1990.

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What causes volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon Io? Scientists aren't so sure anymore

New measurements from NASA's Juno probe have seemingly put to bed the possibility of a magma ocean beneath the surface of Io.

The Conversation

NASA’s crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I − an aerospace expert on these critical spacecraft components

Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over the rippling sea as waves sloshed around the USS Portland dock ship. Navy officials on the deck scrutinized the sky in search of a sign. The glow appeared suddenly.

The Conversation

15% of global population lives within a few miles of a coast − and the number is growing rapidly

Coastal populations are expanding quickly around the world. The rise is evident in burgeoning waterfront cities and in the increasing damage from powerful storms and rising sea levels. Yet, reliable, detailed data on the scale of that population change has been hard to pin down, until now.

LiveScience

Comets played a 'major' role in making life on Earth possible, new study hints

A reanalysis of the data from the "rubber-ducky" comet 67P, collected nearly a decade ago, suggests comets may have deposited a lot more water on Earth than scientists previously thought.

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Study finds that Astronomers discovers smallest main-belt asteroids ever

The majority of known asteroids orbit inside the main asteroid belt, which is positioned between Mars and Jupiter at an average distance. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Should we geoengineer the planet?

Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of global heating

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