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NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor

Earth is constantly bombarded by fragments of rock and ice, also known as meteoroids, from outer space. Most of the meteoroids are as tiny as grains of sand and small pebbles, and they completely burn up high in the atmosphere. You can see meteoroids larger than about a golf ball…

The Conversation

'Supercharged rhino' black holes may have formed and died a second after the Big Bang

Tiny 'supercharged' black holes born just after the Big Bang may have been brief companions to primordial black holes, dying before the universe was a second old.

Space

Analysts Take Sides on This Small-Cap Uranium Stock

The uranium and rare earth sectors have been generating significant interest in 2024, with analysts taking contrasting stances on small-cap stocks like Energy Fuels.

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Treehouses: The new escapism in travel

Reclaim your inner peace in nature's treetop sanctuary

Marie Claire

EU elections: earthquake in France and a rightward policy lurch? Our panel responds

Emmanuel Macron calls a snap election and the hard right wins big in Germany – but that’s far from the whole picture

The Guardian - UK

Bill Anders 1933-2024: astronaut who shot "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken" dies in plane crash

1968 photograph of Earthrise was shot from Apollo 8 on the first manned mission to orbit the Moon

Digital Camera World

Earth from space: Mysterious, slow-spinning cloud 'cyclone' hugs the Iberian coast

This 2017 satellite photo shows an unusual cloud "cyclone" nestled up against the coastline of Spain and Portugal. Researchers are unsure what caused the strange structure's spin, but ocean eddies and an extreme heat wave likely played key roles.

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108 Pics That Prove The Netherlands Is One Of The Most Beautiful Countries

This Instagram account is full of pictures that perfectly capture the essence and beauty of this unique corner of the earth. The post 108 Pics That Prove The Netherlands Is One Of The Most Beautiful Countries first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Earth's upper atmosphere could hold a missing piece of the universe, new study hints

Mysterious dark matter could slosh over our planet like a wave. If it does, it may produce telltale radio waves in Earth's atmosphere, new theoretical research suggests.

LiveScience

William Anders obituary

American astronaut who took the celebrated 1968 Earthrise photograph during the Apollo 8 mission to orbit the moon

The Guardian - UK

Space photo of the week: James Webb and Chandra telescopes spot a 'lighthouse' pointed at Earth

Images from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have been combined to reveal how the Crab Nebula's neutron star is changing.

LiveScience

‘The only limit is our imagination’: Tim Peake on what living in space taught him about life on Earth

Nine years after his first trip to outer space, Tim Peake is ready to blast off once again. He talks about preparing for the first all-British space mission – and setting his sights on Mars

The Guardian - UK

“Every week, every month, I was doing something new… but fighting Martians has become a lifestyle for me”: Jeff Wayne on waging the relentless War Of The Worlds

Composer of prog’s greatest conceptual album – among many, many overshadowed works – recalls cutting the invaders’ language in half, casting Phil Lynott as a vicar and scraping his wife’s best pots for a tension-building sound effect

Louder

Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders Dies In Plane Crash

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, known for 'Earthrise' photo, tragically dies in a plane crash. Investigations underway.

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Climate scientist Susan Solomon: ‘Let’s not give up now – we’re right on the cusp of success’

The US atmospheric chemist on why she doesn’t share the pessimism of most climate scientists, fixing the ozone layer, and why Jacques Cousteau is her hero

Space

Arrokoth the 'space snowman' probably tastes like sweet soap

Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth, the farthest object ever explored by a spacecraft, likely tastes sweet — and soapy.

Dynamite News

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders dies in plane crash

William Anders, renowned NASA astronaut and member of the groundbreaking Apollo 8 crew, died in a plane crash in Washington state, as confirmed by his son, Gregory Anders. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who captured 'Earthrise,' killed in plane crash

Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on June 7 when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Washington.

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Bill Anders, astronaut who took historic Earth picture from space, dies aged 90 in US plane crash

Apollo 8 crew member died while flying off coast of Washington, US

LiveScience

What could aliens look like?

The search for alien life is one of humanity's greatest missions, but it may look nothing like anything we've seen on Earth.

The Independent UK

Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash

William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, has been killed when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state

The Guardian - UK

From parched earth to landslides: crisis in the prosecco hills of Italy

Farmers and researchers tell of the impact of a rapidly changing climate, and the measures being taken to adapt

International Business Times

Apollo 8 Astronaut Dies In Small Plane Crash At Age 90

William Anders, the former US astronaut who took the historic "Earthrise" photo from space over 55 years ago, died in a plane crash on Friday at the age of 90, his family said.

Salon

Apollo 8 astronaut dies in plane crash

Maj. William Anders, 90, was solo piloting a small aircraft when a fatal accident took place northwest of Seattle

The Guardian - UK

William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut known for Earthrise photo, dies in plane crash

Retired major general, 90, killed when his plane plunged into waters off Washington state’s San Juan Islands

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