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Searching for a female partner for the world’s ‘loneliest’ plant

“Surely this is the most solitary organism in the world,” wrote palaeontologist Richard Fortey in his book about the evolution of life.

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NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope captures closest super star cluster to Earth (image)

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has imaged Westerlund 1, the largest and closest super star cluster to Earth, in stunning detail.

Space

Mars meteorites reveal clues about what lies within the Red Planet

Volcanic meteorites from Mars give scientists a glimpse into the planet's structure.

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Scientists find a surprise ingredient in exoplanet cake mix — sulfur dioxide

The presence of sulfur dioxide around a hot Neptune exoplanet with an evaporating atmosphere could help us understand how it formed.

Space

Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time

Hubble has mapped the outflow "burps" of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for the first time, measuring speeds of 6.5 million mph, around 8,500 times the speed of sound.

Space

Ozone protection efforts are working

Successful bans on chemicals that eat away the ozone layer demonstrate pollution and climate change is a choice

Salon

Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts

NASA has set its sights on the Moon, aiming to send astronauts back to the lunar surface by 2026 and establish a long-term presence there by the 2030s. But the Moon isn’t exactly a habitable place for people.

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Radiation will be a real challenge for Mars colonists, powerful solar storm shows

A powerful solar storm in May 2024 created auroras on Mars and provided scientists with crucial information that could aid future crewed missions to the Red Planet.

Space

The 1st 'major lunar standstill' in more than 18 years is about to occur. Here's how to see it.

A major lunar standstill is about to occur. The phenomenon happens every 18.6 years when the moon rises and sets at its most extreme points on the horizon, while also climbing to its highest and lowest point in the sky.

LiveScience

Rhodes earthquake: Tremor hits British holiday hotspot in Greece

The quake was followed by a series of aftershocks

Evening Standard

An encounter with 'something outside of the solar system' may have triggered an ice age on Earth

Two million years ago, an encounter with a cold cloud of gas and dust could have caused our planet's "protective giant bubble" to draw back, potentially cooling our planet, new research claims.

LiveScience

'No emergency situation' on International Space Station, NASA says after astronaut medical drill audio causes stir

It sounded like a nightmare scenario: An astronaut commander on the International Space Station in distress and a flight surgeon on Earth stuck in traffic. But it was all a simulation.

Space

Buckle up, Swatch just announced three new MoonSwatches

The latest Moonswatch collection features three watches inspired by Earth

South Australia’s enigmatic pink sand was born in ice-covered Antarctic mountains, new research shows

In parts of South Australia, long stretches of beach are often blanketed in large patches of pink sand. Strong swells can dump drifts of reddish grains of garnet along the shore – but the origin of these colourful crystals has until now been a mystery.

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Doctor Who 'Rogue': Who is the eponymous Rogue?

Who's the man who turns the Doctor's head in Regency England in "Doctor Who" episode 6 "Rogue"?

Space

Watch NASA astronauts collect microbe samples during ISS spacewalk today (livestream video)

Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station today (June 24), and you can watch the action live.

Space

Private Odysseus moon lander reveals which Earth 'technosignatures' aliens might see

By looking at Earth as an exoplanet, astronomers hope to search for similar fingerprints coming from planets around other stars, which would be a potential sign of intelligent life.

Inverse

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captured The Eerie Aftermath of A Solar Eruption Blasting Mars

These NASA videos from the Martian ground and orbit captured the powerful aftermath of a solar eruption.

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SpaceX to launch 22 new Starlink satellites from Florida soon after weather delays

SpaceX is scheduled to launch 22 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Friday (June 14).

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'At least 150,000 tons' of water frost discovered atop Mars' tallest volcanoes

Once thought impossible to exist, water frost found atop Mars' Tharsis region volcanoes could come in handy for future human exploration missions, new research suggests.

Space

Ed Stone, who led NASA's iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88

Ed Stone, who for 50 years served as the project scientist for NASA's iconic Voyager mission, died June 9 at the age of 88.

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Does another Earth exist? With 26 cameras and 2,000MP, Plato the planet hunter will find out

The Plato spacecraft will carry 26 cameras and pack 2 billion pixels –the most ever for a space mission

The Conversation

100 years ago, our understanding of the universe exploded

Astronomers, maybe more than anyone, appreciate what an island of perfection our Earth is. Our orbit may put us at a perfect distance from the sun for life to flourish, but it is too small to easily help astronomers determine how big the universe is.

Inverse

15 Years Ago, Sam Rockwell Made an Underrated Sci-Fi Movie That Was Ahead of Its Time

"We're not programmed. We're people. Do you understand?" In honor of its 15th anniversary, it's time to look back at Duncan Jones' 'Moon,' a sci-fi drama that somehow feels even timelier now than it did in 2009.

Space

'Absolutely gutted': How a jammed door is locking astronomers out of the X-ray universe

XRISM could change the way we see the X-ray universe, but a jammed door presents a mighty challenge. With the door closed, low energy X-rays are impossible to detect. But trying to open the door could put the rest of the mission at risk.

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