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All Eyes on Rafah: sharing images of war comes with a moral responsibility. What can we make of this AI-generated anomaly?

Over the past few days, one image has been shared at least 45 million times on Instagram. It shows an aerial landscape with hundreds of thousands of tents, pitched in rows, on red earth. In the centre, the tents align to form the slogan “All Eyes on Rafah”.

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The best X-Men comics to read after X-Men '97

Missing X-Men '97? These are the comics to read

Total Film

Honest dialogue is needed to help build consensus around solar radiation modification technology

Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) is a suite of possible technologies to counteract global warming by reflecting incoming solar radiation.

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Are US earthquakes becoming more costly?

Earthquakes — mostly on the West Coast — cost the US around $14.7 billion per year.

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Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an illusion caused by a 'jittery' star

New research shows that a planet spotted around the real-life star 40 Eridani A, famous for hosting Dr. Spock's fictional home world in 'Star Trek', may have been an optical illusion all along.

LiveScience

How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun

OSIRIS-APEX emerged unscathed from its first of six close brushes with the sun, thanks to some clever engineering.

Space

Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe

The Japanese space agency has lost contact with its intrepid Venus orbiter, Akatsuki.

Space

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Astrophotography in June 2024: what to shoot in the night sky this coming month

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this month.

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Solar Orbiter traces solar wind back to its mysterious source for 1st time

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has, for the first time, traced solar wind in space to a specific location on our sun's surface.

Space

Space debris from SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed in the North Carolina mountains. I had to go see it (video)

A large piece of debris was found on a mountainside in North Carolina last week, suspected to be left over from the reentry of SpaceX's Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station.

Space

‘Termination shock’: cut in ship pollution sparked global heating spurt

Sudden cut in pollution in 2020 meant less shade from sun and was ‘substantial’ factor in record surface temperatures in 2023, study finds

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Astronaut's diary found among fallen Columbia space shuttle debris added to National Library of Israel

The journal pages of Israel's first astronaut have been added to the country's national library, more than 20 years after they were found among the debris from the tragedy that claimed his life.

Space

The rush to return humans to the Moon and build lunar bases could threaten opportunities for astronomy

The 2020s have already seen many lunar landing attempts, although several of them have crashed or toppled over. With all the excitement surrounding the prospect of humans returning to the Moon, both commercial interests and scientists stand to gain.

The Conversation

'Dinky' asteroid imaged by NASA has ultra-rare double moon, study confirms

Researchers have proposed a model for how a double moon named Selam formed around the tiny asteroid Dinkinesh. This is the first 'contact binary' moon ever discovered, scientists say.

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Russian Soyuz rocket launches tons of supplies to ISS on Progress 88 cargo ship (video)

Russia launched the robotic Progress 88 freighter toward the International Space Station early on Thursday (May 30).

Space

Massive sunspot responsible for May's epic auroras unleashes major X-class solar flare (video)

Sunspot region AR3697 has returned — unleashing yet another X-class solar flare. Watch it erupt from the sun's eastern limb here.

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The Ultimates #1 review: Earth's mightiest heroes must assemble once more in Marvel's new flagship super-team book

Here's our spoiler-free verdict on The Ultimates #1

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Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an illusion caused by a 'jittery' star

Just like the fictional planet of Vulcan was wiped out in Star Trek, new research has destroyed the real-life version of Spock's homeworld, albeit in a less violent fashion.

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That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It's back and may amp up the northern lights with June solar storms.

Old sunspot region AR 13664, now renamed AR 13697, is back. With its re-arrival, can we expect a resurgence of solar activity?

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Scientists recreate a Saturn moon in lab

Scientists in a life performed an important experiment on the question of life on a Saturn moon

Space

Euclid space telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars wandering the Perseus cluster (images)

The Euclid telescope has allowed astronomers to discover a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars torn from their own galaxies to wander the Perseus cluster alone.

The Conversation

I’m an astrophysicist mapping the universe with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory − clear, sharp photos help me study energetic black holes

When a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs in the universe, it emits X-rays, which are high-energy light particles that aren’t visible to the naked eye. These X-rays are the same kind that doctors use to take pictures of broken bones inside the…

Radio France Internationale

Earthcare satellite to probe the impact of clouds on climate

A rocket carrying a sophisticated European-Japanese satellite has blasted off on a mission to measure how clouds affect the climate.

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"I don't think I'll ever have the opportunity to record something that's reached farther into the corners of the earth": Avicii hits 1 billion streams for the fifth time

Vocalist Dan Tyminski reflects on his contribution to Avicii's Hey Brother in a new interview

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Is it time to put a dimmer switch on the push for space solar power?

The thought of beaming power to an energy-hungry Earth from space has long been studied. It was first proposed over 80 years ago in science fiction.

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