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Volcanic 'Devil Comet' erupts with its biggest blast yet as it races toward Earth

An icy volcanic comet that is three times as large as Mount Everest, nicknamed the "Devil Comet," erupted again Nov. 14. This is the fourth explosive event for 12P/Pons-Brooks since July 2023.

Space

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 2 review: A brilliant exploration of the haves and have-nots on Mars

Season 4 finds its groove with a story about divisions on the Happy Valley base — and the importance of a fast internet connection.

Space

Satellites watch lava flows of Italy's Mount Etna volcano eruption (image)

Sicily's Mount Etna volcano erupted on Nov. 12, and ESA satellites caught the event in infrared.

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1st black hole to be imaged is spewing 'lightsaber' energy jets larger than the Milky Way, and scientists think they know why

Researchers may have finally figured out how fast-spinning black holes lose energy in the form of enormous energy jets after taking a closer look at the supermassive black hole M87*.

LiveScience

Iceland volcano could burst like a 'fizzy drink,' with lava reaching Blue Lagoon resort in days

Magma building beneath Iceland may break through the surface in a volcanic eruption, sending lava flows toward the Blue Lagoon, the Svartsengi geothermal power plant and the town of Grindavík.

LiveScience

‘We have given Earth a fever’: author John Vaillant on the firestorms coming for us all

His book about a blaze so hot it vaporised concrete and turned a Canadian city to ash has just won the Baillie Gifford prize. John Vaillant explains why the world we think we live in no longer exists

The Guardian - UK

NASA super-pressure ballon flies high with Raspberry Pi-backed data payload protection

A team of scientists recently protected data from their super pressure balloon project using a handful of Raspberry Pis to make backups that drop to the Earth.

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Earthrise: historian uncovers the true origins of the 'image of the century’

The recent death of Frank Borman, commander of Nasa’s Apollo 8 mission in 1968, has focused attention on that incredible first voyage to the Moon.

The Conversation

“I took my in-ear monitors out and the whole theatre was deathly silent. It was a proper goosebumps moment”: How IO Earth learned to shut up and trust their audience

The return of vocalist Linda Odinsen revitalised co-leaders Dave Cureton and Adam Gough, and latest symphonic prog album Sanctuary is the result

Louder

Say goodbye to Mars! The Red Planet hides behind the sun for 2 weeks

Mars will disappear from the sky for a few weeks on Saturday (Nov. 18), moving to the opposite side of the sun as seen from Earth during the Red Planet’s period of solar conjunction.

Space

Gamma-ray burst in faraway galaxy disturbed Earth's upper atmosphere

A gamma-ray burst caused a significant disturbance in Earth’s ionosphere, a layer of the planet’s upper atmosphere that contains electrically charged gases called plasma

The Hindu

Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris

Dwarf planet Eris, similar in size to its better-known cosmic cousin Pluto, has remained an enigma since being discovered in 2005 lurking in the solar system’s far reaches

The Hindu

Some exoplanets are shrinking. Here's why

Data from NASA's Kepler telescope shows why puffy sub-Neptunes are shrinking to rocky super-Earths.

Space

Lost astronaut tool bag from ISS shines in new telescope image (photo)

Astronauts on the International Space Station harmlessly lost a tool bag during a spacewalk on Nov. 1. A new telescope image from Rome shows the stray bag shining among the stars.

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The Guardian - UK

Iceland: how likely is a volcanic eruption, and what would it be like?

The Reykjanes peninsula is being hit by daily earthquake swarms

The Guardian - UK

SpaceX delays second test flight of world’s largest rocket until weekend

Starship now scheduled to launch from Texas on Saturday instead of Friday as component needs replacing

The Independent UK

Iceland volcano - live: Met officials record 2000 quakes and reveal likely site of eruption in ‘coming days’

Officials warn volcano close to erupting most likely close to mountainous region of Hagafell in ‘coming days’

TechRadar

'Felt natural to move it': Invincible season 2 episode 3's shock character reveal was almost held back

Invincible's co-creator and co-showrunner explain why season 2 episode 3's big cameo was nearly delayed.

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Meditating in VR is so good that astronauts brought it to space

SpaceX and HTC just launched a VR headset to the International Space Station, proving that meditation in VR is the best way to transport yourself elsewhere.

LiveScience

'Alien' spherules dredged from the Pacific are probably just industrial pollution, new studies suggest

Last summer, a Harvard professor claimed tiny pellets of iron came from beyond our solar system. But new analyses suggest that they likely originated much closer to home.

Space

Rogue rocket that slammed into the moon last year confirmed to be Chinese vehicle

The rocket body that slammed into the moon in March 2022 was part of the Long March 3C that launched China's Chang'e 5-T1 mission in 2014, a new study finds.

Space

NASA and Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite as soon as 2024. Why?

The magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and Japan's space agency (JAXA) could launch it as soon as 2024.

Space

SpaceX delays second Starship test launch to Nov. 18 to replace rocket part

SpaceX delayed its second test flight of a Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster to no earlier than Saturday (Nov. 18), to replace a rocket part.

Space

Hubble Telescope investigates nearby exoplanet, finds it's Earth-size

The rocky exoplanet LTT 1445Ac, located about 22.5 light years away, has been observed transiting its star by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Space

Jupiter's moon Io is covered in active volcanoes. Now we have the 1st map of them

Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active world in the solar system, may possess a global ocean of magma underneath its surface, as well as mysteriously warm poles, a new study finds.

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