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It Rains Molten Sand on This Backward Alien Planet, Webb Telescope Data Reveals

New data from JWST shows a distant alien planet rains molten sand in addition to having a glowing tail of helium trailing behind it.

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Clouds made of sand make for a strange kind of rain on this hot planet

On Earth, clouds and rain are made of water. But the James Webb Space Telescope has found that on a planet called WASP-107b, the rain and clouds are made of sand.

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How Felicia Day Turned a Gig Into Her Newest Geeky Obsession

The actor, writer, and producer reveals her latest literary obsession inspired by RPGs.

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'Bouncing' Comets Could Be Seeding Life Across The Universe

Earth was a cauldron of chaos 4.5 billion years ago. Somehow, it seeded life.

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26 aerospace companies sign statement against destructive anti-satellite tests

More than two dozen companies are backing a United Nations-led effort to end destructive anti-satellite tests, which add yet more debris to Earth orbit.

Space

The universe is expanding faster than theory predicts – physicists are searching for new ideas that might explain the mismatch

Astronomers have known for decades that the universe is expanding. When they use telescopes to observe faraway galaxies, they see that these galaxies are moving away from Earth.

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Scientists suspect there's ice hiding on the Moon, and a host of missions from the US and beyond are searching for it

Building a space station on the Moon might seem like something out of a science fiction movie, but each new lunar mission is bringing that idea closer to reality. Scientists are homing in on potential lunar ice reservoirs in permanently shadowed regions, or PSRs. These are key to setting up…

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Rock on: exclusive first look at Natural History Museum's new gardens as £21m revamp underway

The £21 million museum project is transforming lawns into a tour through Earth’s natural history — and David Attenborough is a fan

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Piers Morgan grills Marjorie Taylor Greene about ‘Jewish space lasers’

The far right congresswoman refused to explain her infamous 2018 Facebook post, which critics have accused of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories

The Independent UK

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju to represent India at Maldives President's oath-taking ceremony

India's Union Minister of Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju to represent India at Maldivian President-elect Muizzu's oath-taking ceremony. PM Modi's "SAGAR" and "Neighbourhood First Policy" make Maldives India's principal maritime neighbour in IOR.

The Hindu

Iceland volcano – live: Eruption could obliterate town after thousands of earthquakes

Thousands of residents evacuated town of Grindavik over weekend after series of earthquakes as threat of volcano eruption still looms

The Independent UK

NASA, ISRO complete key tests ahead of NISAR’s launch early next year

NASA, ISRO's NISAR to launch in Jan 2024. Mission to survey Earth's land/ice-covered surfaces every 12 days. Tests, incl. vibration, pending. NISAR to map entire globe, provide data to understand changes in ecosystems, ice mass, vegetation biomass, sea level rise, natural hazards.

The Hindu

Comets that 'bounce' from planet to planet could spread life across the universe

Scientists suspect that comets may have delivered the key ingredients for life on Earth, and new research outlines how exoplanets could have received these deliveries, too.

Space

'Bouncing' comets may be delivering the seeds of life to alien planets, new study finds

Researchers have simulated how comets pinballing from one planet to another could deliver critical organic molecules to exoplanets.

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‘Bouncing’ comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets – study

One long-standing theory for how the molecular material for life ended up on Earth is that it could have been delivered by comets.

Space

NASA's SPHEREx mission aims to map 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars

NASA has begun construction has started on SPHEREx, a new extraordinary mission that will map the sky in unprecedented detail and color.

The Conversation

NASA's first successful recovery of asteroid samples may reveal information about the origins of the universe

The OSIRIS-REx mission is NASA’s first mission to collect samples from an asteroid — in this case 101955 Bennu — and return to Earth.

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Brightest Gamma Ray Burst “Of All Time” Temporarily Shocked Earth's Atmosphere

The cosmic explosion changed the electrical field of the upper ionosphere.

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Record-breaking 'BOAT' gamma-ray burst managed to disturb Earth's atmosphere

The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen was also the first to impact Earth's upper ionosphere, a new study suggests.

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NASA and Japan launch world's 1st wooden satellite into orbit. Here's why it could help solve a huge problem for our planet.

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.

The Conversation

Did this chemical reaction create the building blocks of life on Earth?

How did life begin? How did chemical reactions on the early Earth create complex, self-replicating structures that developed into living things as we know them?

Space

Dark matter data salvaged from balloon-borne telescope that landed hard on Earth

Science data from a damaged balloon-borne telescope was salvaged, thanks to old-fashioned SD drives.

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Iceland on high alert for volcanic eruption – what we know so far

The Reykjanes peninsula in south-west Iceland trembled with an intense swarm of earthquakes on the afternoon of Friday November 10. Hundreds of quakes were detected on the regional networks of seismometers and several were strong enough to be felt in Reykjavik, 50 kilometres away.

Space

NASA's Mars robots are on their own right now — here's why

NASA has stopped sending commands to its Mars missions for two weeks, but that doesn't mean the robotic explorers are taking a vacation.

LiveScience

The fiery Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's how to watch.

Up to 15 "shooting stars" per hour may be visible in dark skies as the Leonid meteor shower peaks Friday and Saturday (Nov. 17 and 18).

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