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31 Facts That Took People By Surprise When They First Heard Them, As Shared Online

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Why do we have leap years? And how did they come about?

We have just entered a leap year, meaning we will get an extra day this year. But why do we need these extended years and how did they come about?

LiveScience

52 Years Later, 'Doctor Who' Is Bringing Back a Controversial Plotline

Could a new 'Doctor Who' spinoff be in the works? Reports suggest that if it is, it won't be the spinoff fans expect.

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The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend

From survival movies to sci-fi romances, here's what to watch this weekend

Total Film

Alien life could thrive in Venus' acidic clouds, new study hints

A new study has found that amino acids — the building blocks of proteins — remain stable in concentrated sulfuric acid, the stuff that Venus' clouds are made of.

Space

Watch red supergiant star Antares pass behind the moon early on Jan. 8

On Monday, Jan. 8, the waning crescent moon will occult the 1st-magnitude red supergiant star Antares, one of the brightest stars in the sky.

Space

Rod Roddenberry on joining his legendary 'Star Trek' parents on Jan. 8 memorial Vulcan rocket launch (exclusive)

An exclusive interview with Rod Roddenberry, who will symbolically join his famous parents on a special memorial rocket flight on Jan. 8.

Space

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s marketing team jokingly take credit for the green comet that passed Earth for the first time in 50,000 years

Astronomical marketing budget

GamesRadar

Review: Should Humans Settle Mars? This Book Is Skeptical.

A City on Mars is a counterbalance to the growing optimism over space exploration.

Reason

Cabinet clears ‘Prithvi’ programme for earth observation, satellite project with Mauritius

Government approves "Prithvi Vigyan" initiative to develop integrated earth science research and innovative programmes at a cost of ₹4,797 crore.

The Hindu

Lea Bertucci: Of Shadow and Substance review – unearthly sounds that seem to capture geological time

The leading noise musician has teamed up with Quartetto Maurice to create an album that distorts acoustic instruments to create an eerie, apocalyptic freak-out

The Guardian - UK

‘Our minds are blank’: how ‘earthquake resilient’ Japan fails its ageing rural communities

Older people living in isolated places and outdated homes face enormous danger when disaster strikes

The Guardian - AU

Country diary: Look beneath the leafy lasagne – life is getting busy

Barnard Castle, Teesdale: In the winter woodland you can find more activity than you might think, including the most numerous animals on Earth

The Guardian - UK

NASA's Perseverance rover captures 360-degree view of Mars' Jezero Crater (video)

Get a detailed look at Perseverance's current location on Mars — the ancient Jezero Crater.

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How we discovered that Uranus and Neptune are actually nearly identical in colour

In many images of the two outer gas giants of the Solar System, Neptune typically looks rich blue while Uranus comes across as pale green. But now our new study, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, has revealed that these two ice giants are actually very similar…

Space

Uranus and Neptune are actually similar blues, 'true' color images reveal

A fresh analysis of Voyager 2's images of Uranus and Neptune reveal the two ice giants are similar shades of blue.

Space

Hubble Space Telescope sees wild weather raging on distant hot Jupiter world

The new weather forecasting method could one day be used on more Earth-like exoplanets.

Sports Illustrated

Mike Golic Jr. Says Diet As Offensive Lineman Produced ’Worst Smelling Farts on Planet Earth’

It takes a lot to make it as an offensive lineman at the top levels of football.

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SpaceX launches first Starlink satellites for direct-to-cell coverage

These satellites will function essentially like cell towers in space and could spell the end of cellular dead spots.

Space

Japan delays MMX Mars moon sample-return mission to 2026

Japan has postponed the launch of a mission seeking to bring samples of a Martian moon to Earth until 2026, due to problems with the nation's new H3 rocket.

The Conversation

Ukraine’s churches are adopting the western calendar – but not everyone is happy

Everywhere in Europe, rituals to mark the winter solstice have long been focused on the Christian narrative of the birth of Jesus. Yet in the ancient Julian calendar, which has gradually been falling out of synch with the Earth’s orbit around the Sun, Christmas Day now falls on January 7,…

Space

Alien technosignatures more likely to be found on oxygen-rich exoplanets. Here's why

To stand the best chance of detecting technosignatures, SETI should survey exoplanets with atmospheres that are at least 18% oxygen.

Inverse

The Stargazer’s Guide to the Best Astronomical Events of 2024

If you’re looking for a chance to experience the awesomeness of the cosmos, 2024 is one of the best stargazing years in recent memory.

Space

China launches 2 sets of commercial weather satellites in 3-day span (video)

On Dec. 24 and Dec. 27, China launched clusters of small satellites to provide commercial meteorological data.

Space

Male astronauts headed to Mars could thrive on this vegetarian salad

It turns out the optimal space meal for male astronauts is a tasty vegetarian salad, using ingredients grown in space that offer micronutrients needed to compensate for extra calories burned.

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