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Starwatch: Earthshine lends the moon a glow

Phenomenon caused by sunlight reflecting off Earth was first explained by Leonardo da Vinci in 16th century

The Guardian - UK

Oceans have been absorbing the world’s extra heat. But there’s a huge payback

Record sea surface temperatures suggest the Earth is headed for ‘uncharted territory’ in terms of sea level rise, coastal flooding and extreme weather

The Guardian - AU

Apple launches satellite emergency SOS service in Australia and New Zealand

The feature, rolled out to users in the US and UK last year, can send details including location without phone reception to trained specialists

The Guardian - AU

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Martian Rocks from Perseverance Could Uncover Ancient History — But They Also Pose a Huge Dilemma

NASA will bring valuable Martian rock samples back to Earth — but scientists must decide which to carry home.

Inverse

50 years ago, Skylab launched into orbit. See what it meant to an astronaut on a space station now.

Stephen Bowen remembers seeing Skylab fly overhead. At eight years old, Bowen's experience fueled his interest in spaceflight. Little did he know where that would take him 50 years later.

Space

The Earth's Corr: Electrifying your bike will change your life

Recent research by Germany’s Hannover Medical School found riding an e-bike regularly can cut the risk of a heart attack by 40%

Belfast Live

Lab-grown diamonds? More sustainable, but less sexy

Billions of years in the making, buried deep under the Earth's crust in extreme heat and pressure, diamonds have long been synonymous with rarity and indestructibility. But when you remove that elemental interplay of forces, do diamonds still hold the same appeal?

Bangkok Post

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South Korean moon probe snaps picture of NASA's powerful lunar orbiter (photo)

The ShadowCam imager aboard South Korea's Danuri moon orbiter recently captured a photo of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter as the two spacecraft zipped past each other.

Space

Inside A Wild Method to Resurrect Ancient Molecules And Concoct New Antibiotics

Exploring Earth's microbial past presents exciting opportunities to recover lost chemistry.

Inverse

Did Noah's flood really happen?

Noah's flood is a story much older than the Bible, and researchers are still learning about its roots.

LiveScience

Shocked schoolgirl, 12, finds huge tooth from biggest shark to ever live

Schoolgirl Cydney Root, 12, found a tooth which once belonged to a fearsome megaladon, the largest shark to ever live in the world's oceans which could fit two humans in its mouth

Daily Mirror

Carbon-Sniffing Rover Is Designed To Crack Mars' Biggest Mystery

A next-generation instrument on a delayed Martian rover may be the key to answering the question of life on the Red Planet

Inverse

Genetically altered mosquito plan nixed

"All Californians should be relieved," said one Friends of the Earth project manager

Salon

Scientists criticise Nasa for scaling back mission to explore beyond Pluto

Anger at decision to axe the main task of the New Horizons spacecraft to probe the remote Kuiper belt

The Guardian - UK

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Carl Sagan film 'Voyagers' casts Andrew Garfield of 'Spider-Man' fame to play beloved astronomer

Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones are set to star as Carl Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan in the upcoming film "Voyagers" about the legendary astronomer.

Space

SpaceX launches 56 new Starlink satellites into orbit and lands rocket at sea

SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit early Sunday morning (May 14), and you can watch the action live.

LiveScience

Mysterious, ultra low-frequency noises detected in Earth's atmosphere — and scientists can't explain them

Solar-powered balloons detected strange rumblings at a height of 70,000 feet above the Earth's surface. Scientists can't identify them.

Space

Rock that punched hole in New Jersey house confirmed to be 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite

The rock that struck a residential home in New Jersey earlier this week is a rare 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite, scientists confirmed on Thursday (May 11).

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See the moon snuggle up to Saturn in the sky today

The conjunction and close approach of the moon and Saturn will be visible in the sky from the early morning until just after midday on Saturday, May 13.

LiveScience

When did the Isthmus of Panama form between North and South America?

The linkage of the Americas had outsize impacts globally, and its controversial timing has similarly large implications for science.

The Guardian - UK

What colour are the hottest stars? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

USA Today Sports Media Group

Fallout creator Tim Cain on the real reason why vaults exist

It turns out the Fallout vaults have a different purpose in the classic RPGs than we thought, creator Tim Cain says

Space

This snake robot could hunt alien life on icy moons like Saturn's Enceladus

Finding alien life just took a twist. A snake-shaped robot from NASA aims to climb the crumpled terrain of icy moons like Enceladus to search out microbes.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope studies mysterious exoplanet with a possible watery past

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a closer look at a mysterious "mini-Neptune" that is like nothing found in the solar system and may have had a watery past.

LiveScience

Weird balloon circling the Southern Hemisphere isn't a spy craft — it's NASA's newest telescope

An enormous balloon spotted circling the Southern Hemisphere is actually SuperBIT, a NASA telescope that is capturing Hubble-quality data from the upper reaches of the atmosphere.

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