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A massive sunspot is currently visible to the unaided eye. Here's how to see it safely before it's gone

A massive new sunspot is visible without using a telescope or binoculars, but you'll still need to protect your eyes when observing it.

Space

Astronomers see 6,000-mile water vapour plume blasting from Saturn moon

‘Extraordinary’ sighting may open window on possibility of life beneath Enceladus’s icy outer crust

The Guardian - UK

SpaceX could launch this wild, origami-inspired folding heat shield later this year

A private company has plans to test a revolutionary new heat shield that folds and unfolds like origami, and it could conduct a test flight aboard a SpaceX rocket later this year.

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New record! 17 people are in Earth orbit at the same time right now

The total number of people in Earth orbit is now at a record high, though only for a short time. With Monday's (May 29) launch of China's Shenzhou 16 mission, the population in orbit grew to 17.

Space

Rolls-Royce Cullinan Blue Shadow Edition Takes Inspiration From Space

The company is making just 62 of them.

Motor1

Plastic causing "ecological disruption"

A new report analyzed previous studies and reached sobering conclusions about the plastic pollution crisis

Salon

Increasing heat is already a factor in human migration – new study

It was getting hotter. Frank May got off his mat and padded over to look out the window. Umber stucco walls and tiles, the colour of the local clay… [he] took a deep breath. It reminded him of the air in a sauna. This, the coolest part of the day.…

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Marvel just retired one of its longest-serving heroes

A recent 60th anniversary special bid a fond farewell to the original Nick Fury

GamesRadar

Hungry black hole shoots out bright X-ray jet 60,000 times hotter than the sun

Observing a powerful feeding black hole in X-ray light has allowed astronomers to peer into the inner workings of what is the brightest quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history.

Space

UAE heading to asteroid belt as it announces new space mission

Spacecraft will travel to an asteroid called Justitia that could give insight into the genesis of life on Earth.

Al Jazeera

SpaceX Dragon capsule with Ax-2 private astronauts undocks from space station (video)

The four astronauts of the private Ax-2 mission are scheduled to head home to Earth today (May 30), and you can watch the action live.

Space

What is the speed of light?

Light is faster than anything else in the known universe, though its speed can change depending on what it's passing through.

LiveScience

NASA looks to spice up astronaut menu with deep space food production

a New York company that makes carbon-negative aviation fuel is taking the menu for interplanetary cuisine in a very different direction

The Hindu

Aliens have landed in Wales and are killing sheep, says UFO hunter

Helena says extraterrestrials are behind the recent spate of attacks

Wales Online

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The Guardian - UK

The perfect blend: how coffee farms in Costa Rica are mixing wildlife, agriculture and tourism

A new crop of farming co-ops are finding ways to safely open up untouched landscapes and exotic wildlife to visitors – and grow superb coffee

The Guardian - AU

Australian volcano near Antarctica captured on satellite spewing lava

Lava flow from Big Ben on Heard Island about 4,100km south-west of Perth part of eruption first noted more than a decade ago

Bangkok Post

China to send first civilian astronaut to space station

JIUQUAN (CHINA) - China will send three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first time as Beijing pursues plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.

The Conversation

Earthquakes can change the course of rivers – with devastating results. We may now be able to predict these threats

New Zealand’s 2016 Kaikōura earthquake stopped the Waiau Toa – also known as the Clarence River – in its course. Within hours, the river flooded outside its channel and changed course. In the seven years since the magnitude 7.8 earthquake, the river has completely abandoned the path it used to…

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Inverse

Black Holes Could Work as Time Machines — If You Want to Die

Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don’t expect to be heading back to visit the dinosaurs any time soon.

The Independent UK

UAE announces groundbreaking mission to asteroid belt, seeking clues to life's origins

The United Arab Emirates has unveiled plans to send a spaceship to explore the galaxy’s main asteroid belt, the latest space project by the oil-rich nation after it launched the successful Hope spacecraft to Mars in 2020

The Independent UK

Stormzy: ‘The greatest music on Earth is coming out of Africa’

The rapper said he would tell his children he was ‘part time’ in this culture.

LiveScience

The Tunguska event was the biggest asteroid impact in recorded history. How did it vanish without a trace?

During the Tunguska event, over 8 million trees covering an area of 830 square miles were flattened when an asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere.

The New Daily

Are we getting more earthquakes in Australia?

Melbourne had its strongest earthquake in 120 years, but an expert told The New Daily the activity is not unusual.

LiveScience

The oldest tree in the world (and the 7 runner-ups)

From Prometheus and Methuselah to trees in remote forests of China, these are the most ancient known trees on Earth.

Dynamite News

Research sheds new light on cosmic development of amino acids

Scientists use computer models of biological components found in meteorites to help them understand the origins of life on Earth. Read further on Dynamite News:

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