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Laser beams blast through the cosmos | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2026

Fear not, these lasers are just doing science.

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NASA will reveal the Artemis 3 astronauts on June 9

On June 9, NASA will reveal the astronauts who will fly on the Artemis 3 docking mission in Earth orbit next year.

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'One of the great unresolved embarrassments of physics': It's been 340 years since Newton and scientists still haven't solved the secret of gravity

Big G is the oldest fundamental constant in physics and remains the least clearly defined. One scientist has spent a decade attempting to crack the mystery of the gravitational constant, and it all came down to the opening of a single envelope.

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Red Balloon Aerospace launches India's first indigenous super-pressure balloon

Red Balloon Aerospace launched India's first indigenous super-pressure balloon, VISTA. This high-altitude balloon carried payloads from seven partners. SPBs offer advantages over satellites, being cheaper and closer to Earth. This allows for higher resolution and faster data. The company plans more launches this financial year.

The Economic Times

Women Are the Creators of This Earth, and Men Are Simply Their Creations

For six thousand years, men have written the myths. They put a male god in the sky, gave him a beard, and had him fashion the first woman from a spare rib, as if the womb could be retrofitted from a bone. It is the most audacious lie in human…

Times Life

"We can turn people who have never heard us before into fans." If demonic riffs wrapped around heavenly melodies give you a lift, take the Earth Tongue elevator

New Zealand duo Earth Tongue's third album Dungeon Vision is out now

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The 3 Body Problem Netflix Poison Plot: China Executes Former Gaming Exec Over Billionaire's Murder Case

The execution of Xu Yao for the murder of Yoozoo Games' Lin Qi revives interest in a high-profile corporate murder case linked to Netflix's '3 Body Problem'.

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How Europe’s rapid warming has fuelled a record May heatwave

Europe is bracing for more extreme heat after record May temperatures swept across Britain, Ireland and France this week – with scientists saying a “heat dome” over western Europe is combining with human-driven climate change, shifting weather patterns and rapid Arctic warming to intensify heat across the world’s fastest-warming continent.

Radio France Internationale

What Hindu Scriptures Say About The Universe Will Shock You

What if the universe is far bigger than galaxies, stars, and planets? What if ancient Hindu scriptures described invisible worlds long before modern science began exploring cosmic mysteries? The concept of the 14 Lokas is one of the most fascinating ideas in Hindu philosophy. These realms are not just places…

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'Pretty Sure It Passed Us Already': Mysterious 3I/ATLAS Brightening Sends UFO 'Signal' Theories Into Overdrive

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has sparked online speculation about alien technology after viral TikTok videos claimed unusual behaviour. Astronomers attribute its brightening to natural processes.

International Business Times UK

Guide to the classics: Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World pioneered speculative fiction, 400 years ago

The Blazing World is a testament to how far the written novel has travelled in the past 400 years. A literary time capsule, it holds within it the origins of a genre we now call speculative fiction.

The Conversation

Alison Brie says men are more excited about her He-Man villain role than anything else she has done

The actress has also revealed fans across generations have reacted enthusiastically to her casting as Evil-Lyn in the upcoming Masters of the Universe reboot alongside Jared Leto and Nicholas Galitzine.

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A ‘supereruption’ transformed NZ 350,000 years ago. We now know how it happened

Some 350,000 years ago, the centre of New Zealand’s North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today.

The Conversation

Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says

NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter. The agency just awarded $1 billion in contracts to get the ball rolling.

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Evening Standard

Moon base plans revealed as Nasa chief says ‘the grand return is close at hand’

The outpost at the satellite’s south pole may eventually spread out over hundreds of square miles

Fortune

America's manufacturing Achilles' heel: McKinsey’s warning on rare earths grows louder

McKinsey projects a shortfall of up to 30% in magnetic rare earth supply globally by 2035.

The Conversation

Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the culmination of a process that was set in motion back in July 2023, when a group of government whistleblowers testified before…

The Mary Sue

Chattanooga Man is Rebelling Against His City By Keeping His Lawn Untrimmed on Earth Day

Lawns aren’t mandatory in all residential properties, but when the city requires a certain layout, the costs become difficult to upkeep. Jonjon (@jonjon.jpg) on TikTok from Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been forced to maintain a lawn for his home. Now that it’s sprawling out of control, his city has issued a…

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LiveScience

Brilliant-green fireball meteor explodes over erupting volcano in the Philippines

Multiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon. Initial reports suggested that the falling space rock hit the volcano, but this was untrue.

The Economic Times

Rare Blue Moon 2026 set to shake every zodiac sign: Here’s what the powerful lunar event means for you

The first Blue Moon since 2023 arrives this weekend, bringing emotional resets, bold decisions and intense energy to every Blue Moon zodiac sign.

The Conversation

How mobile deep-space medical systems could support future landings on the moon and Mars

Around the world, people watched NASA’s Artemis II mission in awe as humans returned to lunar orbit for the first time since 1972.

Space

'Redshift' blends James Webb Space Telescope, Artemis 2 and Pink Floyd into a cosmic journey through light and sound (video, photos)

Artist Ashley Zelinskie and DJ illich Mujica get psychedelic in New York City.

Latin Times

Walt Disney World Opens It's Cool KID'S SUMMER With Reimagined Classics and a Big Latino Future

Walt Disney World Resort is heading into summer with a mix of nostalgia, new technology, and a major promise to Latino families: the magic is not only being refreshed, it is being reimagined in Spanish, too. Starting today and during the duration of Cool KIDS' SUMMER, running May 26 through…

LiveScience

Gold glitters around Ghana's 'lake of souls' thanks to catastrophic meteor strike — Earth from space

A 2015 satellite photo shows a series of golden tendrils surrounding Ghana's Lake Bosumtwi, which is considered sacred to the local Asante people. The lake and its surroundings were shaped by a massive meteor impact around 1 million years ago.

Space

Seeing double with the Artemis 2 rocket boosters | Space photo of the day for May 26, 2026

The two boosters hang out mid-air after separation.

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