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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.

Space

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.

LiveScience

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

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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

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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.

Space

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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Don't miss Venus in the late night sky right now before it turns into a 'Morning Star'

Venus will begin staying out later and later in the coming weeks until it leaves the night sky to become a dazzling fixture in the predawn morning through the end of 2023.

Space

Lessons from 'Star Trek: Picard' – a cybersecurity expert explains how a sci-fi series illuminates today's threats

Editor’s note: This article contains plot spoilers.

The Conversation

The Osprey Talon Earth 22 has great eco credentials, but I couldn't wear it for more than an hour

The Osprey Talon Earth 22 is a reliable, durable, and repairable day bag, but it just wasn't that comfortable

Fit & Well

'King of Clouds' brings terrifying storms to the UK after DAYS of lightning and downpours

A stunning 'King of Clouds' was captured on camera as it brought ferocious thunderstorms to parts of the UK this week, after the country suffers through heavy rain, thunder and lightning

Daily Mirror

Everything we know about Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Autobots and Decepticons are making their roaring return to the big screen this summer. Here’s what we know so far about Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

Space

Fallout's original co-creator has casually dropped 'the true purpose of vaults' on YouTube

All those nefarious experiments had a purpose: getting the hell out of here.

PC Gamer

2 'super-Earth' exoplanets spotted in habitable zone of nearby star

NASA's TESS spacecraft spotted two super-Earth planets as they crossed the face of their star within its 'habitable zone.'

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Enormous asteroid the size of 74 Conor McGregor's to 'slam into Earth's orbit' within hours

According to NASA, asteroid 2023 HT4 boasts an astonishing diameter of 130 meters. We have calculated this as roughly the same as 74 Conor McGregor's standing one on top of the other.

The Guardian - UK

Mulligan review – Tina Fey is a post-apocalypse Liz Lemon!

The team behind 30 Rock offer up a cartoon dystopia about an alien invasion that leaves the idiots ruling the Earth – but where are the gags? Frankly, this just won’t do

LiveScience

A messy black hole may have just triggered the largest explosion in the universe

Astronomers have spotted a giant explosion releasing over 100 times more energy than the sun will release across its entire lifetime. A monster black hole is likely to blame.

Space

Perseverance rover spies signs of ancient raging rivers on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has found evidence that a deep and fast-moving river once coursed through Mars' Jezero Crater, shaking up current ideas of past Red Planet water flow.

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'Runaway black hole,' or sneaky galaxy in disguise? Experts are conflicted.

A rogue black hole may not be to blame for a mysterious streak of stars coursing through space, a new study suggests.

The Conversation

How fast is the Universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions

How did we get here? Where are we going? And how long will it take? These questions are as old as humanity itself, and, if they’ve already been asked by other species elsewhere in the Universe, potentially very much older than that.

The New Daily

Superstars reveal truths that bring fame back to earth

The lines were blurred amid a self-conscious need for branding, with a reluctance to step over the precipice from superstar to human being.

Space

A powerful eruption on the sun could create widespread auroras tonight

A pair of eruptions seen on the sun might lead to a display of auroras for parts of the northern and central United States on May 11.

Space

Strange sounds recorded high in Earth's atmosphere have scientists baffled

A solar-powered balloon mission has detected a strange low-frequency sound from an unidentified source high in the air above Earth.

Inverse

Earthquake-detecting “Trash Bag” Balloons Could Tell Us the Secrets of Venus

Scientists are learning how to sense earthquakes from the stratosphere — which could be a boon for studying harsh planets like Venus.

Space

Some mysterious 'fast radio bursts' may erupt from two-star systems

A new study has determined the most likely origin of one repeating fast radio burst to be a dense object — potentially a neutron star — with a binary companion.

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