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Prince William invokes JFK-like faith we can repair the planet in Earthshot Prize 2022 clip

“Earth holds such splendour and gives us many things - beauty, curiosity, joy, and most importantly, Earth gives us life.

Evening Standard

William speaks of his faith the world can ‘repair and regenerate our planet’

The Earthshot prize awards ceremony is taking place in Boston and honours environmental pioneers.

The Independent UK

Astronomers spot an incoming small asteroid — and make a big breakthrough

That meteor, now known as 2022 WJ1, was first noticed by the Catalina Sky Survey at around midnight EST on the 19th (the time zone in which it ended up landing).

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Opinion: Artemis should be the last NASA mission to send astronauts to the Moon

The Artemis mission is using NASA's brand new Space Launch System, which is the most powerful rocket ever – similar in design to the Saturn V rockets that sent a dozen Apollo astronauts to the Moon.

Inverse

Artemis I vs. Artemis II: Here’s how these missions will prep astronauts’ lunar return

The NASA Artemis Program aims to land humans on the Moon soon. But to reach the goal of the Artemis III mission, NASA's first two Moon visits must succeed.

Inverse

An Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food – below the earth’s surface

Underground greenhouses are helping people to take back control of their nutrition and ease farming amid the climate crisis

The Guardian - US

Venus is trapped in a ruinous cycle of volcano events — why is Earth spared?

Volcanoes can kill the planet that hosts them. A new study suggests why Venus — and not Earth — has suffered this fate.

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Five of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2022

A deep space community, a compelling critique of empire, a UFO novel like no other and more

The Guardian - UK

Wicked putdowns and life away from the limelight of Foo Foo Lammar, Manchester’s best loved drag queen

The life and humour of one of Manchester's best loved entertainers with newly unearthed photos revealing his life at home

Manchester Evening News

Protecting 30% of Earth's surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far

A biodiversity crisis is reducing the variety of life on Earth. Under pressure from land and water pollution, development, overhunting, poaching, climate change and species invasions, approximately 1 million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction.

The Conversation

World’s oldest tortoise has seen off two world wars and the British Empire

Jonathan the tortoise, who hatched in the Georgian era, is 190 and the oldest known living land animal on Earth.

The Independent UK

Commentary: US News & World Report university rankings spur a revolt. What we need are more meaningful evaluations

In the beginning, God created the heavens, the earth and American higher education. We lived in a bucolic state of nature until an evil serpent, U.S. News & World Report, tempted us to partake of the Tree of Knowledge: namely, college rankings. A fall from grace ensued.

Chicago Tribune

Incredible moment NASA Orion craft performs 'departure burn' as its begin home voyage

NASA's Orion craft has completed an impressive 'departure burn' manoeuvre on a livestream as it returns back to Earth from its landmark journey around the Moon

Daily Mirror

Why does lightning zigzag? At last, we have an answer to the mystery

Everyone has seen lightning and marvelled at its power. But despite its frequency – about 8.6 million lightning strikes occur worldwide every day – why lightning proceeds in a series of steps from the thundercloud to the earth below has remained a mystery.

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A space rock harbors unknown minerals

They're called "elaliite" and "elkinstantonite," and geologists have never seen them form naturally on Earth

Inverse

'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' trailer brings Optimus Primal to life

The Autobots and Decepticons are back, now with three new factions of machines who drop into 1994 New York City.

Inverse

Catastrophic meteor impact on Mars eerily similar to the asteroid that annihilated most dinosaurs — study

3.4 billion years ago, an unnervingly familiar cataclysm struck Mars.

Evening Standard

The best Space photos of all time, from Aldrin’s historic first steps to galaxies billion of years old

Scientists have captured insights into our universe with the world’s most powerful telescopes. Here are some of the most groundbreaking images

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CBeebies Hey Duggee toy launched ‘sustainably’ into space captured on video floating 120,000 feet above Earth

For the special mission, BBC Studios partnered with Sent Into Space, a leading provider of commercial Near Space launches

Daily Mirror

Black hole pointing at Earth sending blasts of energy straight at us after EATING star

Astronomers believe the light has been travelling for billions of years and comes from a star that was swallowed up by a black hole sending huge bright rays towards Earth

The New Daily

An enormous and bright communications satellite is genuinely alarming astronomers

For now, satellites crossing the night sky are largely a curiosity. But with the advent of satellite constellations this could change.

The Times of India

Dr Henry Gee wins the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize

Dr Henry Gee won the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize for his book 'A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters'. Dr. Gee-- who is a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and Nature editor-- was announced as the winner at an award ceremony at the…

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re left to die of snake bites, hunger, disease’: Somalia’s people of the drought – a picture essay

Drought, hunger, conflict and rampant inflation have pushed about 130,000 people into camps around Galkayo in central Somalia. Many arrive with children suffering acute malnutrition only to face a new set of dangers

The Conversation

BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers

The night sky is a shared wilderness. On a dark night, away from the city lights, you can see the stars in the same way as your ancestors did centuries ago. You can see the Milky Way and the constellations associated with stories of mythical hunters, sisters and journeys.

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s satellites to be part of UK trial to get internet to remote areas

The Starlink technology uses more than 3,000 low Earth small orbit satellites to beam broadband signals

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