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NASA's Orion capsule buzzes the moon in a last step before humans revisit lunar orbit

The close approach of 81 miles occurred as the crew capsule and its three wired-up dummies were on the far side of the moon. Astronauts will take Orion for a ride around the moon as early as 2024.

WEKU

Circular economy: Breaking our ‘take-make-waste’ model

If every country used as many resources every year as NZ does, we’d need three planets; our throwaway economy is a big cause of our emissions. We have to do things differently.

Newsroom.co.nz

Orion spacecraft makes closest moon approach on Artemis I mission

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Artemis I mission brought Orion on its closest approach to the moon while blasting out on its way to an orbit that will take it farther from the Earth than any previous human-rated spacecraft.

Orlando Sentinel

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NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit

NASA's Orion capsule has reached the moon, whipping around the back side and passing within about 80 miles

The Independent UK

Analysis-COP27 does little for next month's global agenda: nature loss

The U.N. climate talks in Egypt closed on Sunday with a resolution to address the dual crises of climate change and nature loss, but did little to boost next month's global meeting on biodiversity.

Reuters

Groundbreaking studies of Earth's churning oceans recognised at Australia's most prestigious science prizes this year

This year, Australia’s prestigious Prime Minister’s Prize for Science has been awarded to a physical oceanographer whose work has had a “transformative impact” on our understanding of Earth’s oceans.

The Conversation

What is a ‘leap second’ and why are we saying goodbye to them?

It’s time to work out exactly what to do with a problem that has become increasingly urgent, and severe, with the rise of the digital world.

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Local 'scientific rock stars' among Prime Minister prize winners

ANU's Adele Morrison and Si Ming Man among Prime Minister's Prizes for Science recipients

The Canberra Times

Blind mystic Baba Vanga's predictions for 2023 including aliens on Earth and nuclear explosion

With a visit from aliens and a solar storm on the cards, the world could be in for a bit of a rough year if Baba Vanga's predictions come true

Irish Mirror

One unexpected Solar System moon could be key to finding alien life

Triton may be an ‘ocean world’, a moon that has a solid ice crust over a liquid water subsurface ocean, which extend the habitable zone to the Kuiper Belt, not just the inner solar system.

Inverse

How an industry built on pollution is getting a tiny bit greener

The amount of time between aircraft as they land at Toronto Pearson International Airport might seem prosaic to the untrained eye, but there’s a lot more going on than a pilot negotiating the gentle return to earth of hundreds of tons of metal. Every millisecond that passes is tied to…

Tribune News Service

More than 40 Killed, 700 Hurt in Indonesian Earthquake

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's West Java province on Monday killing 46 people, the national disaster agency said, as rescue workers and authorities worked to determine the full extent of the damage. The quake struck on land in Cianjur town, about 75 km southeast of the capital, Jakarta, at a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Like a Shotgun’: Tongan Eruption Is Largest Ever Recorded

A deadly volcanic eruption near Tonga in January was the largest ever recorded with modern equipment, a New Zealand-led team of scientists revealed Monday. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted underwater with a force equivalent to hundreds of atomic bombs, unleashing a 15-meter (50-foot) tsunami which demolished homes and killed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tongan volcanic eruption was largest ever recorded

WELLINGTON: A deadly volcanic eruption near Tonga in January was the largest ever recorded with modern equipment, a New Zealand-led team of scientists said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

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NASA says people will be living on the Moon within this decade, as Orion nears fly-by

Humans could be living on the Moon during this decade, according to a NASA official. But Mars is the ultimate goal.

The Conversation

It's time-out for leap seconds: an expert explains why the tiny clock adjustments will be paused from 2035

Meeting in Versailles, France, on Friday, the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) has called time-out on “leap seconds” – the little jumps occasionally added to clocks running on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), to keep them in sync with Earth’s rotation.

Inverse

Scientists are close to solving an exoplanet mystery

Today, the number of confirmed exoplanets stands at 5,197 in 3,888 planetary systems, with another 8,992 candidates awaiting confirmation.

Inverse

Scientists are looking into this last-minute strategy to save the planet from asteroid disaster

Based on the recent DART mission, scientists are working on perfecting a last-minute mission to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth.

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The Conversation

Tracking CO2 emissions from space could help support climate agreements

The central objective of the Paris Agreement is to limit Earth’s warming to well below 2 C above pre-industrial levels, but preferably 1.5 C.

Daily Mirror

Nasa boss explains when humans will be living on the Moon after new rocket launch

The Artemis 1 rocket is carrying the Orion lunar spacecraft, which is manned with a model of the human body, used to measure the impacts of the flight on people in space

The Guardian - UK

Astronauts to live and work on the moon by 2030, Nasa official says

Head of Orion lunar programme says Artemis 1 mission is ‘first step to long-term deep-space exploration’

Daily Mirror

Moment pregnant woman gives birth to baby in a canoe after failing to reach hospital

The woman gave birth to her baby in a canoe on a waterway in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil, where a man traveling in a larger boat noticed her in pain and stopped to help

The Guardian - UK

From Apollo to Artemis: 50 years on, is it time to go back to the moon?

Last week’s Nasa launch is the first in a flurry of successors to the Apollo programme, reopening the debate on the value of sending humans into space

The National (Scotland)

Our writers predict World Cup winners, player of the tournament & dark horse

Qatar is ready to take centre stage for the greatest tournament on earth, with the competition kicking-off today.

Daily Mirror

Mystery ocean crater discovered is 'related' to the meteorite that wiped out dinosaurs

A mystery crater that has been found on the Atlantic Ocean's floor is said to be 'related' to the meteorite which wiped out the dinosaurs, according to new research

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