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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.

The Conversation

A space rock harbors unknown minerals

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

Salon

'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.

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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.

Inverse

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

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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

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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 New Daily

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 Times of India

‘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 Guardian - UK

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 Conversation

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

The Guardian - UK

Northern Lights set to illuminate Scotland's skies as rare spectacle 'highly likely' to be seen

The red alert is AuroraWatchUK's highest signal and means that the spectacle should be visible to both the naked eye and cameras, as long as the sky isn't too cloudy.

Glasgow Live

Northern Lights expected to appear over Scotland as phenomenon 'highly likely' to be seen

AuroraWatchUK has alerted keen skygazers that a beautiful display is likely to be seen from parts of the country tonight.

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The Conversation

'Earth's empty quarter': many Pacific nations now have falling populations

In 1989, distinguished Australian geographer Gerard Ward wrote that the Pacific was emptying out. As people on smaller islands left to seek opportunity elsewhere, the region risked becoming Earth’s empty quarter. He wrote:

Irish Mirror

President Michael D Higgins urges Irish people to have courage to act on climate change

It comes amid the launch of an environmental film featuring the Pope

Inverse

Astronomers capture a rare black hole phenomena billions of light years away

The tidal disruption event ripped apart the star so a black hole could feast.

The Independent UK

Fossil ‘overturns more than a century of knowledge about origin of modern birds’

Each of the roughly 11,000 species of birds on Earth today is classified into one of two groups, based on the arrangement of their palate bones.

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Two never-before-seen minerals found inside giant meteorite that fell to Earth from space

Scientists at the University of Alberta have uncovered two new "interesting" elements in a 3,000lb meteorite that crashed in Somalia in 2020 - as a third mineral is currently being analysed

The Conversation

Where Mauna Loa’s lava is coming from – and why Hawaii’s volcanoes are different from most

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains of glowing rock and spilling lava from fissures as its first eruption in nearly four decades began on Nov. 27, 2022.

Inverse

Marvel's 'Guardians Holiday Special' brings back Phase 4’s best running gag

Kevin Bacon isn’t the MCU’s only major movie star. Here's how Marvel's 'Guardians Holiday Special' brings back the best joke from 'Eternals.'

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India's Latest Earth Observation Satellite Starts Serving Images

The Earth Observation Satellite-06 launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on 26 November has started serving images, the national space agency said on Wednesday. Read on for details:

The Times of India

India's latest earth observation satellite starts serving images

BENGALURU: The Earth Observation Satellite-06 launched by the Indian space research organisation (Isro) on November 26 has started serving images, the national space agency said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

From the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction?

Fossil fuels, fisheries and farming: the world’s most destructive industries are fiercely protected by governments, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - AU

Indonesia puts 100-island archipelago up for auction, sparking environmental concerns

Uninhabited Widi Reserve is in a marine-protected zone and being promoted as ‘one of the most intact coral atoll ecosystems left on Earth’

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