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With 1st Artemis launch on tap, commercial partners promise cost cuts

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA is about to light a $4.1 billion candle to launch the first mission in its Artemis program to the moon. The pricey pie has seen ballooning costs and delays in the last decade with slices heading to dozens of aerospace companies across the nation.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA’s return to the moon starts with critical test flight

NASA is about to take the first step on its journey to return people to the moon by the end of the decade. If all goes well, a massive uncrewed rocket will lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday morning, then circle the moon in an orbit…

Tribune News Service

Scientists set for ocean crisis debate 150 years after ‘extraordinary’ expedition

A century and a half after the Challenger mission transformed our understanding of the seas, researchers meet to tackle the latest threats

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Webb Telescope finds carbon dioxide in a hot Jupiter atmosphere — and it could aid the search for alien life

WASP-39b, a distant gas giant "hot Jupiter," shows signs of water vapor and carbon dioxide, helping Webb scientists hone in on how to find them on smaller planets.

Inverse

Headteachers vow to 'move heaven and earth' to keep children face to face learning next term

They said help was needed to pay for supply staff

Wales Online

'Why on earth?' - Man City fans react to Crystal Palace team news

Manchester City take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League today.

Manchester Evening News

Mars and the Moon have the perfect ingredient to build future cities

NASA research into geopolymers finds that regolith could be a cornerstone ingredient in cement to make rocket pads and other structures

Inverse

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US Court Upholds SpaceX Satellite Deployment Plan

A US appeals court on Friday upheld the decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a SpaceX plan to deploy some Starlink satellites at a lower Earth orbit than planned as part of its push to offer space-based broadband internet. Elon Musk's SpaceX won FCC approval in 2021…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taking back the oceans, before it's too late

The United Nations convened its Ocean Conference (Unoc) in Lisbon, Portugal in June. The goal was to “to propel much needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action” The world needs a “sustainably managed ocean”, according to the UN’s under-secretary-general for legal affairs, Miguel…

Bangkok Post

In A Blow To Every Sydneysider’s Ego, A Melb Street Has Been Voted The 2nd Coolest On Earth

But are we surprised?

Pedestrian.tv

The million year ice project: the quest to find the oldest ice on Earth

Australia’s most ambitious over-snow Antarctic expedition in a generation is under way. In this edited extract from Griffith Review, meet the man searching for prehistoric ice to unlock the mysteries of our planet

The Guardian - AU

Greta Thunberg accused of time travelling after she's ‘spotted’ in 120-year-old photo

A 120-year-old photo of a Greta Thunberg doppelganger has been unearthed and it's left many convinced the climate activist is "100 per cent a time traveller"

Daily Mirror

NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth's orbit – here's what to expect and why it's important

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is poised to take a key step toward returning humans to the Moon after a half-century hiatus. The launch was scheduled for the morning of Aug. 29, 2022 but was postponed due to an issue with one of the rocket’s engines. The next opportunity to launch…

The Conversation

Astronomers discover planet that could be completely covered in water

The planet is outside the Solar System and 100 light-years from Earth

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The Earth's Corr: Who the hell can afford £5,000 a year for home energy

Houses powered by renewables held in by a nice warm blanket of wall insulation = huge energy cost savings

Inverse

NASA Artemis I: Launch date, time, and how to watch the return to the Moon live

NASA is about to launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon, and you can watch the launch live.

The Independent UK

Shaquille O’Neal peddles Flat Earth conspiracy theory after claiming he ‘flew straight’ to Australia

‘I drive from coast to coast, and this s**t is flat to me,’ the former NBA star claimed

The Guardian - UK

Ground control to Major Truss – what planet are you on? Does it have a price cap?

Our likely next PM’s surreal ‘solutions’ to the UK’s omnicrisis feel like they’ve been beamed in from a galaxy far away, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Webb Telescope Finds CO2 for First Time in Exoplanet Atmosphere

The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. Although the exoplanet would never be able to support life as we know it, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

SpaceX and T-Mobile Unveil Satellite Plan to End Cellphone 'Dead Zones'

Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites will connect directly to T-Mobile cellphones to provide service access even in the most remote places beyond the reach of cell towers from next year, the two companies announced Thursday. The new service, which will work on existing cellphones and utilize SpaceX's network of thousands of…

ABC News

Australia's Black Summer bushfires were catastrophic enough. Now scientists say they caused a 'deep, long-lived' hole in the ozone layer

UK researchers reveal Australia's Black Summer bushfires likely damaged the ozone layer and caused the highest temperatures in the stratosphere in 30 years.

ABC News

NASA's James Webb telescope just found CO2 on an exoplanet outside Earth's solar system

The James Webb Space Telescope has used spectroscopy technology to make the discovery on an exoplanet - a first outside of the Earth's solar system.

AAP

Lynas posts record FY as rare earths surge

Lynas Rare Earths has posted a record full-year result on demand for minerals critical to the digital economy, electrification and national security.

The Conversation

Friday essay: 'I feel my heart breaking today' – a climate scientist's path through grief towards hope

I have spent hundreds of hours trawling through countless UN reports and scientific papers until my eyes sting and I can no longer absorb any more information. I feel overwhelmed and saturated with sorrow. As a sensitive person with a difficult background, sometimes I find the reality of the world…

The Conversation

Big head, small arms: A newly discovered gigantic dinosaur evolved in a similar manner to _Tyrannosaurus rex_

The fossil record represents an amazing window into the endless forms of life that have existed across countless ages. By studying ancient species and ecosystems we can increase our understanding of what lived in the past and how the Earth was different compared to today. We can also use fossils…

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