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Russians reportedly building a satellite-blinding laser – an expert explains the technology

Russia is building a new ground-based laser facility for interfering with satellites orbiting overhead, according to a recent report in The Space Review. The basic idea would be to dazzle the optical sensors of other nations’ spy satellites by flooding them with laser light.

The Conversation

Astronomers plan to track more potential “planet killer” asteroids near Earth

The nightmarish possibilities of a collision with Earth motivate space agencies like NASA and the European Space Agency to scan the night for their telltale glints.

Inverse

New Welsh secretary says Senedd expansion plans are 'out of touch'

'If the answer is more politicians then what on earth is the question and why on earth is it being asked?'

Wales Online

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Editorial: Freshman members of Congress should take a class about the Constitution

The beauty of our democratic system of government is that anyone can get elected. But that feature is also a bug. We suspect we aren’t alone among Americans who watch some of the antics on Capitol Hill and think, “How on Earth did that person get elected?” Sometimes it seems…

Tribune News Service

Lunar City With Artificial Gravity Created In Bid To Enable Babies To Be Born On Moon

The 1,300-foot tall rotating building is designed to complete a full circle every 20 seconds.

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British-built satellite set for first launch from Spaceport Cornwall

Oxford-built satellite Dover will be launched from Spaceport Cornwall in 2022

Birmingham Post

Expert Warns from 'Space Enemy' Blocked by Sun

Scott Sheppard, an astronomer with the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, has warned the scientific community from neglecting the so-called near-Earth objects (NEOs), which he described as “space enemy”. Sheppard has published a perspective piece in the journal Science suggesting that it is time for the space…

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December global biodiversity summit at risk of failure

Rarely does a week go by without a new scientific study addressing the deteriorating condition of life on Earth. Globally, with more than 70 per cent of land and sea having already been significantly altered by humans, one million species are threatened with extinction. An alarming number of ecosystems are…

The Conversation

Fossil of ‘earliest animal predator’ is named after David Attenborough

Sea creature, thought to have used tentacles to capture food, is named Auroralumina attenboroughii

The Guardian - UK

Scientists calculate the risk of someone being killed by space junk

The chance of someone being killed by space junk falling from the sky may seem ridiculously tiny. After all, nobody has yet died from such an accident, though there have been instances of injury and damage to property. But given that we are launching an increasing number of satellites, rockets…

The Conversation

French satellite operator Eutelsat announces merger with UK's OneWeb

French and British satellite operators Eutelsat and OneWeb announced Tuesday plans to merge and create a "global champion" in broadband internet, rivalling US giants such as Elon Musk's Starlink.

Radio France Internationale

Fossil named after Sir David Attenborough ‘is first animal predator’

The 560-million-year-old specimen is related to the group that includes corals, jellyfish and anemones living on Earth today, researchers say.

The Independent UK

A single-atom thick material could make a 127-year-old space travel idea a reality

This proposal was inspired by his visit to Paris in 1895, where he witnessed the Eiffel Tower for the first time (construction had finished in 1889).

Inverse

The best ways to find life using the Webb telescope, according to two astronomers

Many astronomers believe there’s a good chance that life exists on planets orbiting other stars

Inverse

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Daily Mirror

New 1300ft 'lunar city' with artificial gravity will allow babies to be born on the moon

Professor Yosuke Yamashiki, of Kyoto University, Japan, said that the day when humans will live in outer space, on the Moon and on Mars, is “just around the corner”

Tribune News Service

Travel for Two: Okefenokee Swamp lures you in with its peaceful, haunting beauty

Call it what you will — primordial, mystifying, daunting, backwater or, above all, magnificent in that swamp sort of way — the Okefenokee Swamp is one of Georgia’s most beloved treasures. Covering some 700 square miles in southeastern Georgia and the very northern reaches of Florida, the Okefenokee, whose name…

Bristol Post

Bristol City Council urged to back plant-based treaty for 'healthier planet'

Campaigners are urging Bristol councillors to support a meat-free lifestyle

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MAFS’ Olivia Revealed The List Of Folks She’s Blocked On IG Which Includes At Least One Co-Star

In the absolute fucking weirdest of flexes, MAFS villain Olivia Frazer has shared the list of people she’s blocked on Instagram to her IG Story.What on God’s green earth prompted her to do such a thing?Well, the reality star took part in a round of the “Show Me a Photo…

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Wildfire spreading like the plague

The way we think of fire informs how we manage it. For a long time we considered it physics, but perhaps fire is a biological phenomenon, like a virus.

Salon

How Webb telescope will search for E.T.

The space telescope has already proved that it can see distant planets' atmospheres

The Independent UK

Nevada court fights raise caution flags on green energy push

Opposition from friends, not foes, is creating some potential roadblocks to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda in the blue-leaning, Western swing state of Nevada

The Guardian - UK

Break your silence on the climate emergency

Letters: Caroline Roaf contemplates her life staring at the destruction of the planet, while Brent Furnas says human beings are capable of great things so there is still hope

Daily Mirror

The first and only cat to go to space - and her tragic end when she got back to Earth

Found on the streets of Paris, mild-mannered Felicette made cosmic history when she was blasted off into space in 1963 in a feline mission that's never been repeated since

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the chaos and toxicity of a 1980s Australian newsroom

The Newsreader is a new comedy-drama starring Sam Reid and Anna Torv as an unlikely partnership. Plus: Paul Hollywood visits the most dangerous cantina on Earth. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Times of India

Kolkata: Deal inked to buy three more East-West Metro rakes

KOLKATA: Now that Sealdah has opened up and the entire East-West Metro corridor may be commissioned in mid-2023, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) has inked a new deal to purchase more rakes from Bengaluru-based PSU Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML).

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