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Hailstorm hits Canberra as thunderstorm warning issued

ACT Emergency Services received 30 calls for storm or tree damage in just an hour, from all across the city, on Sunday evening.

The Canberra Times

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Space telescope reveals secrets of how stars formed

With ESA Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope...

Evening Standard

Heavy rainfall causes flash flooding on Canberra's roads, damages homes and businesses

Emergency crews worked through the night after a sudden storm swept through the ACT, damaging homes and businesses.

ABC News

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Nearly 300 tonnes of rubbish dumped after tip fire

The fire was finally extinguished three days after it started.

The Canberra Times

14 ways Tories shafted disabled people in 2022 - from Covid to social funding

The Tory nitwits are so lacking in self-awareness that they probably thought they did great all year, The Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey writes

Daily Mirror

Webb's spectacular year one

The James Webb telescope captured some haunting and strange images of the universe in 2022, its inaugural year

Salon

Inside NASA's monumental effort to deliver the first Webb Telescope images

JWST is the most powerful space telescope ever flown. Here's how researched created the gigantic scope's first products.

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Gungahlin restaurant fire causes evacuations

Smoke has set off fire alarms and caused evacuations, ACT ESA said.

The Canberra Times

A Pyramid of Giza-sized asteroid is heading our way this week. Here's how to see it

Put away the doomsday kit though, this space rock won't collide with the planet.

ABC News

Can people with disabilities be astronauts? ESA shows encouraging signs of progress

For people with disabilities, the sky may not always be the limit.

Inverse

Forest Hall man is one of millions waiting to hear outcome of £1,500 DWP backpay case

Four people claiming legacy benefits back in court to appeal after losing court case about £20 uplift earlier this year

Chronicle Live

Arrakhis: the tiny satellite aiming to reveal what dark matter is made of

The European Space Agency (Esa) recently announced a new mission of its science programme: a small telescope orbiting the Earth dubbed Arrakhis. But although its name is inspired by the sci-fi novel Dune, it will not be looking for sandworms or “spice” on a desert planet.

The Conversation

The first photograph of the entire globe: 50 years on, Blue Marble still inspires

December 7 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Blue Marble photograph. The crew of NASA’s Apollo 17 spacecraft – the last manned mission to the Moon – took a photograph of Earth and changed the way we visualised our planet forever.

The Conversation

Calvary Hospital emergency department operating as usual after fire and evacuation

The theatre complex remained closed on Wednesday afternoon.

The Canberra Times

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Inverse

Artemis I is on its way home from the Moon after flying just 80 miles over the lunar surface

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) monitored the Artemis I Orion capsule before and after its scheduled return powered flyby, when it was behind the Moon.

The Guardian - UK

What does it take to be an astronaut? After dreaming of the stars, I decided to find out

I got very close to becoming a European Space Agency astronaut, but the final lesson was a bittersweet one, says doctor Kevin Fong

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.

The Conversation

The world finally has its first 'parastronaut'. Can we expect anyone to be able to go to space one day?

The European Space Agency made history last week with the announcement of the first “parastronaut”, 41-year-old UK citizen John McFall.

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Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Government needs to change how housing works for disabled people'

Out of the 14 million people living in poverty, 3.5 million are disabled people and another 3.5 million have a disabled person in their household, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Record

People on legacy benefits may still trigger an automatic move to Universal Credit before migration in 2028

DWP boss Mel Stride said 33% of ESA claimants are likely to lose out as a consequence of the planned managed migration.

LiveScience

42 jaw-dropping James Webb Space Telescope images

From nebulas and black holes to baby star nurseries and ancient collisions, the universe has never looked more beautiful thanks to NASA's $10 billion-telescope.

The Conversation

James Webb space telescope uncovers chemical secrets of distant world – paving the way for studying Earth-like planets

Since the first planet orbiting a star other than the Sun was discovered in 1995, we have realised that planets and planetary systems are more diverse than we ever imagined. Such distant worlds – exoplanets – give us the opportunity to study how planets behave in different situations. And learning…

The Canberra Times

'Years in the making and we are frustrated': Paramedics condemn ESA leadership

ACT Ambulance staff call for reform amid staff shortages and fatigue.

Evening Standard

John McFall: Who is the first disabled astronaut in history?

The world’s first disabled astronaut is set to make history.

Radio France Internationale

Who is Sophie Adenot, the French engineer destined for space?

Sophie Adenot is the second French woman astronaut in history, after Claudie Haigneré who made her first flight aboard the Mir station in 1996. She was one of five new astronauts selected to represent the European Space Agency (ESA).

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