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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system

Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Space

Star Catcher sends electricity across NFL football field in key space power-beaming test (photos)

Space-based solar power is one step closer to reality, now that Florida startup Star Catcher has successfully beamed energy across the Jacksonville Jaguars' stadium.

Space

How many types of insects are there in the world?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

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We're talking about carbon all wrong

Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life

Salon

Intelligent aliens would need a power supply to jump-start their civilization — would they require fossil fuels?

Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution?

LiveScience

A Climate of Truth by Mike Berners-Lee review – a white-hot takedown of environmental policy

The climate professor is justified in identifying the thinktanks, fossil fuel companies and politicians responsible for exacerbating the climate crisis but his list of remedies is underpowered

The Guardian - UK

Revealed! The world’s only four green sand beaches

Imagine a beach where the sand shimmers not in the usual shades of gold, white, or black, but in a striking, rare green. This extraordinary phenomenon exists in just four places on Earth, where unique geological processes have crafted a spectacle unlike any other. These green sand beaches owe their…

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Lights go out on famous monuments around the world to mark Earth Hour

Major cities around the world marked Earth Hour on Saturday night, shrouding some of humanity's most famous monuments in darkness.

Euronews

‘They have no one to follow’: how migrating birds use quantum mechanics to navigate

Evidence is mounting to explain how birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to help fly thousands of miles with unerring accuracy – a discovery that may help advance quantum technology

The Guardian - UK

In "Wolf Hall" sequel, death is a mirror

Thomas Cromwell dies as he has not lived, reflecting on sins that tarnish his soul

Salon

Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a fervid series of observations of the object — possibly as big as a football field — to determine that it will not hit. However, an impact on the moon cannot…

The Conversation

What will the partial solar eclipse of March 2025 look like from space?

On March 29, a partial solar eclipse will cause a dark shadow over eastern North America — and weather satellites will pick it up.

Space

Tribal land ruling undercuts marijuana law’s claims of undoing racial disparities

Chippewa member Todd Thompson sold cannabis after the state legalized it, but police still seized all his merchandise

The Guardian - US

Space photo of the week: The last sight you see before dying on the moon

The final act of the Blue Ghost lander's busy two weeks on the moon was to send back sunset shots featuring Earth and Venus.

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James Webb Space Telescope could find signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds

JWST could potentially detect the signature of methyl halide compounds, produced by microbial life in Earth's ocean, on hypothetical hycean exoplanets.

Total Film

New Alien: Earth clip shows the last of another expendable crew

A specimen is loose in a new snippet from space

5 sleep supplements that help me achieve 8+ hours of rest every night

It took me years to perfect my sleep routine – here are the supplements that helped

Space

Aurora alert: Giant 'hole' in sun and strong geomagnetic storm converge to supercharge northern lights this weekend

A huge sun eruption combines with speedy solar wind from a "coronal hole" for a weekend aurora show, experts predict.

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Antarctica: how geopolitics plays out at the end of the Earth

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation between key players. So what is at stake in the world's southernmost region?

AAP

Cruising Sharks bring Souths back to earth with a thud

Cronulla have parlayed a near-perfect first half into a comfortable defeat of South Sydney in round three of the NRL season.

LiveScience

Science news this week: 'Stranded' astronauts return and mystery human ancestor

March 22, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

LiveScience

Global sea levels rose a whopping 125 feet after the last ice age

After the last ice age, sea levels rose rapidly over a period of about 8,000 years, new research reveals.

LiveScience

New AI is better at weather prediction than supercomputers — and it consumes 1000s of times less energy

The Aardvark Weather machine learning algorithm is much faster than traditional systems and can work on a desktop computer.

Space

New research on 'Death Star' that looks like a cosmic pinwheel reduces gamma-ray burst threat to Earth

The cosmic pinwheel that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as once thought.

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Elon Musk Really Wants Tesla Investors To Think He's Not MIA

Earlier this week, one of Tesla's most bullish supporters in the financial space broke the glass and pulled the alarm. "Let's call it like it is," Wedbush managing director Dan Ives wrote in a note to investors. "Tesla is going through a crisis and there is one person who can…

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