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Interactive: What Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year

As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth’s history. Now, with nearly two decades of experience as a geologist, I think one of the best ways to understand our planet’s history and evolution is by condensing the entire timeline into a single…

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24). It is unlikely to get significantly closer to the sun before the end of its mission.

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Space2Sea Antarctica: William Shatner, Neil deGrasse Tyson and NASA astronauts talk exploration and science from the Drake Passage

Explorers, astronauts and filmmakers described life in space and on Earth in an epic livestream from the Drake Passage.

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12 Years Ago, The Most Iconic Sci-Fi Show of the '90s Refused to Answer Its Hugest Mystery

On this day, 'The X-Files' shrugged off the long-foretold invasion of The Grey. And we were left with more questions than answers.

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Daffy Duck's 'full moon' and Porky Pig fend off alien invasion in 'The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie' (trailer)

Daffy Duck's full moon is on display in teaser trailer has landed for "The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie"

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun

The Independent UK

'Rising temperatures melted corpses out of the Antarctic permafrost': The rise of one of Earth's most iconic trees in an uncertain world

As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks we know today was a widespread population that was cleaved in half as North America inched westward.

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Who is the most expensive footballer of all time?

The most expensive footballer of all time cost around £200 million when he moved clubs

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Winter solstice 2024 brings shortest day of the year to Northern Hemisphere today

The winter solstice marks the official start of the astronomical winter, as the sun reaches its most southerly point in the sky as seen from Earth. This seasonal change occurs on Dec. 21, 2024.

Space

Astronauts on NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station will wear smart undershirts to stay healthy

Smart undershirts and AI algorithms will keep astronauts healthy on NASA's planned Gateway moon-orbiting space station.

Space

From Hot Rabbi to Hawk Tuah: Wildest cultural moments of 2024, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: From the influx of celebrity lookalike contests to Moo Deng’s viral fame and some baffling movie press tours, Louis Chilton and Katie Rosseinsky look back at the year in pop culture

The Independent UK

Incredible satellite images show Greenland’s massive ice sheet melting

Satellite observations have revealed the Greenland ice sheet’s rapid thinning, which has accelerated as the planet warms

The Independent UK

Space2Sea Antarctica: A student journalist's expedition to bottom of the world begins

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The moon may be older than we thought

A new study suggests the moon is much older — here’s why

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Abort! SpaceX calls off launch of 'MicroGEO' satellites at last second (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignites each its engines just as an abort is called at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2024.

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Axiom's private space station is coming sooner than we thought

Axiom Space has decided to change up the method for assembling its commercial space station, meaning the outpost could be free-flying as soon as 2028.

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We're Driving the 2025 Honda Accord Hybrid. What Do You Want To Know?

I am a firm believer that when humanity slips the surly bonds of Earth and heads into the stars, and our accomplishments are cataloged, the Honda Accord will fall somewhere between "electric refrigeration" and "the flu vaccine." I've owned two generations of Accords and reviewed several others, and every single one…

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Scientists peered into a secret Antarctic lake hidden beneath the ice — and uncovered a never-before-seen ecosystem

Scientists investigating the frozen Lake Enigma in Antarctica discovered an ecosystem teeming with strange microbial communities.

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In Disney’s ‘Moana,’ the characters navigate using the stars, just like real Polynesian explorers − an astronomer explains how these methods work

If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, you may have noticed how small these land masses appear against the vast Pacific Ocean. If you’re on Hawaii, the nearest island to you is more than 1,000 miles…

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2 populations of dark comets in the solar system could tell researchers where the Earth got its oceans

The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still do not know where the water here on Earth came from in the first place.

Silentnight’s new SleepHarmony mattress might be the most affordable eco-friendly model on the market

Silentnight launches SleepHarmony collection, featuring a new Earth mattress

Total Film

Sonic 3 ending explained: who dies, what happens to Shadow, and your biggest questions answered

We dive deep into the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ending

The Guardian - UK

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo; How to Build a Universe that Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later by Philip K Dick; The Woman Who Fell to Earth by RB Russell; Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia

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Sonic 3 post-credits scenes explained: how many are there and how do they potentially set up Sonic 4?

Does Sonic the Hedgehog 3 have a post-credits scene? We break it all down

Total Film

Sonic 3 Easter eggs: The 30 biggest references to Sonic's game history and beyond

A round-up of Sonic 3's Easter eggs – including all those Sonic Adventure 2 references

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