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Is nuclear power the key to space exploration?

Long a controversial energy source, nuclear has been facing a renaissance in space.

Al Jazeera

SpaceX launches Leap Day Starlink satellites into orbit, lands rocket at sea (video)

SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on Leap Day (Feb. 29) after postponing a Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA.

Space

Magic secrets on the moon: Q&A with David Copperfield (exclusive)

Famed illusionist David Copperfield discusses his involvement with Intuitive Machines' historic moon mission and his desire to help preserve humanity's knowledge on and away from Earth.

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Satellite snaps eerily circular holes in the clouds above Florida. What caused them?

A NASA satellite recently spotted a series of bizarre "fallstreak holes" in clouds above Florida. The circular cloud gaps have been previously (and incorrectly) linked to paranormal phenomena.

LiveScience

Exploring The World's Top 10 Impact Craters

Discover the top 10 impact craters on Earth, including the famous Chicxulub Crater and the mineral-rich Sudbury Basin.

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The 32 best sci-fi movie uniforms and costumes

From explorers to soldiers, sci-fi movies have the cleanest fashion in all of cinema

Total Film

A baby star's planet-forming disk has 3 times more water than all of Earth's oceans

Astronomers have discovered that the water content of a planet-forming disk around an infant star is enough to fill Earth's oceans three times over.

Space

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New moons of Uranus and Neptune found

Astronomers hope the discovery will help deepen their understanding of the early days of Earth's solar system

Salon

"Avatar" and the American voter’s choice

Will the victor be the aging leader who can preserve only part of the Earth, or the one who is eager to burn it?

Salon

Near miss! NASA satellite, dead Russian spacecraft zoom past each other in orbit

NASA's TIMED Earth-observation satellite and a dead Russian spacecraft nearly slammed into one another high above our heads this morning (Feb. 28).

Space

Scientists say dehydrating the stratosphere could be plausible option to combat climate change

A new study explores the possibility of removing water from the air before it enters the stratosphere, where water vapor acts as a greenhouse gas, to mitigate the effects of climate change.

LiveScience

What they have in common is one of Australia's rarest traits

A leapling's birthday is a special event.

The Canberra Times

Passing stars may have changed Earth's orbit and climate, study finds

Passing stars may have altered Earth's orbit, and its climate, many times throughout cosmic history. New research digs into what that means when it comes to understanding our planet's past.

LiveScience

Can you capture the comet's tail? Scientists need help from astrophotographers

Researchers are calling on amateur astronomers to help photograph the broken tail of a comet on track to pass by Earth this spring.

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Could mini space-grown organs be our 'cancer moonshot'?

Scientists say they're growing "organoids" in space to better understand cancer, neurological diseases and aging, and to hopefully uncover treatments.

The Canberra Times

Leap year mathematics not so straightforward

The Roman calendar was a mess ... Happy February 29!

Top News

Ben Wheatley's Career Evolution: From 'Down Terrace' To 'Normal'

Explore Ben Wheatley's rise from 'Down Terrace' to 'In the Earth,' showcasing his genre-bending storytelling and success in indie and big-budget films.

LiveScience

Russian satellite narrowly avoids collision with US spacecraft, and NASA could do nothing to stop it

NASA's TIMED satellite narrowly avoided hitting a defunct Russian satellite in the early hours of the morning.

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Possibly habitable Trappist-1 exoplanet caught destroying its own atmosphere

Trappist-1 e may be destroying its own atmosphere as it races around its red dwarf star host, showing there are many ways for planets to lose habitability. The findings could refine our search for life in the wider cosmos.

Evening Standard

Why I love having a leap year birthday

She’s celebrating just her ninth birthday this year, but leapling Aishah Roberts loves the excitement of the rare event

WhatToWatch

Constellation episode 4 recap: visions in space or a conspiracy on Earth?

A conspiracy is brewing in Constellation episode 4, and while we don't know what to believe, something is getting weird!

Evening Standard

'We can help save the world' says Cara Delevingne as her charity Earthed leads urban growing revolution

Is climate anxiety keeping you awake? A charity led by supermodel and activist Cara Delevingne says the solution to the eco emergency lies in empowering people with nature skills

The Guardian - UK

‘Quite radical’: the feeling of exhaustion is key to tackling climate change, says author

Exhausted of the Earth author Ajay Singh Chaudhary says how we feel and the state of the earth are connected

Space

NASA radar images show stadium-sized asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby (photos)

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used a powerful Deep Space Network radar antenna to image asteroid 2008 OS7 as it spun harmlessly past Earth on Feb. 2, 2024.

LiveScience

Gargantuan sunspot that spit out the strongest solar flare in 6 years is now pointing 'almost directly' at Earth

Sunspot AR3590, which recently spit out three X-class solar flares in under 24 hours, has grown even larger and is now pointed almost directly at Earth, putting us in the crosshairs of more potential eruptions.

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