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The smallest full moon of 2024 rises this weekend. Here's how to see the 'Snow Moon' at its best.

February's 'Snow Moon', the second full moon of 2024, will be the farthest from Earth this year and will appear the smallest in the sky when it rises on Saturday (Feb. 24).

LiveScience

Earth’s early evolution: fresh insights from rocks formed 3.5 billion years ago

Evidence is preserved in ancient volcanic and sedimentary rocks dating back to the Archaean age, between 4 billion and 2.5 billion years ago.

The Hindu

I discovered a way to identify the millions of species on Earth after a lightbulb moment in the supermarket

I developed DNA barcoding in my back yard using a UV light and a white sheet to collect the moths of my childhood. I believe it could help discover all life on the planet

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Private lunar lander returns U.S. to the moon 50 years later. Here's what to know

The Houston-based company has pulled off the first successful commercial landing on the lunar surface. It's America's first soft landing in decades.

WEKU

50 Pics That Show How Amazing Switzerland Is

Ah, Switzerland! One of the most gorgeous places on Earth and a top destination on many a traveler’s bucket list. The post 50 Pics That Show How Amazing Switzerland Is first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Scientists discover the anatomy behind the songs of baleen whales

Baleen whales use unique larynx structure to produce underwater vocalizations, facing challenges from human-made shipping noises.

The Hindu

Jim Ratcliffe’s vast petrochemical plant in Antwerp faces new legal challenge

Proposed Project One cracking plant is ‘hugely destructive’, says Client Earth

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‘Taking the pulse of the planet’: could we monitor biodiversity from space as we do the weather?

With current data on global biodiversity either lacking or flawed, a global satellite scheme aims to fill the gaps to target protection of our seas, soils and wildlife

The Guardian - UK

US Heads Back To The Moon -- With A Commercial Spaceship

One giant leap for the private sector? NASA paid Intuitive Machines $118 million to ship its hardware under a new initiative called Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), which it created to delegate trucking services to the private sector to achieve savings and stimulate a wider lunar economy.

International Business Times

A Brief History Of Famous Moon Landings -- And Failures

A spaceship built by a company in Texas is poised for lunar touchdown on Thursday, returning America to the Moon after more than five decades in what promises to be a historic first for the private sector.

International Business Times

An asteroid the size of a bus will fly near Earth on Feb. 22 — but don't worry (video)

A newfound asteroid the size of a bus will zoom close by Earth on Thursday (Feb. 22), but it shouldn't pose a threat to our planet.

Space

Old Earth-Observing Satellite ERS-2 Breaks Apart Over Pacific

Learn about the retirement and reentry of the ERS-2 satellite, highlighting responsible space practices.

Top News

Private Varda Space capsule returns to Earth with space-grown antiviral drug aboard

California startup Varda's first in-space manufacturing mission wrapped up on Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 21) with a touchdown of its capsule in northern Utah.

Space

5,000-pound European satellite burns up over Pacific Ocean after 30 years in orbit

Europe's ERS-2 climate satellite has burnt up over the Pacific Ocean in an uncontrolled reentry after 30 years in orbit. No damage from falling debris has been reported.

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Bus-sized European satellite crashes to Earth over Pacific Ocean

The European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite fell to Earth on Wednesday (Feb. 21), bringing an end to its nearly 30-year life in space.

Motor1

Here Are 12 More Abandoned Race Tracks Found On Google Earth

Motor1 readers flooded our inboxes with tips on old oval tracks, road courses, and drag strips. And we followed every lead.

Space

Scientists create 5 new isotopes to learn how neutron star collisions forge gold

Scientists have brought the stars 'down to Earth' by creating 5 new isotopes that could reveal how heavy elements like gold are created when neutron stars smash together.

Space

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is aiming for a crater near the moon's south pole. Here's why

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus mission is targeting a touchdown near the moon's south pole this week for a historic lunar landing. Why was this location chosen?

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Indigenous Colombians Fret As Sacred Mountain Glaciers Melt

In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains.

Space

Intuitive Machines' private Odysseus lander snaps 1st moon photo, enters lunar orbit

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander slipped into lunar orbit today (Feb. 21), setting up a historic touchdown attempt that will take place tomorrow afternoon (Feb. 22).

GamesRadar

Spawn marks its 350th issue with a new ruler of Hell and big changes to the record-breaking comic's status quo

The celebratory issue changes everything for Al Simmons

Evening Standard

When will the 'grandfather satellite' fall to Earth? Space debris to make 'uncontrolled' plunge

The ERS-2 satellite is returning to Earth after almost 29 years in space

Wallpaper

Jeff Koons’ art is about to land on the moon with Odysseus

‘Jeff Koons: Moon Phases’ is on the Odysseus lunar lander and due to make a giant, NFT leap for the artist when it lands on Thursday 22 February 2024

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Intuitive Machines' Odysseus Spacecraft Set To Land On Moon

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft is set to make a historic landing near the moon's south pole, a significant event in U.S. space exploration.

The Guardian - UK

Uncontrolled European satellite falls to Earth after 30 years in orbit

ERS-2 breaks up into pieces and plummets into the ocean after reentering Earth’s atmosphere

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