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Climate negotiators urged to reach a consensus on curbing warming as COP28 talks near crunch time

Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options and agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming as the clock runs down on United Nations climate talks and the summit’s president is determined to finish up talks by Tuesday

The Independent UK

The best meteor shower of the year is almost here

Here's how you can maximise your chance at seeing the meteors.

The Canberra Times

Earth Mama review – Savanah Leaf’s outstanding debut about single motherhood

US rapper Tia Nomore excels as a woman facing an impossible situation in Leaf’s bleak yet defiant Bifa award-winning drama

The Guardian - UK

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Geminid meteor shower 2024 reaches its photography peak tonight!

Everything you need to know for photographing the Geminid meteor shower in December 2024

Digital Camera World

Constellation: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know

Constellation on Apple TV Plus is a sci-fi thriller starring starring Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks.

WhatToWatch

Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet

Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Story MFG’s new perfume captures the scent of rain

Story MFG, the Brighton-based slow fashion brand, has released two evocative debut scents

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An asteroid will eclipse the puzzling red star Betelgeuse on Dec. 11

Betelgeuse, one of the most recognizable stars in the night sky, will disappear for several seconds in a rare asteroid occultation on the evening of Dec. 11.

Space

India's Aditya-L1 solar observatory captures 1st gorgeous views of the sun (images)

An instrument onboard India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured beautiful images of the sun earlier this week.

Space

Halley's Comet begins its return journey to Earth Saturday

Halley's Comet is predicted to reach its farthest point from the sun on Dec. 9, beginning a 38-year journey toward Earth that culminates in 2061.

LiveScience

That’s no moon! Scientists doubt proposed detection of the 1st exomoons

Scientists aren't sure whether humanity really detected moons outside the solar system.

Space

Halley's Comet begins its 38-year journey back toward Earth tonight

On Friday, Dec. 8, Halley's Comet reaches its farthest point from the sun and begins its journey back through the solar system.

Space

OPINION - Teenagers’ vapes are a scented menace: ban them

How on earth did vaping become the hottest new accessory for Gen Z? They’re quite literally everywhere. Buses, Tubes, dance floors, offices, pubs — name any public space, and chances are a cloud of sickeningly sweet smoke has assaulted your nose, followed by a nauseating flash of a cartoonishly colourful…

Evening Standard

Colliding space junk makes 'noise' that could be heard from Earth

Weird effects of space junk collisions could help researchers detect dangerous, hard-to-see orbital clutter.

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The Conversation

Frozen methane under the seabed is thawing as oceans warm – and things are worse than we thought

Buried beneath the oceans surrounding continents is a naturally occurring frozen form of methane and water. Sometimes dubbed “fire-ice” as you can literally set light to it, marine methane hydrate can melt as the climate warms, uncontrollably releasing methane – a potent greenhouse gas – into the ocean and possibly…

The Conversation

The disagreement between two climate scientists that will decide our future

Getting to net zero emissions by mid-century is conventionally understood as humanity’s best hope for keeping Earth’s surface temperature (already 1.2°C above its pre-industrial level) from increasing well beyond 1.5°C – potentially reaching a point at which it could cause widespread societal breakdown.

Space

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 5 review: A new asteroid heading for Mars puts a rocket under the season

A new body in the Solar System starts a multi-trillion-dollar gold rush, while the shockwaves from a certain someone's departure continue to resonate on Mars.

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Apollo 11 Astronaut’s Spacesuit Hits Auction Block

Michael Collins' iconic NASA flight suit among rare artifacts in descending-price 'Dutch Auction'

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The Hindu

Controversial claims about extinct humans are stirring up evolution research

Some scientists have argued the small-brained H. naledi buried their dead in Rising Star Cave in South Africa more than 240,000 years ago, and may also have decorated the cave walls with engravings. But not all are convinced

Space

US Space Force plans global radar to 'identify emerging threats' in distant Earth orbit

The United States, United Kingdom and Australia signed an agreement to develop a deep space radar capability to keep an eye on what's happening in geosynchronous orbit.

Space

Strange underground polygons on Mars hint at Red Planet's wet past

Buried dozens of meters under the equator of Mars is a large honeycomb pattern similar to, but much larger than, those found only near Earth's frigid poles.

The Guardian - UK

Nasa hands over control as new era of moon missions readies for lift-off

Peregrine first in series involving private spacecraft as conflict between scientific and commercial lunar interests looms

The Hindu

Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation

Astronomers discovered a massive planet, more than 13 times heavier than Earth, around a cool, dim red star, nine times less massive than Earth’s Sun, earlier this year.

Space

Why is there so much military interest in the moon?

The United States' use of military agencies such as DARPA to develop emerging technologies for the moon could be sending a wrong message.

Salon

How to juice energy from a black hole

It's possible to extract energy from primordial black holes, experts say — if they actually exist

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