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Landsat at 50: How satellites revolutionized the way we see – and protect – the natural world

Fifty years ago, U.S. scientists launched a satellite that dramatically changed how we see the world.

The Conversation

Extreme weather is Earth's 'chorus of anguish', Pope says

Pope Francis on Thursday called on world leaders to heed the Earth's "chorus of cries of anguish" stemming from climate change, extreme weather and loss of biodiversity.

Reuters

With Opposition absent, Lok Sabha defers debate on Antarctic Bill

Minister for Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh wanted the Opposition to take part in the debate

The Hindu

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Artemis I moon mission launch dates released by NASA

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA is finally set to launch the Artemis I rocket in the first step to return humans to the moon.

Orlando Sentinel

The wonders and terrors of modern technology evoke the ancient concept of the sublime, and present us with a choice

In recent weeks the world has been awed by the first series of colour images to emerge from the James Webb Space Telescope. A celestial concert, the images of swirling galaxies and conflagrations of gas presented an unprecedented view of the early cosmos. US President Joe Biden spoke of the…

The Conversation

A micrometeoroid damages James Webb

Astronomers anticipated that micrometeoroids would hit the telescope, but the damage caused so far was unexpected

Salon

How much did NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope cost?

The telescope’s development process cost $10 billion over 17 years.

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Strike! Webb report reveals extent of damage from unexpectedly large micrometeor

One of the James Webb Space Telescope's mirror segments suffered unexpected damage from a piece of space dust. Will there be more?

Inverse

Megalodon sharks ruled the oceans millions of years ago – new analyses of giant fossilized teeth are helping scientists unravel the mystery of their extinction

Millions of years ago, giant sharks three times larger than today’s great whites stalked the world’s ocean. They’re long gone now, but occasionally, someone walking on a beach spots an odd triangular shape in the sand. On closer inspection, they realize it’s a fossilized tooth as large as a human…

The Conversation

Inspector Morse code will tell you when you’re old

The Guardian - UK

The Artemis I Moon mission finally has a launch window — NASA

NASA has used the anniversary of the July 20, 1969 moonwalk to announce tentative launch dates for the first major stage of a mission designed to put human boots on the Moon again.

Inverse

Will penguins survive climate change? Their past may reveal the answer

Penguins may have evolved in response to ancient climate shifts, providing scientists with clues about how well they may adapt to a changing climate today.

Inverse

Solar storm to hit Earth's magnetic field on July 21

Something is happening to the sun. One of the regions of the solar atmosphere currently exhibiting sunspots caught the attention of observatories on July 11, when there was a sudden increase in ultraviolet and X-ray brightness. The next ones to notice were the amateur radio communities on either side of…

The Conversation

A new fossil discovery reveals a little more about arthropod evolution

Paleontology is undergoing a new renaissance. Since the mid-20th century, genomics has become the main focus of evolutionary biology. But the last few decades have shown how the study of fossils can complement genomic data and improve our understanding of the history of life on Earth.

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The UK hit 40 degrees for first time. It’s a stark reminder of the deadly heat awaiting Australia

The heat in Europe is yet another sign that changes in Earth’s climate have reached dangerous levels. Australia must brace for even deadlier temperatures.

Daily Mirror

Secret military base missing from Google Earth with 22 of the deadliest nuclear bombs

The airbase is home to 22 US nuclear bombs that are each four times the capacity of those dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945

Daily Mirror

Secret feuds and rifts that almost ruined the historic first Moon landing

Both Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin wanted to be the first man to set foot on the Moon, and they competed with each other for the accolade, as historian Jim Donovan wrote in his book Shoot For The Moon.

The Independent UK

The Chainsmokers are set to perform a concert in the edge of space

‘We have always dreamed of going to space,’ Drew Taggart and Alex Pall said

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The Independent UK

Scientists are growing billions of stem cells on the ISS to help humans travel to other planets

Scientists are shooting stem cells into space, hoping to make discoveries that help people on Earth

Daily Mirror

Buzz Aldrin became alcoholic and had 'no sense of calling' after moon landing

Buzz Aldrin publicly battled alcoholism and had 'no sense of calling' after returning from the very first moon landing in 1969

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bacteria from US Soil to be Used in Space Agriculture Experiments

Researchers have taken a tiny piece of soil from the city of Prosser, in Washington state to dispatch it with some of its “inhabitants” to space, which actually happened last week. The soil and its inhabitants of bacteria blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.…

Daily Mirror

All you need to know about the causes of 'heat dome' Death Valley-style UK heatwave

John Grant, Climate Lecturer at Sheffield University, explains why the UK experienced such a brutal heatwave which saw Britain reach its highest ever temperatures

The Guardian - US

Out of this world: Guardian writers on their favourite movies with aliens

To celebrate the release of Jordan Peele’s new UFO thriller Nope, critics have picked their top films about extra terrestrials

The Conversation

The UK just hit 40℃ for the first time. It's a stark reminder of the deadly heat awaiting Australia

A severe heatwave in Western Europe is shattering temperature records – including in the United Kingdom, where temperatures exceeded 40℃ on Tuesday for the first time on record.

The Conversation

How not to solve the climate change problem

When politicians talk about reaching “net zero” emissions, they’re often counting on trees or technology that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air. What they don’t mention is just how much these proposals or geoengineering would cost to allow the world to continue burning fossil fuels.

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