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HISTORICAL FACTS: 34 - Caught on Camera

48 Facts People Know Are True, But They Still Shock Them

Octopuses have three hearts. Bees daydream and think about their days just like we, humans, do. Our brains can also rewrite our memories, causing us to "remember" things differently. Those are just some of the interesting things people shared in one online thread where one netizen asked for the most…

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Chinese astronauts return after seven months in space

China's ‌Shenzhou-21 crew of three ‌astronauts have returned ‌to earth after nearly seven months ‌in ‌space ⁠and are in good health, state media reports say.

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3 astronauts from China return to Earth after nearly 7 months in space, a record for a Chinese crew

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending seven months in space

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Full Moon: Rare Blue micromoon to appear for last time until 2053

A Blue micromoon will peak on Sunday, with favourable weather offering a great chance to see the celestial coincidence

The Independent UK

Flight Path to Profits: American Airlines Bets on SpaceX

American Airlines is integrating high-speed Starlink satellite internet across its narrowbody fleet to capture the lucrative corporate travel market segment.

MarketBeat

'The Man Who Fell To Earth' at 50: Was David Bowie’s strange stranded alien his best role ever?

Maverick director Nicolas Roeg delivered a surreal sci-fi classic in 1976 that still resonates today.

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China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts returns to Earth after nearly 7 months in space

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending seven months in space

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Scientists just found a lost river world buried beneath Antarctica’s ice for 34 million years

Beneath nearly two kilometres of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, locked away since the continent froze over at least 34 million years ago, scientists have found something that changes the way researchers understand both Antarctica's distant past and its near-term future. Using ice-penetrating radar gathered across multiple airborne survey campaigns,…

The Times of India

Scientists used a method from ecology to identify whether icy moons could hold conditions for life

New observatories and spacecraft missions are probing environments in our solar system that could potentially host life but have long remained hidden. Icy moons like Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa likely contain oceans beneath frozen outer shells. But a layer of ice prohibits space probes from sampling them directly.

The Conversation

Fingal's Cave: Scotland's 'cave of melody' where eerie echoes bounce off pillars of solidified lava

Fingal's Cave is a hollow inside the Scottish island of Staffa that is characterized by massive, interlocking hexagonal columns of volcanic rock and astonishing acoustics.

LiveScience

Arrowhead takes another swing at Helldivers 2's long-standing performance issues with a patch to "help you stay on target when the battlefield gets chaotic"

"Super Earth's finest engineers have been hard at work"

GamesRadar

A fashion designer traveled to the "end of the Earth" – and captured this gripping, award-winning image with an 11-year-old DSLR

The composition and documentary storytelling of this immersive scene depicting two indigenous fishermen in the Russian Arctic carving through a frozen lake is visceral

Digital Camera World

In our 250th edition, we ask just how well the fight against climate change is really going

In this week’s newsletter: We began writing Down to Earth in 2021, but the global political, economic and environmental landscape has changed drastically in the past five years

The Guardian - UK

Climate shocks are pushing Gaza’s fragile systems ‘closer to collapse’, warns humanitarian expert

Climate adaptation should become an integrated part of aid efforts, as the cost of conflict and global warming collide, according to one expert.

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The Economic Times

Longest Total Solar Eclipse of the 21st century will last more than six minutes: Why the August 2027 celestial event is so rare

The rare total solar eclipse on August 2, 2027, is expected to become the longest total solar eclipse visible from land during the 21st century. Scientists say the eclipse will last unusually long because the Moon will be near perigee, making it appear larger in the sky. Countries including Spain,…

Times Life

5 Hindu Temples With Architecture No Modern Engineer Can Replicate

There is something deeply unsettling about standing in front of a structure that should not exist. Not haunted-unsettling. More like the feeling of realising the universe is older and stranger than you were taught. India has five such temples. Engineers have studied them. Scientists have measured them. And every single…

The Economic Times

How to watch the rare blue Micromoon: Date, timing and best viewing locations

A rare Blue Micromoon will appear on May 31, 2026, giving skywatchers a chance to witness one of the year’s most unusual lunar events. A Blue Moon refers to the second full moon within a calendar month, while a Micromoon occurs when the Moon reaches full phase near apogee, its…

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‘That Fruit Fly Has Won Five Nobel Prizes:’ Columbia Woman With a PhD on Bugs Explains Why on TikTok

Bugs aren’t the most pleasant creatures on earth—they bite, sting, or cause an itch. But someone has to study them. Dr. Megan Wilkerson, an entomologist, reacted to a woman on TikTok who was disgusted by her job. As bizzare as studying bugs may be, it’s a field that’s crucial for…

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Companies like SpaceX want electromagnetic catapults on the moon. Could they be used as weapons?

A new report stresses the strategic and security implications of placing mass drivers on the moon by arguing that these launchers could serve as valuable first strike weapons systems.

The Canberra Times

Canberra the 'last place on earth' I wanted to live. Then... it grew on me

From reluctant arrival to feminist pioneer, moving to Canberra changed everything.

Space

NASA is hatching a 'fast-paced plan' to boost this space telescope. But first, they'll have to find it

NASA is working hard to predict where in Earth orbit its Swift space telescope will be this fall, so that a private spacecraft can meet up with the observatory and boost its altitude.

Bangkok Post

Reinventing the hero narrative

It is not often that we get the chance to witness superhero content or speculative stories told from an Asian perspective. However, when such a project does emerge, it frequently presents a unique and entirely different viewpoint from Western media. We saw a prime example of this last year with…

Space

James Webb Space Telescope discovers a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. Scientists aren't sure how

Observations of "Little Red Dot" ancient galaxies by the James Webb Space Telescope could answer the question: which comes first, the black hole or its galaxy? The shocking answer could represent a complete paradigm shift.

France 24

Space race heats up between US, China as NASA lays out Moon base plans

NASA has unveiled its plans to send humans to the Moon, which include establishing a permanent presence on Earth's nearest satellite by the 2030s. It comes as China moves ahead with its own lunar ambitions, launching three astronauts into outer space. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Michelle L. D.…

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49 Times Being Lazy Accidentally Saved Someone’s Life

Making good decisions is hard! Usually, being proactive, quickly assessing outcomes, and thinking on your feet are virtues. However, there are important moments in many of our lives where being patient and reactive (read: lazy and procrastinative) might have protected us from some seriously bad luck and lots of pain.…

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