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James Webb Space Telescope peers into a dying star surrounded by mysterious buckyballs: 'The structures we're seeing now are breathtaking'

The James Webb Space Telescope captured the first detailed images of planetary nebula Tc 1, revealing new details of what happens after a sun-like star dies.

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Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go

Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again.

The Conversation

Chernobyl’s wildlife: the real story isn’t the presence of radiation – it’s the absence of humans

“Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds.”

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The Most Painful Deaths Explained by Science

There are few topics that trigger as much curiosity, fear, and uncomfortable fascination as death, not because it is rare, but because it is inevitable, and while most people hope for a peaceful end, science makes one thing very clear: not all deaths are experienced the same way. Some occur…

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Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation campaign over nuclear disaster

On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were conducting a safety test. Doomed by a fatal design flaw and pushed to the limit by human negligence, reactor 4 exploded amid an attempted shutdown during a routine procedure, setting off a chain of events that ultimately…

The Conversation

PHOTO ESSAY: AP photographer chronicles Chernobyl’s painful legacy of silence, sacrifice and danger

Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the explosion and fire struck the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, about a two-hour drive away. He has visited the plant and the “exclusion zone” around it dozens of times. He recalls…

The Independent UK

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, its legacy still resonates

The explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens.

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Research at Chernobyl and Fukushima shows how radioactive materials move in the environment

When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more complex. Radioactive materials move, change and sometimes disappear faster than people expect.

The Conversation

40 years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl

In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious.

The Conversation

Chernobyl could face 'catastrophic' collapse as repairs stall following Russian drone strike

Failure to repair the protective structure around the nuclear site could unleash 'highly radioactive dust' that 'does not recognise borders', experts warn.

Euronews

New tech can see a CPU's transistors in action — terahertz radiation can potentially steal data as a chip is running

Researchers have discovered a way of probing a microchip processor's individual transistors while it is working with terahertz radiation.

Tom’s Hardware

29 Medical Devices From The Past That Might Make You Grateful For Modern Healthcare (New Pics)

Modern medicine helps us stay healthy and recover from illnesses that once had no cure. But getting here took centuries of experimentation, and not every method along the way was reassuring. In fact, some were the exact opposite. As medicine evolved through trial and error, plenty of strange devices were…

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A worst-case solar storm could knock out satellites, GPS and power grids, report warns

Scientists outline how a once-in-a-century solar storm could disrupt the technology modern society depends on.

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‘The deadliest blob on Earth’: Why Chornobyl’s 2000-kilogram Elephant’s Foot still can’t be destroyed

Beneath the ruins of Reactor 4 at Chornobyl, there is a hidden but very dangerous nuclear mass called the Elephant's Foot. The mass is made of Corium, a mixture of molten lava, including uranium, zirconium, and concrete, created by the 1986 disaster. The radiation levels were so high that a…

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Mutual aid and self-sufficiency are key to life near USSR’s contaminated nuclear test zone in Kazakhstan

About a year into my field research in Kazakhstan, I went to the city of Kurchatov, once the secret command center of the Soviet nuclear program, to make some photocopies. On the ground floor of an apartment building I found a store whose owner had a copy machine as well…

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Can human-based space exploration still be meaningful?

In today’s newsletter: Far from Earth and out of contact, the four‑person crew of Artemis II continues a journey designed to test endurance and the limits of deep‑space exploration

Tom’s Hardware

Researchers build Wi-Fi chip that can operate inside a nuclear reactor — receiver uses special materials and design to withstand high doses of radiation for at least six months

This hardened Wi-Fi receiver is designed to work for at least six months in some of the most radioactive spaces on earth.

Space

Pulsars to the extreme: Spinning dead stars found blasting radio signals from the 'edge of their magnetic reach'

Astronomers have discovered that rapidly spinning extreme dead stars or pulsars push it to the edge, blasting out radio signals from their extremities.

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The Independent UK

How the Ministry of Justice knowingly exposed hundreds to cancer-causing gas in Dartmoor prison

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive: In the midst of a growing prison overcrowding crisis, men were piled into HMP Dartmoor. Officials had been warned parts of the ageing Victorian prison were filled with dangerous levels of a toxic gas linked to 1,100 lung cancer deaths each year. But in its desperate scramble…

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Experts Say These 10 Steps Could Save Your Life After a Nuclear Blast

Nuclear explosions sound like something out of a sci-fi blockbuster, but the terrifying truth is that they aren’t confined to fiction. The sheer scale of energy released in a nuclear blast can wipe out entire neighborhoods in seconds, and the invisible aftermath of radiation can linger long after the fireball…

LiveScience

Astronauts can face 'nearly lethal doses' of solar radiation — so why launch Artemis II during the sun's peak of activity? Space scientist Patricia Reiff explains.

NASA's Artemis II flight around the moon will expose astronauts to space weather. Space scientist Patricia Reiff tells Live Science how solar flares and radiation will impact the lunar mission.

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What do scientists hope to learn from NASA's historic Artemis 2 moon flyby?

Here's what's on the experiment roster for the Artemis 2 moon mission.

Euronews

Securing Iran's highly-enriched uranium stockpiles could prove risky, experts say

Experts, analysts and former US government officials say Washington's alleged plans to deploy ground units to Iran to retrieve uranium stockpiles could expose personnel to potential attacks, radiation and chemical risks.

The Conversation

Could a solar storm derail the Artemis II mission?

Every mission to deep space is fraught with danger. A hardware failure during launch, an equipment malfunction far from Earth, or a small space rock hitting the vehicle are all scenarios astronauts will train for.

The Independent UK

The high risks involved in seizing Iran’s hidden uranium stockpile

Trump is reportedly mulling sending in ground troops. Here’s what could happen

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