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The Moon is a constant in the night sky, but all is not actually as it seems. It turns out that scientists have discovered the Moon is drifting away from Earth, and it’s changing everything we thought we knew about our planet’s relationship with its only natural satellite. It’s also having a very real impact on the length of days on our planet – albeit at an incredibly slow rate. By moving away from Earth over the course of millions of years, the Moon is simultaneously making the length of the average day longer.A study by a team at the...

The Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth and it's beginning to impact us

Professor Brian Cox has come up with a hilarious reason as to why aliens haven't yet made contact with Earth.It all started when Cox turned to X/Twitter with his bemusement at how the 1977 interstellar probe Voyager could be fixed remotely from Earth. His tweet was met with some comedic responses, comparing it to modern-day problems. "Meanwhile, the printer that's 3 feet from my laptop won't connect," one person humoured, while another chimed in: "It is amazing, and with a tiny amount of power. If we could get that comms team working on train wifi." However, the physicist and musician...

Professor Brian Cox believes this is the reason we haven't yet heard from aliens

A giant explosion that shook part of Russia more than a century ago has never been categorically explained.And yet, some scientists believe that it could have been the result of a very close encounter with a mysterious form of black hole. The extraordinary blast occurred just after 7am on 30 June, 1908, above the Podkamennaya Tunguska river in what is now modern-day Siberia.Its force was estimated to have been equivalent to as much as 15 megatons of TNT, making it 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, as the Encyclopaedia Britannica notes.The...

Atom bomb-sized blast in Russia may have been caused by a black hole

The frozen continent of Antarctica is, paradoxically, a hotbed of volcanic activity.The ice-capped region is home to some 138 volcanoes nestled beneath the snow, 91 of which were discovered as recently as 2017.Whilst most of them are considered dormant or possibly extinct, three have erupted in recent history according to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program: Penguin Island in 1905; Deception Island in 1970, and Mount Erebus in 1972.The latter of these is arguably Antarctica’s most famous – winning the titles of tallest active volcano on the continent – with its summit standing at 12,448 feet (3,794 metres) – and...

Volcano in Antarctica spews out $6,000-worth of gold each day

Researchers using global robotic telescopes discovered an Earth-sized planet, SPECULOOS-3 b, orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf within the Milky Way. This planet, tidally locked and likely lacking an atmosphere due to intense radiation, offers new insights into long-lived red dwarfs, which are anticipated to be among the last stars burning in the universe.

New Earth-Sized Planet Discovered Orbiting a Star That Will Live 100 Billion Years

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A man found dead along with a woman at a house in Staffordshire has been named as a paramedic who starred in a Channel 4 TV show.Police have launched a murder inquiry after the pair were found dead in a house in Alpine Drive in Hednesford, Cannock, around 12.30pm on Tuesday.They have been named by police as 24-year-old Daniel Duffield, from nearby Cannock, and 22-year-old Lauren Evans, from Bridgend in South Wales.Mr Duffield was a paramedic for West Midlands Ambulance Service, and appeared in series 11 Channel 4’s 999: On the Frontline.His friend and colleague Ellie, who appeared alongside him...

Man found dead alongside woman is revealed to be paramedic who starred in Channel 4 show

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Astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona have taken a close-up picture of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io that rivals similar photos taken from space.

A telescope on Earth just took an unbelievable photo of Jupiter's moon

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Elon Musk has become wildly unpopular in recent years and months with many people as he has seemingly shifted to the far right on the political spectrum and began spreading conspiracy theories on his social media platform. And it seems that Musk’s haters have now taken to vandalizing some of his products.

World reacts to terrible Elon Musk news

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How ’bout them Cowboys? 

Netflix’s new docuseries about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders has already cracked the streamer’s vaunted Top 10 list. From director Greg Whiteley (Cheer, Last Chance U), America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders follows the 2023-24 squad from start to finish, giving fans unfiltered access into the wild ups and downs from auditions, training camp, and the regular season.

Becoming a member of the America’s Sweethearts squad is no easy feat. Hundreds of hopefuls compete, including many returning veteran candidates hoping to keep their spots, and when the music stops 44 cheerleaders are invited to training camp with 36 making...

Netflix’s ‘America’s Sweethearts’ Reveals That a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Makes About as Much as A Full Time Chick-fil-A Worker

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 A 43-year-old Australian avocado farmer found the fossilized remains of a pterosaur in the Australian outback that scientists now say is a new species of the prehistoric flying reptile which lived alongside the dinosaurs.Kevin Peterson, who reportedly also works as a curator at the Kronosaurus Korner Museum in Richmond, Australia, first discovered bones of the reptile in 2021. Paleontologists announced on Wednesday that the bones found in central Queensland were from a previously unknown species of pterosaur, a giant winged reptile that lived 100 million years ago.Mr Petersen, who has a deep interest in paleontology, found the bones while...

Avocado farmer’s discovery in Australian outback is new species of pterosaur, scientists say

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A crater in Siberia is expanding faster than anticipated due to climate change, scientists have discovered, saying it now poses problems for the surrounding habitat.  

The Batagaika slump, known as the “Gateway to Hell” and located in the freezing Yana Highlands, currently covers about 200 acres of land and can be seen in satellite images captured from space. 

The crater was first detected on images taken in 1991 and has been growing in both width and depth since that time as global warming causes permafrost (frozen soil sediment) to melt. 







Siberian tiger kills man who followed predator’s tracks after...

Siberia’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ is rapidly expanding in size, scientists discover

This planet is orbiting a small star approximately 40 light-years away. Two teams of scientists discovered a potentially habitable planet orbiting a small star approximately 40 light-years away. The exoplanet is called Gliese 12b, and its size is a bit smaller than Earth but larger than Venus. Orbiting a cool...

Scientists Have Found an Earth-Sized Planet that’s Potentially Habitable

You’ve heard of the red planet, and we live on the blue planet, but it turns out there may be a diamond planet, too.Mercury already holds the titles of smallest and fastest planet in our solar system (hence why it was named after the Roman god of speed) but it may also be a glittering treasure trove.New modelling suggests that the celestial body, which is the closest planet to the Sun, may be harbouring a layer of diamond beneath its crust that is kilometres thick.The theory formed thanks to NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, which spent 11 years orbiting Mercury and mapping...

Mercury may be coated in a layer of diamonds ‘kilometres thick’

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Business Insider

Scientists just released the first comprehensive survey of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the most dangerous earthquake-producing fault in the US.

Scientists finally think they know where the most dangerous part of this US earthquake zone is and it's bad news for Washington

Colorado State

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(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

"Rita the Rock Planter" should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

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The latest in a string of mysterious shiny, metal monolith structures was found Sunday in Colorado. Just days earlier one was found in Las Vegas.

Latest monolith found in Colorado: 'Maybe aliens trying to enhance their communications'

Two million years ago, an encounter with a cold cloud of gas and dust could have caused our planet's "protective giant bubble" to draw back, potentially cooling our planet, new research claims.

An encounter with 'something outside of the solar system' may have triggered an ice age on Earth

If you missed out on seeing the Northern Lights in the UK last month, you might be able to witness a "once-in-a-lifetime" event this summer.Scientists are saying that an "incredibly exciting" nova explosion of the binary star system T Corona Borealis is believed to take place in the upcoming months.The T Coronae Borealis lies within the Northern Crown constellation of the galaxy, and is 3,000 light years away from Earth.It's been almost 80 years since the T Coronae Borealis was visible from Earth, with the last sighting being 1946.The star system is made up of two types of stars -...

Star explosion seen once-in-a-lifetime set to light up sky

Two large asteroids are set to safely pass by Earth this week, arriving just before Asteroid Day on June 30, according to a new report from the European Space Agency (ESA). Although neither poses any danger to our planet, one of the asteroids was discovered only a week ago, underscoring the importance of enhancing our ability to detect potentially hazardous objects in the vicinity of our planet.

Two large asteroids will pass near Earth this week

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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NASA Rover Discovers Strange Stones, Never Before Seen on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a shortcut to steer clear of a path riddled with boulders — and stumbled into a field full of stones the...

NASA Rover Discovers Strange Stones, Never Before Seen on Mars

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