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When rift lakes dry up it can cause earthquakes and eruptions
Lake Turkana in Kenya, known as the cradle of humanity, has shrunk in recent millennia – and the loss of water has led to increased seismic activity, which could have impacted our ancient ancestors
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AI power use forecast finds the industry far off track to net zero
Several large tech firms that are active in AI have set goals to hit net zero by 2030, but a new forecast of the energy and water required to run large data centres shows they’re unlikely to meet those targets
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AI power use forecast finds the industry far off track to net zero
Several large tech firms that are active in AI have set goals to hit net zero by 2030, but a new forecast of the energy and water required to run large data centres shows they’re unlikely to meet those targets
Categories: Astronomy
Mysterious holes in Andean mountain may be an Inca spreadsheet
Thousands of holes arranged in a snake-like pattern on Monte Sierpe in Peru could have been a monumental accounting device for trade and tax
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Mysterious holes in Andean mountain may be an Inca spreadsheet
Thousands of holes arranged in a snake-like pattern on Monte Sierpe in Peru could have been a monumental accounting device for trade and tax
Categories: Astronomy
'I'll be damned if that's the story we write': Acting NASA Administrator Duffy vows not to lose moon race to China
'Wake up and ask yourself, 'Is what I'm doing helping us get back to the moon?' … If it's not, stop doing it.'
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SpaceX launches powerful satellite to orbit for Indonesian telecom company
It was the 114th Falcon 9 mission of 2025 already.
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Astronomers finally find elusive, dust-shrouded supermassive black holes at ‘Cosmic Dawn’
"This shows how effective the approach of 'Discover with Subaru Telescope, explore with James Webb' can be."
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108 million degrees! Solar flares are far hotter than thought, study suggests
The new finding may solve an "astrophysics mystery that has stood for nearly half a century."
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James Webb Space Telescope studies a 'failed star' named 'The Accident' to solve an old mystery of Jupiter and Saturn
"Sometimes it's the extreme objects that help us understand what's happening in the average ones."
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Sun dogs, rainbows and glories are celestial wonders – and they may appear in alien skies too
These celestial wonders can tell us a lot about the state of the atmosphere at home on Earth as well as on other planets.
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Infrared instruments could spot exotic ice on other worlds
Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new laboratory experiments.
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James Webb Space Telescope images enormous star shooting out twin jets 8 light-years long
The beams hint at the true scale of the massive star that spawned them.
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SpaceX Starlink satellite photobombs orbital view of secret Chinese air base (photo)
"Capturing another satellite like this in an Earth-observation image is extremely rare."
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Hubble telescope spies glowing galaxy in a cosmic 'Crane' | Space photo of the day for Sept. 11, 2025
Though NGC 7456 looks like a modest spiral galaxy, new Hubble and XMM-Newton observations reveal a bustling system with star-forming regions and an active core.
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Did NASA's Perseverance rover actually find evidence of life on Mars? We need to haul its samples home to find out, scientists say
"The idea was for our payload to get us just up to the potential biosignature designation and have the rest of the story told by instruments here on Earth."
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Watch Russia launch 2.8 tons of cargo toward the ISS today
Liftoff is scheduled for 11:54 a.m. ET today (Sept. 11).
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SpaceX buys $17 billion worth of satellite spectrum to beef up Starlink broadband service
SpaceX promises a step change in performance for cell phone users around the world.
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Scientists find evidence of flowing water on Ryugu’s ancient parent asteroid. 'It was a genuine surprise!'
"This forces us to rethink the starting conditions for our planet’s water system."
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Can we safely deflect a killer asteroid without making it worse? Only if we avoid the gravitational 'keyhole,' scientists say
Depending on where you smack a planet-threatening asteroid, it might ricochet back to Earth.
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