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NASA’s PUNCH mission can now accurately predict when solar storms will hit Earth
NASA’s PUNCH mission has demonstrated it can accurately forecast when solar storms will strike Earth, marking a major step forward in space weather prediction. Using continuous imagery from its constellation of four microsatellites, the mission tracked a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun and predicted its arrival time on Earth to within half an…
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Big Walk’s Most Important Feature Is Getting Patched
Big Walk is here, and it’s already earning a reputation for being a delightfully offbeat third space for friends to inhabit. It’s a massive game, and as players have discovered, it does have a slight microphone problem currently–one that developer House House is working on fixing. “We understand that some people are having a problem…
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What can scientists learn from a stray SpaceX rocket hitting the Moon?
A discarded upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have struck the Moon near the Einstein crater on Wednesday, creating an accidental impact that scientists are treating as a valuable research opportunity. Because researchers already know the object’s exact size, speed and point of impact, the collision effectively becomes a controlled…
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Suspects in deadly Connecticut home invasion arrested in attack that rocked beach town
A suspect wanted in connection with a fatal home invasion in a coastal Connecticut beach town has been arrested in New York after a two-month manhunt. The arrest, made by US Marshals, brings a measure of resolution to a violent crime that had unsettled the seaside community where it took place. Ivan Barias-Florimon, 24, was…
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Lisa O’Neill performs at Glen Hansard’s funeral, three years after they paid tribute at farewell to Shane MacGowan
Lisa O’Neill performed a rendition of ‘Old Note’ at Glen Hansard’s funeral at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, joined by former Frames members Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Joseph Doyle and Michael Buckley. The moment echoed 2023, when O’Neill and Hansard performed the same song together at Shane MacGowan’s memorial. Hansard, the Oscar-winning Once star and…
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How Manvers went from well-groomed community to riot-zone in the space of hours
I’m unable to access the article content — the page is JavaScript-gated (Cloudflare challenge), WebFetch was blocked with a 403 error, and I don’t have permission to use WebSearch to find the story elsewhere. Given the headline, this appears to relate to the August 2024 disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Rotherham (near…
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Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie review – plucky pups do their thing on Jurassic-style island
The Guardian’s review of Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie delivers a sharply critical verdict on the latest big-screen outing for the popular children’s animated franchise. The film sends the pup rescue team – Chase, Marshall, Skye, Rocky, Rubble and Zuma – on a mission to save a yacht-bound family before a storm strands them on…
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Single-sex spaces code comes in force more than year after Supreme Court ruling
Single-sex toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards and refuges must be used based on a person’s birth sex, not the gender with which they identify
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Asian shares jump on AI trade revival despite SpaceX, AMD setbacks, as oil prices dip – business live
Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday as investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence stocks returned, even as SpaceX shares fell following its first earnings report since going public and AMD faced its own setbacks. The rally came alongside a dip in oil prices, with Brent crude trading below $80 a barrel amid hopes for an interim…