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Asteroid travelling at more than 40,000mph to reach its closest point to Earth today | Science & Tech News
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An asteroid is whipping past Earth today, travelling at more than 40,000 miles per hour. NASA says the asteroid will pass just 936,000 miles away from Earth, a relatively close-shave in space terms. It’s the closest the asteroid, known as 2024 MT-1, will come to the planet during its orbit around the sun – however,…
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Asteroid the size of a skyscraper to pass close to Earth today | Science & Tech News
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An asteroid the size of a skyscraper will pass close to the Earth today – cosmically speaking. The hulk of space rock is expected to soar within 1.7 million miles of our planet, but there’s no chance of it hitting us, NASA says. The space agency’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies estimates the asteroid…
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Japan hopes ‘moon sniper’ will complete ‘precision’ lunar landing today | Science & Tech News
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Japan hopes it is about to join an exclusive club of just four other nations that have successfully executed a “soft” landing on the moon. Its garden shed-sized Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, isn’t the biggest, or most ambitious robotic mission to our satellite – but it’s bidding to be the most precise…
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Phone scam warning: EE network issues urgent message to users today | Science & Tech News
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Millions of mobile phone users are being warned of potential text scams in the lead-up to Christmas, peaking today on what is being dubbed “Super Saturday”. The BT-owned EE network has said cyber criminals could try to take advantage of the busy last-minute shopping period to issue delivery-style scams, suggesting parcels are waiting to be…
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Elon Musk set for Downing Street talks with Rishi Sunak today after AI safety summit | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk will head to Downing Street for talks with Rishi Sunak today following the prime minister’s AI safety summit. The billionaire owner of SpaceX and Tesla jetted in for the event at Bletchley Park, which began on Wednesday with attending countries backing an agreement on the need to manage risks posed by the technology.…
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Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight launches today – here’s what you need to know | Science & Tech News
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Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight launches today, blasting a former Olympian and mother-daughter duo above the Earth. It follows the company’s inaugural commercial trip earlier this summer, when three Italian citizens were taken into low orbit for scientific research experiments. Thursday’s take-off is billed as a recreational endeavour, with some crewmates winning their seats…
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Oppenheimer: The ‘destroyer of worlds’ who built the atomic bomb – and how his legacy still impacts us today | Science & Tech News
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Each time Vladimir Putin raises the spectre of nuclear confrontation, the trail ultimately leads back to one man. Eighty years before the Russian president invaded Ukraine, and brought the potential of such weapons back to mainstream attention, J Robert Oppenheimer was recruited to lead a team that would construct the world’s first atomic bombs. Ukraine…
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Reddit blackout: Thousands of communities are doing dark today – here’s why | Science & Tech News
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Some of Reddit’s most popular communities are going dark today in protest against “ludicrous” pricing changes. The platform’s main subreddits for gaming, which has more than 37 million members; music, which has 32.3 million; and r/todayilearned, a page dedicated to sharing facts with 31.8 million users are among those shutting down. Pages dedicated to specific…
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Emergency alert test happens today – here’s everything you need to know | Science & Tech News
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Tens of millions of phones will receive an emergency alert today as the government tests the system nationwide for the first time. At 3pm, a distinct sound and vibration will be accompanied by a message telling people a new service has launched that will “warn you if there’s a life-threatening emergency nearby”. It will last…
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Elon Musk sets low expectations for SpaceX’s debut launch of Starship today | Science & Tech News
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SpaceX will launch its Starship rocket system for the first time today. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued Elon Musk‘s company with a licence to put its most powerful rocket system through its paces, saying it met all safety and environmental requirements. The Starship rocket is due to blast off for its debut orbital…