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Earth is fighting a laser duel with the exploding Carina Nebula

Eta Carinae has been exploding for nearly 200 years, and now we’re firing lasers at it. Four orange laser beams blaze through the Milky Way while an angry purple nebula transfixes us with its death-stare. Happily (or sadly, depending on how much news you’ve consumed...

Giant space rock twice the size of Big Ben to skim past Earth tonight

Scientists say the behemoth measures between 96 and 210 metres in diameter. A massive space rock twice the size of Big Ben will hurtle past Earth tonight, say NASA boffins. The asteroid, dubbed 2020 WD5, will zoom by us shortly before 8.30pm. Scientists say the behemoth measures between...

Are we not the only Earth out there?

You stand in a perpetual sunset, beneath an eerie, reddish-orange sky laced with thin clouds. At the edge of a vast sea, solid ground rises slowly from the water, giving way to lowlands covered in vegetation. The plants bask in temperatures reaching 40 degrees Fahrenheit...