3 h. ago SpaceX Starlink satellite 'tumbling' to Earth from space after rare 'anomaly'

SpaceX says it has lost contact with a Starlink satellite, which is now plunging towards Earth

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3 h. ago Starlink satellite is out of control and ‘tumbling’ to Earth

Any collision in orbit could have catastrophic consequences

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6 h. ago Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas will make its closest approach to Earth today

It’s just the third known interstellar object to cut through our solar system

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67 h. ago How to see 'alien spaceship' 3I/ATLAS yourself as it makes ‘closest approach’

The 14-billion-year-old comet has travelled through space changing colour from red to green to gold, and as Earth prepares for its closest brush on December 19, scientists say it could split apart

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3 d. ago Starlink satellites almost smash into Chinese ones, SpaceX says

Even a small collision in space could be potentially disastrous, experts have warned

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3 d. ago Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas will make its closest approach to Earth this week

The stray comet from another star is swinging past Earth

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4 d. ago Comet 3I/Atlas will make its closest approach to Earth this week after months

The stray comet from another star is swinging past Earth

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4 d. ago ‘Apocalyptically funny’: why The Mitchells vs the Machines is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers explaining their comfort watches is a celebration of 2021’s acclaimed animated adventureAnimation is a great way of allowing you to experience the world through the eyes of another, complete with the colour, energy, imagination and chaos that this can bring. It’s true whether you’re looking at the world from the perspective of a frustrated and talented teenage girl, or from that of a megalomaniacal rogue AI who dreams of blasting every human on Earth into space in tiny hexagonal pods (with free wifi!). Such is the chaotic and sensational combination of styles that fuels animated road-trip riot The Mitchells vs the Machines, a film that crams a father-daughter conflict, a techno-apocalypse, Olivia Colman, and every colour of the rainbow into a burnt-orange 1993 station wagon.Phil Lord and Christopher Miller produce with the same kind of free-spirited approach that characterised the likes of The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It’s...

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9 d. ago Fabric which changes colour in response to radiation to be sent into space

It will be launched from one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets in February.

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2 w. ago Space astronomy is under threat from ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites, scientists warn

Some satellites will soon have 96% of their pictures ‘contaminated’ by internet satellites, study finds

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2 w. ago Celebrity crib sheet: Katy Perry has spent all year in the headlines – here are the six things you need to know

She made a short, and much-ridiculed, trip to space. She tried to buy a house and fell foul of public opinion. And she’s found love, apparently, with Justin Trudeau. Time to get up to speed before this singer next hits the headlinesDo you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? No? Just Katy Perry then. Seven months since her sense-defying jaunt into space, life on planet Earth hasn’t let up for the embattled hitmaker. She’s back in the headlines this week, implied to be raiding the pockets of a “disabled veteran” while facing scrutiny for her somewhat inexplicable new romance with Justin Trudeau. Yes, that Justin Trudeau. Shall we?1. Perry wins in court, but loses onlineBy one metric, such as “relative to the rest of 2025”, this might have been a good week for Katy Perry. Since 2020, she has been embroiled in a legal battle against Carl Westcott, who sold her an eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom mansion in Montecito for $15m. Westcott then attempte...

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2 w. ago UN confirms observation of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes by our solar system

The mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through space towards Jupiter, and now the UN think the Earth's planetary defences might be about to catch a glimpse

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3 w. ago 'Closest view yet' of 3I/ATLAS 'alien spaceship' as it hurtles past Mars towards us

The mysterious interstellar object has sparked curiosity among experts and space enthusiasts alike because, unlike most comets we see from Earth, it was formed outside our solar system

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3 w. ago British space tech helps prevent satellite collisions in crowded orbit

Nottingham-based GMV UK has developed new software to help predict and prevent collisions between satellites orbiting Earth, where crowded space is making close calls increasingly common

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4 w. ago Is Avatar’s main villain about to become a good guy? All the signs are pointing that way

Will Quaritch, the square-jawed representative of military-industrial destruction befriend the Na’vi in James Cameron’s forthcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash? And if so, what other unlikely character about-turns should we be prepared for?It’s almost possible to feel a little sorry for Colonel Miles Quaritch, the main villain of Avatar. Imagine: first you’re sent light years from Earth to hang out with 14ft blue space hippies, then you’re suddenly dead. Then you’re resurrected as one of the 14ft blue space hippies. And now, according to James Cameron, you might just be starting to realise that the giant tree-hugging freaks you’ve spent two films trying to erase are your kind of people after all.Speaking to Empire in an interview last week, Cameron revealed that the Quaritch we will meet in the forthcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash (although still played by Stephen Lang) is no longer the same person we first saw stomping through the rainforest in the original 2009 film. Yes, he’s a “recombinant...

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4 w. ago Scientists reveal new details about ‘the most momentous event in the history of our planet’

The object that created the Moon by colliding with the Earth might also have been its neighbour, researchers suggest

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4 w. ago Not of this world: Mystery as NASA discovers ‘sculpted’ alien rock on surface of Mars

The rock is made out of elements also found in Earth’s core, the space agency says

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