Harry is a U.K.-based senior staff writer at Live Science. He studied marine biology at the University of Exeter before training to become a journalist. He covers a wide range of topics including space exploration, planetary science, space weather, climate change, animal behavior and paleontology. His recent work on the solar maximum won "best space submission" at the 2024 Aerospace Media Awards and was shortlisted in the "top scoop" category at the NCTJ Awards for Excellence in 2023. He also writes Live Science's weekly Earth from space series.
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Fragments of ancient alien tech may litter the moon — and scientists have a plan to find themResearchers propose that tiny technological remnants left over from extinct alien civilizations could have landed on the moon after traveling through interstellar space. It may not take long to find them, the team claims.
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The moon may have formed in just 5 hours, new simulations suggestNovel simulations that reassessed the ancient collision between Earth and the protoplanet Theia suggest that the moon could have emerged from the aftermath of this impact much more quickly than scientists previously thought.
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25 years ago, a NASA astronaut captured this haunting photo of the 9/11 attacksEarth from space During the Sept. 11 attacks, NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson — the only American not on Earth at the time — snapped a "sobering" shot of smoke pouring across New York City as the second tower fell.
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Blue Origin rocket explosion sent sound waves 1,000 miles across the USWhen a New Glenn rocket blew apart at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May, it released ultra-low-frequency sound waves that reached as far as Texas. Researchers estimate that the blast was roughly equivalent to the Chernobyl reactor explosion of 1986.
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Ghostly green lakes merge in Australian outback after 2 years of heavy rainEarth from space A 2024 satellite photo shows a series of ephemeral lakes that merged into a single emerald structure in Australia's Northern Territory following two years of extreme rainfall.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend. When will we see its first photos?The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sunday morning (Aug. 30). The state-of-the-art spacecraft will help astronomers study exoplanets, distant galaxies, dark matter and much more.
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Rare sunlight trick transforms Pacific island into a giant silver 'magnifying glass'Earth from space A 2023 astronaut photo captured a "sunglint" illuminating the sea surrounding one of the Solomon Islands. The rare phenomenon also transformed the Pacific's largest lake into a shining silver "lens."
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Scientists finally know why astronauts struggle to poop in space — and reveal a hidden risk of long-haul spaceflightA new NASA-backed study has pinpointed why astronauts often experience constipation in space and how that might affect their health on long-haul missions to Mars and beyond.
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Black hole star? Solar-system-size 'dot' from the early universe is our best evidence yet of a brand-new type of cosmic objectThe James Webb Space Telescope has identified the most promising candidate yet for a black hole star, lurking 660 million years after the Big Bang. The hypothetical entity, which shines 100 billion times brighter than a typical star, could shed light on the origins of the mysterious "little red dots."
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Giant underwater plume blasts into swirling cloud 'street' in the East China SeaEarth from space A recent satellite photo captured a series of clouds sculpted by von Kármán vortices from a volcano on South Korea's Jeju Island. A giant multicolor plume, ejected by China's Yangtze River, is also visible in the image.
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Explosive 'Mountain of God' spits out world's fastest-flowing lavaEarth from space A 2020 astronaut photo shows the unique structure of Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active stratovolcano in Tanzania that was recently adorned with a bright white "ash cone." The explosive peak produces a rare type of lava that is unusually cool but travels remarkably quickly.
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First photos of SpaceX lunar rocket crash show blackened hole torn into the moon's surfaceNew images from South Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter reveal where a runaway SpaceX rocket part slammed into the moon on Wednesday.
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World's highest frozen lake shatters along disputed border between China and IndiaEarth from space A 2024 astronaut photo shows the icy surface of Pangong Lake breaking apart in the lofty Tibetan Plateau. The point where the ice meets the water almost perfectly matches a disputed border between China and India.
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Chinese rocket struck by lightning moments after launch in front of packed crowd (video)A Long March 3B rocket was struck by lightning in front of a packed crowd, around 30 seconds after lifting off from a Chinese spaceport. Despite this, the spacecraft survived its ascent and successfully deployed its payload in orbit.
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Colossal scars of 60 million-year-long continental collision streak across warped mountains in PakistanEarth from space A 2011 satellite photo shows off an "imbricate fan" of alternating rocks in Pakistan's Sulaiman Range. The striking structure formed along the boundary of two tectonic plates that have long been locked in a geological tug-of-war.
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