- The world banned CFCs and put the ozone layer on a path to recovery. Now thousands of dying satellites are introducing aluminium oxide nanoparticles into the upper atmosphere — particles scientists warn can catalyse the chlorine chemistry that destroys oz – Space Daily
- Oldest evidence of life on Earth has been discovered in India: A 3.4 billion-year-old layered rock shows – The Times of India
- ‘Exciting’ Earth-Like Planet Found Close To The Solar System – Forbes
- The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost – The Guardian
- NASA scientists found the Moon’s 18.6-year wobble will amplify ordinary high tides on U.S. coastlines starting in the mid-2030s — meaning some streets could start flooding on calm, sunny days for no visible reason – Space Daily
- Mars dirt looks deceptively ordinary, yet samples contain around 0.5% perchlorate salts that can disrupt the human thyroid — meaning the red dust astronauts track inside their habitat could be chemically toxic as well as annoyingly impossible to keep out. – Space Daily
- NASA Tests Featherweight Radar Antenna For SkyFall Mars Helicopters – Hackaday
- Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way – The Guardian
- NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory – Ars Technica
- Mysterious seafloor bones off Taiwan suggest Denisovans stood over 6-foot tall – Yahoo
- Researchers identify ‘Mega-Earth,’ prompting questions of how it formed – NewsNation
- NASA pulls off daring trick to keep Voyager 2 alive – Yahoo
- Scientists just found the fastest known star in the Milky Way. It zooms around our black hole at 15,500 miles per second – Space
- Dark Stars may have left gravitational-wave echoes across the universe – Phys.org
- NASA’s Swift telescope will plunge toward Earth after rescue mission called off – CBS News