Humanity’s only active Venus orbiter, Japan’s Akatsuki is no more…

Japanese Space agency JAXA officially announced conduct of the termination procedure of their Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” (PLANET-C) on Thursday, September 18th, 2025, thereby ending humanity’s only active Venus-circling probe’s operations. Akatsuki was launched…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #earth #JapaneseSpaceagencyJAXA #news #Venus
https://www.alojapan.com/1372711/humanitys-only-active-venus-orbiter-japans-akatsuki-is-no-more/

Scientists discovered that #spiders can "balloon" by using #Earth's electromagnetic field to propel silk threads, allowing them to travel long distances without wind. Darwin first observed this phenomenon in the 1830s, but it took until 2018 for researchers to prove that spiders charge their silk and use it like tiny aircraft in the planet's electrical field.

https://baynature.org/2025/09/18/how-spiders-fly/

Oh wow, revolutionary news: #maps can be rotated! In a shocking twist, the article presents the groundbreaking concept that the #earth is not, in fact, #flat, and maps can be viewed with different orientations. Who knew that #cartography could be so... versatile?
https://www.maps.com/this-map-is-not-upside-down/ #revolution #earth #orientation #HackerNews #ngated

https://www.alojapan.com/1372711/humanitys-only-active-venus-orbiter-japans-akatsuki-is-no-more/ Humanity’s only active Venus orbiter, Japan’s Akatsuki is no more… #earth #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseSpaceAgencyJAXA #news #Venus Japanese Space agency JAXA officially announced conduct of the termination procedure of their Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” (PLANET-C) on Thursday, September 18th, 2025, thereby ending humanity’s only active Venus-circling probe’s operations. Akatsuki was launched from Japan’s Tanegashima Space

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A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth

the Earth you walk on today might not be the same planet that was born 4.5 billion years…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #Earth #Geology #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/152150/

APOD from 2025-09-18

#Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN), discovered on Sep 11, reached perihelion a day later. Spotted by SOHO's SWAN instrument, it appeared bright despite the Sun's glare. Captured near star Spica on Sep 17, it's visible post-sunset from the southern hemisphere and will be closest to #Earth around Oct 20.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250918.html#space #astronomy #planet

#Scientists find quasi-#moon orbiting the #Earth for the last 60 years—and it's not the first one

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-scientists-quasi-moon-orbiting-earth.html

Solar storms set to batter Earth sparking blackouts and Northern Lights as NASA warns the sun is ‘waking up’

Our sun has unexpectedly begun to ramp up its activity, which could lead to more severe solar storms…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #AU #Australia #California #dailymail #Earth #ElonMusk #NASA #sciencetech
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/150699/

Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide - Governments worldwide are implementing heat protection laws as 2.4 billion workers... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/192234/extreme-heat-spurs-new-laws-aimed-at-protecting-workers-worldwide?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

Darkest Nights Are Getting Lighter - Light pollution now doubles every eight years globally as LED adoption accelerates... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/187256/darkest-nights-are-getting-lighter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

Study co-led by ICN2 reveals that #ice is a #flexoelectric material meaning it can produce #electricity when unevenly deformed. Published in Nature Physics, this discovery could have major technological implications while also shedding light on natural phenomena such as #lightning. Frozen water is one of the most abundant substances on #Earth. It is found in #glaciers, on #mountain peaks and in #polar ice caps. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-scientists-ice-generates-electricity-bent.html

Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low https://www.nasa.gov/earth/arctic-sea-ice-2025-low/ #NASA #Earth #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #IceGlaciers #ICESat2IceCloudAndLandElevationSatellite2

Corals Won't Survive a Warmer Planet, a New Study Finds - If global temperatures continue rising, virtually all the corals in the Atlantic O... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/1650244/corals-wont-survive-a-warmer-planet-a-new-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

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