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A mass stellar migration billions of years ago may have helped life get started on Earth | Space "The sun may not have arrived in a life-friendly environment purely by chance."

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Meta buying social network for AI bots Moltbook should worry anyone who still hopes social media is for people | TechRadar Moltbook's social network for AI agents is now part of Meta’s strategy for the internet’s future

Welcome to “Botbook”.

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This iceberg was once the biggest in the world. Now it has just weeks left - BBC News A23a was once twice the size of Greater London but now its 40-year journey is coming to an end.

Fascinating article about the 40-year journey of the world’s biggest iceberg, A23a.

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Therre be blood rain in these parrts!
#SaharanDust

A map of the UK showing the temperature contrasts across the UK today, with 5.3 °C in Northern Ireland, and 19.2 °C in Northolt.

Big temperature contrasts across the country at the moment with a difference of almost 14 °C from Northern Ireland to southeast England 🌡️

Skies turning increasingly milky in SE England this afternoon as a dense plume of Saharan dust spreads up from the south. Look for dust on cars tomorrow as the thickest of the plume drifts across, some of it being brought down by rain.

From FitzRoy's barometers to impact-based phone alerts: how weather warnings have evolved across the UK and Ireland A look the fascinating history of UK and Irish weather warnings as Met Eireann moves away from county based areas later this year.

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'Blood rain' and fiery sunsets as Saharan dust sweeps UK North African dust carried to the UK by a weather system are forecast to have some unusual effects in the coming days.

BBC News - 'Blood rain' and fiery sunsets as Saharan dust sweeps UK
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Just noticed that I recorded 19.7°C here in #Dorset today! Two of my other stations recorded >20°C.

Relentless rain, blocked weather patterns and an occlusion graveyard | Royal Meteorological Society If you opened the curtains during winter 2025/26 and thought, “Oh great — more rain,” you weren’t alone. Across much of the UK, it was a grey, wet and soggy season stuck on repeat.

British winters are getting warmer and wetter…

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• A very mild winter but not as mild as the winters of 2023-24 (7.71°C), 2019-20 (7.48°C) and my record warmest 2015-16 (8.02°C)
• Much sunnier than the previous winter, in spite of the rainfall

Winter Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -

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• A very wet winter with almost twice as much rainfall as the previous winter 2024-25
• Surprisingly, not as wet as the winters of 2023-24 (454mm) and my record wettest 2013-14 (559mm)

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• In spite of the rain, it has been a particularly sunny February, which has led me to question whether my solar sensor is working properly!

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• Not a single air frost - very unusual for February
• A VERY wet month compared to the 1981-2010 average, the WETTEST anomaly since September 2024
• My 3rd wettest February in records from 2010, behind February 2014 (162mm) and February 2024 (167mm)

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February Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -

• A VERY mild month compared to the 1982-2010 average, the WARMEST anomaly here since February 2024
• A very mild day on the 25th, but short of my February station record of 17.3°C set on 25th February 2019

Welcome to meteorological #spring! I used to love winter but I’m so glad to see the back of modern dull, mild and wet ones!

The last morning of meteorological winter 2025/26 and there is quite a contrast to the start of the day 👀

Planetary parade: Photographer captures phenomenon in Dorset - BBC News Josh Dury, from Bristol, photographed the planetary parade in Worth Matravers.

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This aircraft recently had a ~£50 million upgrade to extend its life, and has now been cancelled to save £37 million.

We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path around a confined box. With #globalwarming and #climatechange they have escaped out the box. This #dataviz shows UK rainfall and temperature.

At 15.1°C, today is the warmest day of the year so far in #Dorset.

Or more accurately (I think) “Wydnbury”

It’s pronounced “Wynbury”.

I know all those places! Do you know the correct pronunciation of Wybunbury?

This is the real measure of global overheating. It’s looking incredibly bad: | Rupert Read This is the real measure of global overheating. It’s looking incredibly bad:

“25 Hiroshima bombs per second…”

I know Crewe and Nantwich very well. I was raised in a small village called Betley, just inside North Staffordshire. My sister still lives in Alsager.

Nasa astronauts' moon mission delayed due to rocket issue - BBC News The mission to the far side of the Moon and back will be postponed after problems with were spotted with its rocket, a Nasa official said.

I’m all for science and exploration, but I really can’t see point of this mission. Happy to be enlightened…

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Can you really survive on Mars? What science fiction gets wrong about off-world living | Space Arnie said, "Get your ass to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future.

I found this article fascinating, and the very last paragraph is a revelation.

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“After weeks of chilly weather”???
February is currently 2.8°C above the 1981-2020 average here in Dorset, the warmest anomaly since December2024!

Strongest solar halo I’ve seen in a little while above campus here in Reading just now.