NASA: 'Megacomet' travelling towards Earth

A record-breaking, huge comet has been spotted heading towards Earth, but don’t worry, it will stop before reaching our planet.

NASA, who made the discovery, says its icy nucleus is bigger than any ever seen – measuring around 80 miles across, and 50 times bigger than the heart of most known comets.

A major producer of Apple's iPhone has become the latest manufacturer to halt operations in Shanghai, China’s ‘Earth 2.0’ spacecraft could finally find life on alien worlds and NASA are to test a catapult that flings objects into space at 5,000mph.

We hear from Space Prize who are launching a first of its kind competition to encourage girls around the world to pursue careers in space, a global police sting takes down the ‘world’s biggest’ hacker marketplace and a US cryptocurrency expert is jailed for helping North Korea evade sanctions.

Plus, research finds that 35% of people don’t know what cookies are and celebrity interest helps ‘MoonPay’ become worth billions. 

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