The NASA space probe launched on a pioneering mission to our solar system’s star a week ago. Solar Orbiter will visit the Sun’s poles in…
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Asteroid shock: ‘City-sized’ space rock NOT volcano destroyed dinosaurs
The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction was the sudden mass extinction of most of the plant and animal species on the planet, approximately 66 million years ago. Scientists…
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Space SHOCK: Satellites at risk of being weaponised warns expert – ‘critical danger’
Tens of thousands of satellites will be added to Earth’s orbit by the end of the decade in radical plans to revolutionise internet access. However,…
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Archaeology bombshell: Dino cancer from 60 million years ago plagues humans TODAY
The unprecedented discovery was made in southern Alberta, Canada, by a team of international archaeologists. Led by researchers from Tel Aviv University, Israel, the archaeologists…
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Time is NOT real: Physicists show EVERYTHING happens at the same time
The concept of time is simply an illusion made up of human memories, everything that has ever been and ever will be is happening RIGHT…
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Supernova Betelgeuse: ‘Blast of energy’ detected near star – Did it supernova?
Betelgeuse has hit the headlines in recent weeks as astronomers noticed that it was gradually dimming. Researchers have been monitoring the star for years, but…
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Climate change: Can the solar cycle explain why Earth is warming? Is the Sun responsible?
The UK Met Office and the World Meteorological Organisation now know five of the top 10 warmest years have all occurred since 2015. The ongoing…
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Black hole discovery: ‘Cosmic echolocation’ can now map black holes
Material being sucked into a black hole spews X-rays into space. Astronomers have now manipulated the echoes of this cosmic radiation to map black holes’…
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NASA reveals Puerto Rico earthquake damage in satellite images
More than 2,000 earthquakes have rocked Puerto Rico since the middle of December, including a huge magnitude-6.6 tremor on January 7. That earthquake killed at…
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Doomsday Clock 2020 current time: Will the Doomsday Clock move forward this year?
The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic representation of how close humanity has come to pushing the planet to the brink of collapse. From the threat…
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US Space Force: Departments’s new camouflage uniform sparks ridicule on social media
The Space Force released a photo of the uniform and nametape on Friday. This was a month after US President Donald Trump signed the sixth…
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Solar storm: Scientists measure evolving energy of a solar flare’s explosive first minutes
An enormous new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun’s surface next to an existing sunspot in 2017. The powerful collision of magnetic energy…
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SpaceX news: Watch NASA live stream of SpaceX Crew Dragon test online here
SpaceX will again attempt to destroy one of its own rockets in a test of a crucial emergency abort system, a day after bad weather…
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Asteroid shock: Space rock twice size of Big Ben to skim Earth TODAY
A rogue asteroid twice as large as Big Ben is about to make a near-Earth approach, according to experts at NASA. Asteroid trackers at US-based…
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Dark matter breakthrough: Scientist’s ‘very strange’ Albert Einstein discovery revealed
Dark matter is a form of unknown matter that is thought to account for approximately 85 percent of the universe. Its presence is implied in a…
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Solar storm explosion more powerful than 20 atomic bombs took place on Earth’s doorstep
The explosion took place in Earth’s magnetic field, producing a bright blast and directing high energy particles towards Earth. The explosion was caused by powerful…
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Nostradamus predictions: Astrologer’s last words proved to be final correct prediction
The French astrologer, whose real name was Michel de Nostradame, made a series of predictions in his book Les Prophéties from 1555, but it was…
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Comet flyby: Amateur astronomer discovers a new celestial body – What are comets made of?
Japanese astronomer Masayuki Iwamoto of Tokushima Prefecture has been discovered a new comet in the solar system. The new celestial object was found low in…
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Ancient Egypt discovery: 4,500-year-old Lebanese pots shed light on Pyramid builders’ life
The Giza Necropolis, or the Giza pyramid complex, towers over the sandy dunes of northeast Egypt as a testament to the might of the Pharaohs.…
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Space news: Beautiful Mars pictures reveal ‘stormy activity’ at Mars’ frozen north pole
The European Space Agency (ESA) satellite photo depicts swathes of ice, dark troughs and depressions and indications of strong winds and storms. The Martian poles…
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Lunar eclipse today in India: What time is the penumbral eclipse in India?
The first eclipse season of the new decade comes to a close tonight when a rare penumbral lunar eclipse – also known as Chandra Grahan…
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Eclipse 2020: Is tomorrow a lunar eclipse? What will happen to the Full Moon?
This month’s Full Moon will be all the more unusual as the event coincides with a lunar eclipse at the end of this week. The…
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Virgin Galactic news: Richard Branson’s second spaceship hits a ‘major build milestone’
Virgin Galactic’s six-passenger spaceliner can now deploy its landing gear and carry its full weight on its wheels for the first time. Additionally, all of…
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Eclipse 2020: How many times a year do we see a Full Moon? When is the next Full Moon?
The strangely-named Wolf Moon ushers-in the first of the 12 named Full Moons of the year. Those interested in astronomy will be treated to rare…
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Australia fires: NASA reveals ‘ecological disaster’ in pics as Kangaroo Island scorched
The popular tourist hotspot of Kangaroo Island has been devastated by the fires, and NASA images show the true devastation. The island off the coast…
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Space race 2020: The eight milestone missions to take place this year
Scientists are continuing to push boundaries in an attempt to understand and explore the infinite depths of the Universe. Many milestones have been passed since…
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Eclipse 2020: When is the next eclipse? Full list of lunar and solar eclipses revealed
As many as seven solar and lunar eclipses of the Sun and Moon can annually occur, while the fewest possible is four. Of the six…
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Alien life search: Intelligent ET evidence could be ‘too alien’ for experts to spot
Evidence of intelligent life on other exoplanets may be so “alien” to Earthlings any biological signatures may be incomprehensible to scientists. Theories about alien biosignatures…
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NASA news: How space agency saved Hubble from embarrassing failure 20 years ago
In 1990, NASA’s Hubble became the first major optical telescope to be placed in space, a step considered a significant advance in astronomy since Galileo’s…
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NASA solar observatory witnesses ‘new kind’ of magnetic explosion on Sun
In the scorching upper reaches of the Sun’s atmosphere, a large loop of material spewed by an eruption on the solar surface — called a…
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