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Odds plummet that asteroid will hit Earth in 2032 20 Feb 2025 - 04:09 pm
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Do look up: How Earth can defend itself against asteroid 19 Feb 2025 - 07:57 pm
This handout picture provided by NASA on January 31, 2025 shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as observed by the Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope at the New Mexico Institute of Technology on January 27, 2025. Photo by Handout / NASA/Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope/New Mexico Institute of Technology/Ryan / AFP
Scientists warn of climate threat to chocolate 12 Feb 2025 - 09:50 pm
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Dancing turtles show how animals use magnetic field as a map 12 Feb 2025 - 07:10 pm
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A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be? 01 Feb 2025 - 09:25 am
This handout picture provided by NASA on January 31, 2025 shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as observed by the Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope at the New Mexico Institute of Technology on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Handout / NASA/Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope/New Mexico Institute of Technology/Ryan / AFP)
Scientists find life-friendly molecules in NASA’s asteroid samples 29 Jan 2025 - 11:13 pm
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Drinking water in many French cities contaminated: study 23 Jan 2025 - 06:32 pm
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Rare wildlife species found in Cambodian national park 22 Jan 2025 - 03:35 pm
This undated handout photo from the conservation group Fauna and Flora released to AFP on January 22, 2025 shows common jay butterflies in Cambodia's Virachey National Park. Photo by Handout / Fauna and Flora / AFP
Blue Origin set for first launch of giant New Glenn rocket 11 Jan 2025 - 10:58 pm
This handout photo courtesy of Blue Origin shows the New Glenn rocket on the launch pad at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on December 27, 2024. (Photo by HANDOUT / BLUE ORIGIN / AFP)
Blue Origin's first orbital launch now targeting Sunday 09 Jan 2025 - 08:14 pm
This undated handout picture courtesy of Blue Origin shows the New Glenn rocket during a successful integrated vehicle hotfire at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Photo by BLUE ORIGIN / AFP
A quarter of freshwater species face extinction: study 08 Jan 2025 - 07:30 pm
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Bezos's Blue Origin poised for first orbital launch next week 05 Jan 2025 - 02:43 pm
This undated handout picture courtesy of Blue Origin shows the New Glenn rocket during a successful integrated vehicle hotfire at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Photo by BLUE ORIGIN / AFP
China says 2024 was its hottest year on record 02 Jan 2025 - 02:50 pm
The sun rises behind high-rise buildings in Beijing on September 6, 2024. Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP
Number of cyclones not increasing, but intensity is, data shows 31 Dec 2024 - 02:48 pm
This handout photo taken on November 11, 2024 and received from the Casiguran Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) shows government workers removing a fallen tree on a highway in Casiguran, Aurora province, after Typhoon Toraji hit the nation's northeast coast. Photo by Handout / Casiguran Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office / AFP
Climate change brought extreme weather, heat in 2024: UN 30 Dec 2024 - 08:25 pm
This aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Audu Marte / AFP)
NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun 24 Dec 2024 - 09:11 pm
(FILES) This handout illustration obtained July 6, 2018 courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins APL shows an artistt's conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the spacecraft that will fly through the Sun's corona to trace how energy and heat move through the star's atmosphere. (Photo by HANDOUT / NASA/Johns Hopkins APL / AFP)
Saving the mysterious African manatee at Cameroon hotspot 24 Dec 2024 - 11:40 am
Aristide Takoukam Kamla (L), a marine biologist, researcher and conservationist specialising in the African manatee, talks to tourists and other biologists on a boat in Dizangue, on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP)
Scientists observe 'negative time' in quantum experiments 21 Dec 2024 - 01:48 pm
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