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First woman, Black astronaut to make 2024 flight around Moon 04 Apr 2023 - 07:29 pm
(L-R) Astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Hammock Koch celebrate after being selected for the Artemis II mission who will venture around the Moon during a news conference held by NASA and CSA at Ellington airport in Houston, Texas, on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP)
Webb telescope discovers oldest galaxies ever observed 04 Apr 2023 - 05:55 pm
File photo: The James Webb Space Telescope has unleashed a torrent of scientific discoveries since becoming operational last year. (NASA TV / AFP)
Arctic scientists race to preserve 'ice memory' 03 Apr 2023 - 04:38 pm
This file photo taken on May 4, 2022 shows a view of mountains near Longyearbyen, located on Spitsbergen island, in Svalbard Archipelago, northern Norway. Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP
The US leads the world in weather catastrophes; Here's why 02 Apr 2023 - 02:45 pm
The damaged remains of the Walnut Ridge neighborhood is seen on March 31, 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Benjamin Krain/Getty Images/AFP
Austria glaciers retreat 'more than ever': measurement 31 Mar 2023 - 07:14 pm
File Photo: Glaciologist Martin Stocker-Waldhuber from the Austrian Academy of Sciences explores a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. 
Fiona, Ian retired from list of tropical cyclone names 30 Mar 2023 - 01:21 am
File photo showing destruction caused by the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. Reuters/Ted Pritchard
Astronomers discover one of biggest black holes ever recorded 29 Mar 2023 - 04:00 pm
This handout image released on June 10, 2022 by ESA Hubble, shows an artist’s impression of a black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, which distorts light passing near it creating a phenomenon known as “gravitational lensing”. Photo by Handout / ESA/HUBBLE / AFP
Meatball from extinct mammoth unveiled by food tech firm 28 Mar 2023 - 10:25 pm
The glistening meatball was displayed under a glass bell jar at the NEMO science museum in Amsterdam. (Photo by Vow)
Bangladesh bans plastics in world's largest mangrove forest 28 Mar 2023 - 03:14 pm
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North Sea shell survey brings out volunteers 26 Mar 2023 - 11:18 am
A photograph taken on March 25, 2023, shows shells, with collecting volunteers in the background, on a beach as part of a survey and counting operation organised by the Flemish Institute of the Sea (VLIZ) in Middelkerke. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP)
Large asteroid to zoom between Earth and Moon 25 Mar 2023 - 12:34 pm
A handout artist's impression released on March 24, 2023 by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a grey, irregularly-shaped asteroid, rocky objects that often pass safely past Earth. (Photo by Handout / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / AFP)
Eco-friendly goods defy downward trade trend: UN 23 Mar 2023 - 12:55 pm
Wind turbines are seen at Mynydd Portref Wind Farm near Hendreforgan in South Wales, Britain, November 15, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo
Fight over science holds up key UN climate report 19 Mar 2023 - 07:00 pm
A family wades through a flood hit area following heavy monsoon rains in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on August 29, 2022.  File photo / AFP
NASA unveils new spacesuits for astronauts returning to the moon 15 Mar 2023 - 05:44 pm
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It's natural: Coconuts become tool in shoreline protection 12 Mar 2023 - 03:03 pm
The restoration site off South Riverside Drive in Neptune, NJ. Pic: American Littoral Society
World's first 3D printed rocket set for inaugural flight 11 Mar 2023 - 07:51 am
In this handout photo from Relativity Space obtained on March 10, 2023, the Terran 1 rocket can be seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 16 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Handout / AFP)
171 trillion pieces of plastic trash now clog the world’s oceans 08 Mar 2023 - 11:55 pm
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Nearly everyone is exposed to unhealthy levels of tiny air pollutants, study says 07 Mar 2023 - 09:54 am
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