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US grounds SpaceX's Starship after test flight explosion

Sat, 2025-01-18 07:09
The rocket's upper stage disintegrated over the Caribbean, forcing airline flights to alter course.
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'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals spectacular luxury of Pompeii

Fri, 2025-01-17 17:19
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
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SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch

Fri, 2025-01-17 12:27
Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost, minutes after it launched.
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SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch

Fri, 2025-01-17 12:27
Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost, minutes after it launched.
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Warnings of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants

Fri, 2025-01-17 11:12
Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.
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Nepal's leader says it has too many tigers. Does it?

Fri, 2025-01-17 09:05
Wild tigers killed nearly 40 people in Nepal between 2019 and 2023. Solutions are hard to come by.
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Astronaut stuck in space ventures outside

Thu, 2025-01-16 23:58
NASA astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving
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Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance

Thu, 2025-01-16 18:12
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.
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Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance

Thu, 2025-01-16 18:12
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.
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India successfully conducts historic space-docking test

Thu, 2025-01-16 16:24
India is only the fourth country in the world with such technology after United States, Russia and China.
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Women held keys to land and wealth in Celtic Britain

Thu, 2025-01-16 02:00
DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.
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'We sing to them': LA stables turn Noah's Ark for fire rescue animals

Wed, 2025-01-15 14:34
Pigs, donkeys and even a mini cow named Cuddles found a temporary home after the LA fires.
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'We sing to them': LA stables turn Noah's Ark for fire rescue animals

Wed, 2025-01-15 14:34
Pigs, donkeys and even a mini cow named Cuddles found a temporary home after the LA fires.
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Fatbergs turned into perfume - inside Britain's bizarre new industrial revolution

Wed, 2025-01-15 12:08
The UK led the way in this field of science until recently - but now other countries have overtaken. So, how can that lead be recovered?
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Fatbergs turned into perfume - inside Britain's bizarre new industrial revolution

Wed, 2025-01-15 12:08
The UK led the way in this field of science until recently - but now other countries have overtaken. So, how can that lead be recovered?
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Norway on track to be first to go all-electric

Mon, 2025-01-13 10:51
Nine in 10 new cars in the country are now battery-powered, and it aims to hit 100% later this year.
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Norway on track to be first to go all-electric

Mon, 2025-01-13 10:51
Nine in 10 new cars in the country are now battery-powered, and it aims to hit 100% later this year.
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Is it a bomb? Is it a plane crash? No, it's space junk landing

Sun, 2025-01-12 10:29
The Kenyan villagers surprised by falling satellite debris heralding a new year full of surprises.
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2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit

Fri, 2025-01-10 14:13
Last year was the world's warmest on record, bringing temperatures above a politically symbolic milestone.
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New images of Mercury captured by UK spacecraft

Fri, 2025-01-10 01:58
Stevenage-built BepiColombo makes final flyby of Mercury ahead of entering the plant's orbit in 2026.
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