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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)
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
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)
Scientists observe 'negative time' in quantum experiments 21 Dec 2024 - 01:48 pm
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SpaceX to launch more private astronaut missions to ISS 19 Dec 2024 - 10:00 pm
This handout image released by Nasa on September 19, 2024 shows the International Space Station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module's space-facing port on November 8, 2021. (Photo by NASA / AFP)
Promising drug for treating rare childhood cancer: Study 14 Dec 2024 - 03:12 pm
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Single heat wave wiped out millions of Alaska's dominant seabird 12 Dec 2024 - 11:09 pm
This handout photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) shows common murres clustered together on a cliff ledge at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge on July 30, 2019. (Photo by Brie Drummond / US Fish & Wildlife Service / AFP) 
Possible cooling La Nina will be 'weak', 'short-lived': UN 11 Dec 2024 - 12:26 pm
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Natural disasters cause $310 billion in economic losses in 2024: Swiss Re 05 Dec 2024 - 11:57 pm
File: Pedestrians stand next to piled up cars following deadly floods in Sedavi, south of Valencia, eastern Spain, on October 30, 2024. (Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP)
Wildlife commission lowers European wolf protections 03 Dec 2024 - 02:06 pm
(FILES) A wolf is photographed in a forest near the Russian border, in Hukkajarvi, eastern Finland, on May 16, 2022. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)
Japan witnesses warmest autumn on record 03 Dec 2024 - 02:03 pm
People take pictures in Kiyosumi Garden in Tokyo on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)