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World's 3rd largest diamond found in Botswana
Jun 19, 2021An absolutely enormous 1,098-carat diamond has been unearthed by the Debswana Diamond Company.
Australia's largest known dinosaur unearthed
Jun 7, 2021An absolutely gargantuan dinosaur - the largest ever found in Australia - has been unearthed in Queensland.
NASA considers Titan sample return mission
May 31, 2021A mission to collect samples from Saturn's moon Titan and return them to Earth could be on the cards.
250 ancient rock-cut tombs unearthed in Egypt
May 25, 2021Archaeologists discovered the tombs at the Al-Hamidiyah cemetery in the desert 240 miles southeast of Cairo.
Liquid water discovered inside a meteorite
May 16, 2021For the first time, scientists have found liquid water inside a meteorite from the earliest days of the solar system.
Osiris-Rex heads for home with Bennu samples
May 11, 2021NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft is now on its way back to Earth with samples collected from the asteroid Bennu.
'Out-of-control' rocket is falling to Earth
May 4, 2021A Chinese rocket that is currently in a failing orbit is likely to at least partially survive re-entry and fall to Earth.
NASA pretends to hit Earth with a large asteroid
VIDEO May 2, 2021A planetary defense exercise at the weekend ended up 'destroying' an area of Europe around 100km wide.
5,000-year-old fingerprint found on Orkney
Apr 23, 2021Archaeologists have unearthed a pottery shard that still bears the fingerprint of the person who made it.
Egypt's lost 'Golden City' unearthed at Luxor
VIDEO Apr 11, 2021Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 3000-year-old city situated beneath the ancient capital.
Revisited: astronaut saw 'snake' out in space
VIDEO Apr 4, 2021Veteran astronaut Franklin Story Musgrave saw what he described as 'the snake' during several space missions.
New dinosaur is the 'one who causes fear'
Apr 2, 2021Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a new species of large, carnivorous dinosaur in Argentina.
Microbes 'unknown to science' found on ISS
Mar 18, 2021Scientists have discovered three strains of bacteria on the orbiting outpost that have never been seen before.
'Space hurricane' observed over the North Pole
Mar 3, 2021Scientists have, for the first time, detected a hurricane taking place in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
Ornate Roman chariot unearthed at Pompeii
VIDEO Mar 2, 2021Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved 2,000-year-old chariot in the ruins of a wealthy Roman villa.
Argentinian titanosaur may be oldest ever found
Mar 1, 2021Palaeontologists have unearthed what is thought to be the oldest member of one of the largest dinosaur species.
Geomagnetic reversal linked to mass extinction
Feb 21, 2021Scientists believe that a historic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may have proven catastrophic.
World's oldest mammoth DNA recovered
Feb 18, 2021Scientists have extracted DNA from the teeth of mammoths that roamed the Earth 1.2 million years ago.
Apophis flyby offers glimpse ahead of 2029
Feb 14, 2021Astronomers will have the opportunity to study the enormous space rock when it passes us by in March.
Loeb: 'ET hates grass and thinks we're stupid'
Feb 7, 2021Astronomer Avi Loeb has spoken out on why he thinks intelligent aliens may not be visiting the Earth.
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