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11 million Brazilians believe that the Earth is flat
Mar 6, 2020A surprisingly large number of people in Brazil subscribe to the idea that our planet is not what it seems.
Earth was a 'water world' 3 billion years ago
Mar 2, 2020Scientists now believe that the entire planet was covered in water and devoid of continents in the distant past.
Temporary 'minimoon' found in Earth's orbit
Feb 27, 2020A tiny natural satellite that may have been in orbit for as long as three years has been spotted by scientists.
Flat-Earther Mike Hughes dies in rocket mishap
VIDEO Feb 23, 2020The self-taught rocket scientist and daredevil was killed during an attempt to prove that the Earth is flat.
'Articulated' Neanderthal skeleton unearthed
Feb 18, 2020Palaeontologists have revealed the discovery of one of the most significant Neanderthal skeletons in a decade.
NASA celebrates 30 years of the 'Pale Blue Dot'
VIDEO Feb 14, 2020This humbling image of our world taken from far away has been honored this week with a modern remaster.
New 'reaper of death' dinosaur discovered
Feb 11, 2020A new species of tyrannosaur that roamed the Earth 80 million years ago has been unearthed in Canada.
Earth set to enter 30-year 'miniature ice age'
Feb 6, 2020Scientists have warned that a long period of particularly low solar activity could lead to much colder winters.
This is what Earth would be like without oceans
VIDEO Feb 3, 2020A new NASA video shows a simulation of what would happen if all the world's oceans were to drain away.
Mummies of Egyptian high priests unearthed
Feb 1, 2020A huge burial ground filled with mummies and shabti figurines has been discovered at a site south of Cairo.
Has life from Earth spread to distant worlds ?
Jan 29, 2020It is often suggested that alien life could have reached Earth on a comet, but what about the other way around ?
World's oldest material is older than the Earth
Jan 15, 2020Scientists have identified the oldest material ever to make it onto our planet - and it even predates the Sun.
Table that held the Ark of the Covenant found ?
Dec 20, 2019The stone table was found within an ancient temple unearthed approximately 20km west of Jerusalem.
The magnetic north pole is heading for Siberia
Dec 19, 2019Thanks to a weakening of the Earth's magnetic field, the magnetic north pole is moving away from Canada.
Deepest point on continental Earth discovered
VIDEO Dec 13, 2019Scientists have identified an enormous land-based canyon that descends 11,500ft beneath sea level.
Celtic warrior unearthed in major Iron Age find
Dec 10, 2019Archaeologists in England are hailing the discovery as one of the most significant finds of the millennium.
ESA to launch space debris collector in 2025
Dec 9, 2019If successful, the mission will be the first ever to remove a piece of space junk from Earth's orbit.
Large pyramid-shaped asteroid to fly past Earth
Dec 7, 2019A large space rock the approximate size and shape of the Great Pyramid of Giza is set for a close encounter.
Fireball may have been an orbiting 'minimoon'
Dec 2, 2019Scientists have discovered new evidence of a temporary moon burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
First Mars samples will be quarantined on Earth
Nov 24, 2019NASA and ESA are planning an ambitious mission to return samples of Mars to the Earth for the first time.
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