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Hippo-shaped asteroid skims safely past Earth
12-24-2018 |
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A mile-long asteroid shaped a bit like a hippopotamus has skipped us by on its closest approach in 400 years.
China and Russia modify Earth's atmosphere
12-17-2018 | 10
The two world powers have reportedly been working together on a series of controversial experiments.
'One of a kind' tomb unearthed in Egypt
VIDEO 12-16-2018 | 19
A remarkably well preserved 4,400-year-old tomb has been discovered in the ancient city of Saqqara.
'Zombie' bacteria found deep beneath the Earth
12-11-2018 | 22
Scientists have revealed that an incredibly large amount of life exists in our planet's deep subsurface.
OSIRIS-REx probe arrives at asteroid Bennu
VIDEO 12-3-2018 | 3
A NASA probe that launched back in 2016 has drawn up alongside an asteroid that could one day strike Earth.
Mystery seismic event leaves scientists baffled
11-29-2018 | 18
A mysterious 'earthquake' rippled around the entire world earlier this month and yet nobody felt a thing.
Flat Earthers gather for Denver conference
VIDEO 11-19-2018 | 62
More than 650 people gathered in Colorado this month to promote the idea that our planet is as flat as a pancake.
Huge impact crater discovered in Greenland
VIDEO 11-15-2018 | 53
For the first time ever, scientists have found an impact crater beneath one of the Earth's continental ice sheets.
Second-closest extrasolar planet discovered
11-14-2018 | 19
Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a 'super-Earth' around a star that is a mere six light years away.
Tiny extinct primate was world's smallest ape
11-8-2018 | 2
The fossil remains of a prehistoric primate species weighing a mere 7.7 lbs have been unearthed in Kenya.
Ozone layer could be fully healed by the 2060s
11-6-2018 | 21
The protective layer is improving so rapidly that it could heal itself entirely within as little as 50 years.
New dinosaur species discovered in Argentina
VIDEO 11-4-2018 | 3
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a herbivorous dinosaur dating back 110 million years.
$5bn project to map DNA of all life on Earth
11-2-2018 | 4
Known as The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), the international endeavour is expected to take ten years.
4,500-year-old ramp system discovered in Egypt
11-1-2018 | 266
Unearthed in an alabaster quarry, the ramp may have been used by the builders of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Creepy pre-Incan masked idols found in Peru
VIDEO 10-29-2018 | 4
The unnerving statues, which date back 800 years, were unearthed in the ruins of the ancient city of Chan Chan.
Hurricane makes an entire island disappear
VIDEO 10-25-2018 | 4
An island in the remote Hawaiian archipelago was wiped off the face of the Earth by a storm earlier this month.
Rare Thor's hammer amulet found in Iceland
10-22-2018 | 1
The 900-year-old trinket was unearthed at the site of a Viking farmstead in Iceland's Thjorsardalur valley.
Road workers unearth woolly mammoth bones
10-21-2018 | 1
The prehistoric remains of a mammoth and rhinoceros have been discovered near Cambridge, England.
Jurassic piranhas roamed prehistoric waters
10-19-2018 | 3
A fossil belonging to one of the world's earliest known flesh-eating fish has been unearthed in Germany.
Hadron Collider could 'shrink Earth to 330ft'
9-30-2018 | 73
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has warned that a failed particle accelerator experiment could prove disastrous.
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