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Huge impact crater discovered in Greenland
VIDEO Nov 15, 2018For the first time ever, scientists have found an impact crater beneath one of the Earth's continental ice sheets.
Second-closest extrasolar planet discovered
Nov 14, 2018Astronomers 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
Nov 8, 2018The 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
Nov 6, 2018The 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 Nov 4, 2018Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a herbivorous dinosaur dating back 110 million years.
$5bn project to map DNA of all life on Earth
Nov 2, 2018Known as The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), the international endeavour is expected to take ten years.
4,500-year-old ramp system discovered in Egypt
Nov 1, 2018Unearthed 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 Oct 29, 2018The 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 Oct 25, 2018An 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
Oct 22, 2018The 900-year-old trinket was unearthed at the site of a Viking farmstead in Iceland's Thjorsardalur valley.
Road workers unearth woolly mammoth bones
Oct 21, 2018The prehistoric remains of a mammoth and rhinoceros have been discovered near Cambridge, England.
Jurassic piranhas roamed prehistoric waters
Oct 19, 2018A 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'
Sep 30, 2018Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has warned that a failed particle accelerator experiment could prove disastrous.
Skull-shaped asteroid set to miss Halloween
Sep 29, 2018The unusually-shaped space rock made headlines back in 2015 when it passed the Earth on October 31st.
800 tombs unearthed in Egyptian necropolis
Sep 15, 2018Archaeologists have discovered more than 800 tombs in an ancient necropolis outside of the village of Lisht.
Huge pot of gold found under Italian theater
Sep 12, 2018Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed a broken soapstone amphora containing hundreds of gold coins.
Man claims discovery of MH370 in Cambodia
Sep 5, 2018A British man claims that he has discovered the missing airliner in the jungles of Cambodia using Google Earth.
Scientists unlock secrets of the Great Dying
Aug 28, 2018A new study has determined how a volcanic eruption 205 million years ago wiped out 90 percent of all life on Earth.
Pyramid-sized asteroid poses no risk to Earth
Aug 25, 2018Despite being labelled by NASA as 'potentially hazardous', asteroid 2016 NF23 does not pose a threat.
Earth may have several orbiting 'mini-moons'
Aug 18, 2018Scientists have discovered that the Moon may not be the only natural satellite in orbit around our planet.
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