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It turns out that spiders are able to stay airborne over vast distances using the Earth's natural electric fields.
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Scientists have found evidence of a collision between the gas giant and an object twice the size of the Earth.
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An extrasolar world 500 light years away could be the most promising place yet to look for alien life.
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China's Tiangong-2 space station recently spent ten days 95km closer to the Earth than its usual orbit.
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A new 18-page document outlines how NASA and FEMA will approach the threat of an apocalyptic asteroid strike.
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Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
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Scientists have found the fossil footprints of a creature that walked the Earth 541 million years ago.
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A new fossil discovery has revealed that the early supercontinent split more slowly than previously believed.
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The launch of two new satellites in to orbit will enable scientists to study the evolution of our planet's climate.
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A bizarre new theory proposes that octopus embryos arrived on Earth on a comet millions of years ago.
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An asteroid from the earliest days of the solar system has been found four billion kilometers from Earth.
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In recent years, the magnetic field that surrounds and protects our planet has been gradually weakening.
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The peculiar get-together saw hundreds of staunch Flat-Earth believers gather at a hotel in Birmingham.
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The space agencies are working on a series of missions designed to return samples of Martian soil back to Earth.
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On planets more massive than the Earth, launching things in to space will be a lot more challenging.
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Known as EarthNow, the project aims to offer live streaming of the entire planet 24 hours a day.
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Scientists have warned that cows could eventually become the largest remaining mammals on Earth.
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Could there have been an advanced civilization on our planet long before mankind appeared on the scene ?
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A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days.
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An asteroid the size of a warehouse passed our planet at the weekend just hours after it was first spotted.