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British astronaut Tim Peake dialed up an unsuspecting pensioner and said, 'hello, is this planet Earth ?'
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The US Air Force is planning to equip its planes with high-tech laser weapons within only five years.
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New evidence has revealed that life may have appeared on Earth 300 million years earlier than thought.
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A careers adviser from Warwickshire in England used the old WWII shell to hold flowers for 30 years.
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Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io may possess a hidden subterranean ocean comprised of molten rock.
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Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell believes that visitors from space may have prevented armageddon.
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A new species of centipede has been found inside a cave system 4,700ft below the Earth's surface.
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Palaentologists have unearthed a cousin of Triceratops with a spectacular crown-like frill on its head.
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A sophisticated new laser defence system could soon be making its way on to drones and fighter jets.
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Explorer George Kourounis has become the first person to descend in to Turkmenistan's infamous fire pit.
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Geologists have been investigating a glowing orange hole that opened up on a Chinese mountain.
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The British Ministry of Defence has delayed the release of 18 'bombshell' documents by several months.
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Despite its hellish conditions, Venus may have once had its own version of Earth's oceans.
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An engraving found on a fossilized shell is believed to have been made over 430,000 years ago.
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Sales of the century-old parlour game are through the roof thanks to the release of the movie 'Ouija'.
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A drone fitted with a high quality camera has ventured in to the fiery heart of a volcano in Iceland.
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Eccentric inventor Geoffrey Pyke came up with a number of unorthodox weapon concepts during the war.
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The skeleton of a dog the size of a Great Dane has been unearthed during an archaeological dig.
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Archaeologists have unearthed a strange bird-like dinosaur dating back more than 66 million years.
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The weather conditions found on a brown dwarf 6.5 light years away have been mapped for the first time.