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This unfathomable scenario would be, as you might expect, absolutely devastating for all life on our planet.
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Memory modification could become a reality in the not-too-distant future, according to neuroscientist Prof Steve Ramirez.
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We've known for a long time that the Earth won't remain habitable forever, but how long does it really have?
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Scientists have discovered a black hole that is thought to be more than 36 billion times the mass of the Sun.
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The previously unseen world is believed to orbit far out at a range of 838 times Earth's distance from the Sun.
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Researchers recently discovered a peculiar spectacle in Tonga - a boulder that had somehow moved uphill.
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Researchers have been using underwater cameras to capture footage inside the wreck of the USS Yorktown.
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Millions of years ago, our solar system stood in the path of a veritable tsunami of gas and dust.
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Thousands of years ago, a major volcanic eruption spewed plumes of ash and dust which darkened the skies.
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The probe is spending Christmas Eve attempting to fly closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft in history.
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The Moon will be joined by a second natural satellite for a short time beginning this Sunday.
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Reflect Orbital is developing a novel new way to generate power by reflecting sunlight onto panels when its dark.
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The wreck of a World War II era cargo ship off the coast of England is still carrying a large amount of explosives.
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The wreck of the San Jose, a 300-year-old Spanish galleon, is thought to be filled with gold and jewels.
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A lot of strange tactics were thought up during the Second World War, but this is perhaps one of the strangest of them all.
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This latest in a long line of ridiculous conspiracy theories is perhaps the most nonsensical one to date.
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Viruses trapped in permafrost for thousands of years could potentially thaw out and infect modern humans.
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The particle is over one million times more energetic than anything generated by the Large Hadron Collider.
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Astronomers believe that there is a small chance that a rogue planet could have been 'captured' by the Sun's gravity.
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The seaborne mammals have sunk 3 boats and damaged 100 more over the past 18 months or so.