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The Independent
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The Independent
Nearly 5 billion people lived under extreme temperatures in June, study finds
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US astronauts had to take shelter after a Russian satellite broke into over 100 pieces near the ISS
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SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic: Yahoo Finance’s ‘Space Race: Investing in the Final Frontier’

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Latest stories

Elon Musk Explodes With Fury at Jeff Bezos

Mystery of ancient Greek device 'solved' by Glasgow astronomers

Space station astronauts forced to shelter as Russian satellite breaks into more than 100 pieces

What we know about summer COVID as UK case numbers rise

NASA Uses Hubble And Webb Telescopes To Create 3D Visualisation Of Pillars Of Creation

Astronauts forced to take shelter on space station after Russian satellite blows up

Decades after the famed Kyrenia shipwreck’s discovery, researchers have a new estimate of when it sank

‘Planet killer’ asteroid the size of Mount Everest to skim past Earth tonight

How Furry Pet Rabbits Can Become Invasive Feral Pests

Why NASA astronauts are delayed at the space station after Boeing Starliner launch

First fossil evidence of Down Syndrome in Neanderthals shows compassionate side of human ancestors

Boeing says its space mission is 'going well' despite its Starliner leaving 2 astronauts stuck on the ISS

2 'potentially hazardous' asteroids will streak by Earth this week, one as big as a mountain. You can watch it live.

Nearly 5 billion people lived under extreme temperatures in June, study finds

Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths, scientists say

'Bromeswell bucket' fragments discovered in remarkable dig at Sutton Hoo

14 Wild Animals That Start With 'U' (Aside From the Utahraptor)

US astronauts had to take shelter after a Russian satellite broke into over 100 pieces near the ISS

Scientists want to pump carbon into a hole at the bottom of the ocean in a $60 million pilot project to help stop climate change

Beat them or eat them: What should we do about invasive species in the ocean?