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[ad_1] Katla is reportedly showing "very dangerous" signs that she will blow soon, warned researchers. And if so, it could spell chaos for the European airline industry. In 2010, another Icelandic volcano …
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[ad_1] The MINERVA-II-1A vehicle captured this blurred image Saturday at 0:24 GMT (10:44 pm EDT Friday) showing the Ryugu asteroid as the robot jumped on its surface. The bright feature on the …
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[ad_1] "We do not want second fiddle role": Russia could abandon a lunar station project with NASA, Russia could come out of a joint venture with NASA to build a lunar station …
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[ad_1] In November 1969, six tiny works of art came to the moon. The journey, undertaken in secret during the Apollo 12 mission, began with the sculptor Forrest Myers, who solicited small …
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[ad_1] PORT OF FRIDAY, Washington. – At present, the millions of people around the world who have followed the saga of a mother orca carrying her dead calf know that orca whales …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: A "super-Earth" discovered orbiting a star at 16 light-years away from us could be the famous Vulcan planet of Star Trek, home of Spock's beloved character, taken from the popular …
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