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An out-of-control Russian rocket stage has re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, according to the latest estimate from US Space Command, which has been tracking its descent.The Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket was launched from the Plesetsk spaceport in Russia's northwestern Arkhangelsk region on…

As extreme weather wreaked havoc across the globe in 2021, a stunning change was happening in the far northern Arctic, largely out of sight but detectable by a network of sensors. Lightning increased significantly in the region around the North…

The United Kingdom is experiencing the fastest growth in the number of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started. But according to the government, new restrictions, including a lockdown, are off the table -- at least for now."We have a chance…

The most powerful space telescope ever built is keeping its cool in space.The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched on Christmas Day, successfully completed the deployment of its 70-foot (21-meter) sunshield on Tuesday. This critical milestone is one of several…

Five of the world's largest nuclear powers pledged on Monday to work together toward "a world without nuclear weapons" in a rare statement of unity amid rising East-West tensions."A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought," said…

Total lunar eclipses, a multitude of meteor showers and supermoons will light up the sky in 2022.The new year is sure to be a sky-gazer's delight with plenty of celestial events on the calendar.There is always a good chance that…

Aoife Beary, one of the survivors of the 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse that killed six people, has died aged 27.She was left with life-altering injuries after the fourth-floor balcony of an apartment building in Berkeley, California collapsed and plunged 40…

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Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned, according to a video address from Hamdok posted Sunday on the verified YouTube account of the Prime Minister's office.The announcement came after three protesters were killed by Sudanese security forces during anti-coup demonstrations…

Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey, who unearthed evidence that helped prove humankind evolved in Africa, died on Sunday at the age of 77, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed in a statement."I have this afternoon, Sunday 2nd January 2022, received…

The new year kicks off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is expected to peak in the overnight hours from Sunday to Monday.The Quadrantids are typically among the strongest meteor showers of the year. Fortunately, a waxing crescent moon phase…

Pope Francis has condemned violence against women as an "insult to God" in his New Year's Day homily.His address to the faithful from the Vatican in Rome during Saturday's mass focused on Mary, the mother of Jesus, as Francis drew…

Total lunar eclipses, a multitude of meteor showers and supermoons will light up the sky in 2022.The new year is sure to be a sky-gazer's delight with plenty of celestial events on the calendar.There is always a good chance that…

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People around the world are beginning to wave goodbye to 2021 and welcome 2022.The Pacific Island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati are the first to see the new year -- when it is still 5 a.m. on December 31…