A giant tsunami may have wiped out Stone Age populations in Britain 8,200 years ago, and scientists say a similar natural disaster could hit the islands again

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A map with a red arrow pointing to the area off the coast of Norway where the Storegga slide occurred over 8,000 years ago
A landslide near Norway caused a tsunami over 8,000 years ago that created giant waves in the North Sea and beyond.

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Remnants of life in ancient rocks reveal Earth had a rich ecosystem 3.4 billion years ago

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Rocky mountains are shown rolling to the distance in the Barbeston Natural reserve where the fossils were found.
A picture of the Barbeston Natural reserve which is where the ancient fossils were found.

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NASA hopes to get the Voyager spacecraft to their 50th anniversary with clever engineering and difficult choices

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This artist's concept shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.
NASA's Voyager spacecraft are the furthest human-made objects from Earth.

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After Peregrine failed to land on the moon, Astrobotic still plans to launch another lunar lander in November

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Astrobotic's Peregrine lander launched toward the moon on Monday, January 8, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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Japan has landed a spacecraft on the moon for the first time, but the mission didn't go exactly according to plan

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An illustration of JAXA's SLIM spacecraft on the moon.

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US House Committee says China delayed releasing COVID-19 information for weeks and lied about sharing it immediately

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Volunteers input test tube information for nucleic acid collection in a gas film laboratory for COVID-19 prevention and control in Anyang, Henan Province, China, Sept 5, 2022.
Volunteers input test tube information for nucleic acid collection in a gas film laboratory for COVID-19 prevention and control in Anyang, Henan Province, China, Sept 5, 2022.

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Samsung's new Galaxy Ring is mostly a mystery — watch the big reveal

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Samsung's Galaxy Ring was shown off at Unpacked 2024.

Screenshot from Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event.

They're getting ready for the downfall of America. Just don't call them preppers.

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Residents of Riverbed Ranch are building their own small town from scratch. The goal? Survive if America collapses.

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The next country to land humans on the moon in the next 10 years 'sets a precedent' for who decides the rules there: US officials

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China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, taken by the Yutu-2 moon rover, on the far side of the moon.
China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, taken by the Yutu-2 moon rover, on the far side of the moon.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope broke its own record to discover the oldest black hole yet, but it has astronomers even more confused about the beginning of the universe

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An artist's impression of a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by a disc of super-heated material.

ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

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