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Third-ever confirmed interstellar object blazing through Solar System
AFP, Published on 03/07/2025
» PARIS - Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System -- only the third ever spotted, though scientists suspect many more may slip past unnoticed.
Webb spots strongest 'hints' yet of life on distant planet
AFP, Published on 17/04/2025
» PARIS - Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism.
US 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory gunman killed by police: media
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — A man notorious for shooting up a pizzeria in the United States capital where he wrongly believed Hillary Clinton and other Democrats were running a child sex ring has been killed in a traffic stop police shooting, local media reported Thursday.
Total solar eclipse races across North America
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/04/2024
» NEW YORK - Millions of people across North America readied for a total solar eclipse on Monday - some gazing anxiously at wayward clouds - as the moon began creeping across the face of the sun in western Mexico before it blocks it out completely.
Phew! Truck-sized asteroid misses Earth
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Bruce Willis: you can stand down.
NASA spaceship deflected asteroid in test to save Earth
AFP, Published on 12/10/2022
» WASHINGTON - NASA on Tuesday said it had succeeded in deflecting an asteroid in a historic test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth.
Tens of thousands march for the climate in France
AFP, Published on 13/03/2022
» PARIS - Tens of thousands of people protested across France Saturday to call for more attention to the climate crisis in the runup to presidential polls next month.
Last nine years all among 10 hottest-ever: US agency
AFP, Published on 14/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - The nine years spanning 2013-2021 all rank among the 10 hottest on record, according to an annual report by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published Thursday, the latest data underscoring the global climate crisis.
Dinosaur killer was comet from edge of solar system - astronomers
AFP, Published on 17/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs.
Harvard astronomer argues that alien vessel paid us a visit
AFP, Published on 06/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - Discovering there's intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human history -- but what if scientists decided to collectively ignore evidence suggesting it already happened?