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Rihanna Covers Belinda Carlisle in New 'Smurfs' Trailer

The film will be out in July and feature more new Rihanna music

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The Fraught U.S.-Soviet Search for Alien Life

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But communicating across the...

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Why the odds of a giant asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 keep changing

The risk of the asteroid hitting Earth fell from 3 per cent to 0.002 per cent within days, but if the chances can shift so quickly, can they go up...

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Trump Is Hitting the Gas on Our Path to Planetary Destruction

The planet’s decline is already deeply underway. Trump’s clearly about to lend it a remarkably helping hand

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Shuttle Ready for Delayed Liftoff Today : Highs in 60s Expected After Cold, Ice Forced 1-Day Postponement

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — As ice that delayed launch of the space shuttle Discovery by 24 hours melted away Wednesday, NASA said all systems...

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This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike

There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton nuclear weapon. Here...

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Black-hole 'particle accelerators' are causing mysterious cosmic rays to rain down on Earth at nearly the speed of light

A study provides crucial clues about how cosmic objects send accelerated particles through space. Jets coming from quasars and supernovae can send...

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Space billionaires and flying on Mars: Space highlights from 2021

From billionaires racing to be the first into space, to a telescope that will allow astronomers to peer back to the dawn of the universe, 2021 was...

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Can the Human Body Endure a Voyage to Mars?

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep space will make us...

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For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess

Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of...

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