Astronomers detect mystery radio bursts
An international team of astronomers is studying four mysterious and very powerful radio bursts they think may have originated half
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Faraway planet found to be same colour as Earth
The Hubble Space Telescope has helped scientists determine the color of a planet outside of our Solar System for the first time.
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Dead Russian lawyer convicted of tax evasion
A Moscow court has convicted dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion, concluding a posthumous trial in a case that
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IMF lowers its global economic prospects
The International Monetary Fund says the global economy is expanding slower than it expected and has trimmed its projections for
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Europe reacts to US surveillance allegations
U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to a meeting of U.S. and German security officials
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Russia Watch: For Russia’s Kremlin, Snowden goes from trophy to liability
The Latin Americans came and left in their presidential jets. But Edward Snowden stayed behind. For the Kremlin, a propaganda
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‘Unprecedented climate extremes’ over past decade, UN report says
The world experienced “unprecedented high-impact climate extremes” between 2001 and 2010 and more national temperature records were broken during that
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Egypt’s army takes power
Egypt’s army took power from President Mohamed Morsi and suspended the constitution. Army tanks are surrounding the presidential palace, and
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Sixty billion Earth-like planets could exist in Milky Way galaxy
A new study finds there could be about 60 billion Earth-sized habitable planets orbitingred dwarfs – the most common stars in our universe
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