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Huge snowballs have been snapped punching through Saturn’s F ring, the outermost of the planet's main rings, with a radius of about 87,000 miles.
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Grab a journal and a field guide and get going — every corner of your home and neighborhood is teeming with species.
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A company has plans to mine asteroids that zip close by Earth, both to provide supplies for future interplanetary travelers and to bring back precious metals.
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Is asteroid mining the future of space exploration, or a cosmic boondoggle?
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New technology is needed to harness wind power above waters that are so deep that turbines cannot be planted in the seabed.
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Both are visible right now if you're close enough to the equator.
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Rare life forms can sometimes show up on your doorstep, as a family in Washington found. But even the mundane and everyday species can be just as enchanting.
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'FPSRussia', whose mixture of Call of Duty videos and real-life weapon demonstrations has earned him a cult following, shows off a drone fitted with a machine gun.
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Blowing bubbles might typically be the mindless pastime of young children but for one astronaut it has become a scientific experiment. Don Pettit, of NASA, has been passing time on the International Space Station by injecting bubbles into bubbles.
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The 2012 Lyrid meteor shower did not disappoint skywatchers lucky enough to have good weather on April 22.
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Found at the site of an ancient Chinese city, the 1,500-year-old statues—some life-size—may have been buried by temple officials.
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On the eve of Earth Day, find out which of the world's forests are on the brink.