The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

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Some scientists and astronomers were not even sure this rare comet would appear for us, after it was first spotted as an incoming visitor last year. From a recent NASA blog: “The comet ...

This comet could become the brightest of the year ... spherical shell of icy debris at the outer reaches of our solar system." Both of the incoming comets likely originated in the Oort Cloud ...

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They appear to have been formed by 10 or more related space rocks including the comet 2P/Encke. One hypothesis is that Comet ...

The former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director was widely expected to rejoin Mr Trump’s second administration.

Two meteor showers, both streams of debris from the same massive object that broke apart 20,000 years ago, are happening at ...

Are nukes really the best defense against an incoming asteroid or comet? Do we really have to worry about giant space rocks or hefty snowballs wiping out civilization? Are astronauts the best way ...

In a striking statement during his visit to Kazakhstan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made it clear that the breakdown in relations between Russia and the United States was not Moscow's doing ...