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Full Coverage of this storyMeteor shower at Aldergrove park has universal appeal
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Full Coverage of this storyNASA Defines Gaps In Exoplanet Science
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Full Coverage of this storyScientists simulate icy moon volcanoes that could reveal alien life
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Full Coverage of this storyMassive Earthquake Could Strike Canada as Ancient Fault Line Wakes
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'Sleeping giant' fault beneath Canada could unleash a major earthquake, research suggests
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Hidden Fault Line in Canada Might Unleash a Massive Earthquake
By Ashley Fike
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Full Coverage of this storySatellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater
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90 Billion Liters of Water Punched Through Greenland's Ice Sheet – And Nobody Noticed
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Outburst of a subglacial flood from the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet
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Full Coverage of this storyRoyal Society right to keep Elon Musk as member, says new astronomer royal
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Full Coverage of this storyChina’s AI Innovation Identifies 27 Million Cosmic Objects in Record Time
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China’s new AI tool maps 27 million cosmic objects to spot stars, galaxies, quasars
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Binary star systems are complex astronomical objects − a new AI approach could pin down their properties quickly
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Full Coverage of this story"They Locked Them Up to Simulate Mars" but NASA Volunteers Spent a Year Playing PS4 and Sparked Outrage Over Millions in Taxpayer Funding
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Existing NASA Spacecraft Could Intercept the Weird Interstellar Object Cruising Into Our Star System
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