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What to Do if Hit by NASA’s Satellite Debris from Space

This weekend, there is one-in-3200 risk that the speeding debris of the defunct 6-tonne, 35-ft NASA satellite the size of a school bus would hit someone on Earth. What do you do if you got "lucky?" NASA says, "Don't touch it."

NASA Satellite to Hit Earth Friday

A giant NASA satellite is expected to crash to the Earth's surface on Friday. The 12,500-pound, 35-foot long Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite is estimated to be the size of a school bus.

China will Launch Own Spacecraft Before National Day

China's technological sleight has taken a new dimension as it plans to launch its experimental aerospace, which is expected to commence on the communist country's attempt to build its own space station, says a report from Reuters.

Skull Found in Nigeria Supports Interbreeding with Primitive Humans

A study on a human skull found in the Iwo Eleru cave in Nigeria, West Africa, shows that modern humans and older subspecies of human might have lived at the same era and even reproduced in the region. Modern humans are estimated to have first appeared in Africa 200,000 years ago. Some scientists are saying that older humans must have lingered and interacted with the new generation of human life.

Million Told to Evacuate as Typhoon Roke Hits Japan

Typhoon Roke swept through central and westerrn Japan Tuesday night with 144 kph (90 mph) winds, leaving one person dead, two others missing, and more than a million residents fleeing their homes, Japan's weather agency said.

Galileo Movement Fuels Australia Climate Divide

Two Australian retirees invoke the 'father of modern science' in their fight against the hegemony of settled climate science. But their arguments - and the advisors supporting them - draw from a deep history of climate science denial and distortion.

Orange Peel, a Wasted Energy Resource?

Scientists in the UK, Spain, and Brazil are collaborating to find a way of producing valuable biomass-derived chemicals, materials and fuels from orange peel.

12 New Frog Species Discovered

Scientists find a dozen unknown 'night frogs' in remote western India, but half may already be threatened with extinction.

Asteroids 'Cleared' in Extinction of Dinosaurs

Scientists went on record Wednesday to clear the name of the prime suspect behind the mass extinction of dinosaurs.New evidence from NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, clears the name of the Baptistina family of asteroids that many thought was responsible for crashing into Earth and triggering the mass extinction.

The Ugly Journey of Our Trash

No one knows for sure but scientists think over six million tons of marine debris may be entering our ocean every year.

Herald of Planets: Among Seventy Four Planets, One Planet has Two Suns

A new discovery has been made. Experts in astronomy announced the discovery of an uncommon planet. According to the astronomers the said planet has two stars. It is very similar to Tatooine in the sci-fi film “Star Wars”. Using a $600 worth Kepler space telescope, National Aeronautics and Space Administration detected the said planet. Now the fantasy became factual. It is the first ever solar system of its kind that has been established.

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