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Europe’s Hera Spacecraft Begins Close Inspections of an Asteroid Rammed by NASA in a 2022 Test

Varieties This undated image provided by the European Space Agency on Nov. 5, 2026 and taken by the Hera spacecraft, shows asteroid Didymos. (European Space Agency via AP)

Europe’s Hera Spacecraft Begins Close Inspections of an Asteroid Rammed by NASA in a 2022 Test

A European spacecraft has begun close inspections of an asteroid rammed by NASA four years ago in a planetary defense test. The European Space Agency…

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Varieties Looking across vast distances means peering into the past because of the time needed for light from distant objects to reach us (Reuters)

Euclid Mission Data Release Spans More than 900 Million Galaxies

The European Space Agency has released its first big collection of data from the orbiting Euclid telescope's mission to map the universe's large-scale…

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Varieties The program also provides specialized training in organic farming, pest control, modern irrigation, and coffee cultivation - SPA

Saudi Reef: Coffee Production Reaches 7,400 Tons in 2026

The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program (Saudi Reef) reported that Saudi coffee production rose from 800 tons annually in 2020 to approximately…

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Varieties KCRI is designed to restore the Red Sea reefscape and offer a framework that coral restoration programs worldwide can adopt. (SPA)

KAUST Unveils Landmark Coral Facility on Red Sea, Advancing Saudi Scientific Expertise and Marine Conservation

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) launched the KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative’s large-scale coral facility, restoring and…

Varieties Heavy machinery clears the debris from a landslide along the Marocos road in Machico municipality, on the Portuguese island of Madeira, due to severe weather caused by the passage of Storm Charles, 11 November 2026. (EPA)

Portugal Closes All Schools and Non-Essential Services Ahead of a Major Atlantic Storm

Portugal closed all schools and shuttered non-essential public services on Wednesday as a major Atlantic storm headed for the country's mainland. Streets…


Varieties Farmer Christian Nachtwey walks under solar panels, installed over his organic orchard in Gelsdorf, western Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Many of the apple trees grow beneath solar panels that have been producing bountiful electricity during this year's unusually sun-rich summer, while providing the fruit below with much-needed shade. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Sweet or Not? German Farmer Trials Solar Roofs for Orchard

It’s picking season at Christian Nachtwey’s organic orchard in western Germany and laborers are loading their carts with ripe red Elstar apples, ready to be…

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Varieties Revellers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina", tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Alberto Saiz/AP

Spain's 'Tomatina' Battle Returns after Pandemic Hiatus

People from around the world pasted each other with tomatoes Wednesday as Spain’s famous “Tomatina” street tomato fight took place once again Wednesday…

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Varieties An Israeli archaeologist works next to the recently discovered 2.5-meter-long tusk of an estimated 500,000-year-old straight-tusked elephant, near the city of Gedera, Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Tsafrir Abayov/AP

Israeli Archaeologists Dig Up Large Tusk of Ancient Elephant

Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed the titanic tusk of a prehistoric pachyderm near a kibbutz in southern Israel, a remnant of a behemoth once hunted by…

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Varieties Pictures and flowers are left in memory of the late Princess Diana around the Liberty Flame monument above the tunnel of the Alma bridge where Diana Princess of Wales died in a car accident on August 31, 1997, in Paris, France, August 31, 2022. (Reuters)

Mourners Mark Princess Diana’s Death in Paris, 25 Years on

Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death in Paris on Wednesday, laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge above the underpass…

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Varieties NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), with the Orion crew capsule perched on top, stands on launch complex 39B one day after an engine-cooling problem forced NASA to delay the debut test launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 30, 2022. (Reuters)

NASA to Make Second Attempt at Debut Moon Rocket Launch on Saturday

NASA aims to make a second attempt to launch its giant next-generation moon rocket on Saturday, Sept. 3, five days after a pair of technical issues foiled an…

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Varieties The owner of a tea house pours a cup of tea in this picture illustration taken April 25, 2020. (Reuters)

Tea Drinkers Enjoy Possible Health Benefits, Study Suggests

A cup of tea just got a bit more relaxing. Tea can be part of a healthy diet and people who drink tea may even be a little more likely to live longer than…

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Varieties Moviegoers wait to attend a screening, at the King Abdullah Financial District Theater, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo)

‘Qays & Layla’ Brings Historic Love Stories to Digital World

“Qays & Layla” is one of many Arabic stories that generations of lovers inherited and admired for all the meanings of love between the insane Qays Ibn al…

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Varieties Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS

Mohammed Bin Salman Project Revives Historical Structure of Five Mosques

The second phase of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project for Developing Historical Mosques includes five mosques in the Makkah Region with the aim of…

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Varieties View of the earth photographed from the Apollo XI spacecraft as it approached the Earth on its return from the moon on July 24, 1969. AFP PHOTO/FILES/NASA/HO

Scientists Discover Chemical Reactions from Early Earth

Four billion years ago, the Earth looked very different than it does today, devoid of life and covered by a vast ocean. Over the course of millions of years,…

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Varieties SpaceX founder Elon Musk during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. (Getty Images/AFP)

Elon Musk Says the World Still Needs Oil and Gas

The world must continue to extract oil and gas in order to sustain civilization, while also developing sustainable sources of energy, Tesla founder Elon Musk…

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Varieties French Emergency Doctor Frederic Maillez, who was first to arrive at the scene of the crash that killed Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, speaks to The Associated Press, next to the Pont de l'Alma tunnel, in Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. (AP)

Diana’s Last Moments: French Medic Recalls ‘Tragic Night’

The woman was crumpled on the floor of a mangled Mercedes, unconscious and struggling to breathe. The French doctor had no idea who she was, and focused on…

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Varieties NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, stands on launch pad 39B in preparation for the unmanned Artemis 1 mission at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday. | REUTERS

NASA Shoots for the Moon, On Its Way to Mars

NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars. Fifty…

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Varieties Using thousands of photographs, engineers have given a virtual rebirth to five historic sites in Mosul and the broader Nineveh province. AFP

Virtual Reality Revives Iraq's War-ravaged Heritage

An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by militants and…

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Varieties In this file photo taken on November 30, 2006, US First Lady Laura Bush (R) stands with Guest Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier (L) while talking about the ginger bread White House he created for the State Dining Room, during a media preview of the 2006 holiday decorations at the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Roland Mesnier, White House Pastry Chef for 25 Years, Dies at 78

Roland Mesnier, the French-born longtime pastry chef at the White House whose whimsical confections served five American presidents, has died at age 78, a…

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Varieties The Ford Escort RS Turbo Series 1, that belonged to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is seen during a preview of an auction at Silverstone circuit, in Northamptonshire, England, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (AP)

Diana’s Car Auctioned as 25th Anniversary of Her Death Nears

A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds ($764,000) at auction Saturday, just days before the 25th anniversary of her death. …

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Varieties A Palestinian woman fans her daughter with a tray amid a heatwave and lengthy power cuts in Gaza City August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Power Cuts Melt Gaza's Ice Cream Stocks as Heatwave Boosts Demand

Lengthy power cuts in the Gaza Strip have melted stocks of ice cream, forcing shops to stop selling it just when a heatwave has boosted demand. With summer…

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Varieties This combination of photos shows the Saturn V rocket with Apollo 12's spacecraft aboard on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in 1969, left. At right is NASA's new moon rocket for the Artemis program with the Orion spacecraft on top at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 18, 2022. (AP Photo)

'Sight to Behold': Tourists Flock to Florida for Moon Rocket Launch

Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is "a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience," says Joanne Bostandji. The 45-year-old has traveled all the way from…

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Varieties Sawjrah village in Oman

Oman’s Sawjrah Village…Historic Hotels in Heart of Heritage

Between the waterfalls of Al Jabal Al Akhdar and its natural, vibrant slopes, rests an Omani village named “Sawjrah” aged over 450 years. The name of the…

Varieties Scientists have identified the Subantarctic rayadito, a 16 gram bird. Reuters

Scientists Find New Bird Species at South America's Edge

In a sparse, windswept pasture at the frigid tip of South America lives a tiny bird whose quiet life is shedding light on the importance of studying the world…

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Varieties Divers take out of the sea an abandoned fishing net that was covering a coral reef in a protected area of Ko Losin, Thailand June 19, 2021. Picture taken June 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

UN Session on High Seas Biodiversity Ends Without Agreement

UN member states ended two weeks of negotiations Friday without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed…

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Varieties In this file photo taken on August 23, 2021, a vial of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is seen at a pop up vaccine clinic in the Arleta neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. (AFP)

Moderna Sues Pfizer/BioNTech for Patent Infringement over COVID Vaccine

Moderna sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Friday for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United…

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Varieties Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, co-founding patron of Sentebale, a charity formed in response to the needs of children and young people in Lesotho and Botswana, is welcomed before the ISPS Handa Polo Cup Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Carbondale, Colo. (AP)

Prince Harry Hopes Diana Death Anniversary Will Be ‘Filled with Memories’

Britain's Prince Harry said he wished his children could have met his mother Princess Diana and hoped the 25th anniversary of her death next week would be a…

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Varieties This image released by NASA on July 12, 2022 from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the edge of a young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Handout, NASA, AFP

Webb Telescope Finds CO2 for First Time in Exoplanet Atmosphere

The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon…

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Varieties The art collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion Steve DYKES GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File

Christie's to Auction Microsoft Co-founder Allen's $1bn-plus Art Collection

Christie's announced plans on Thursday to auction the art collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, which it estimated to be worth more than $1…

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