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Prince Charles releases hard-hitting message for Earth Day

The Prince of Wales has released a hard-hitting message to mark Earth Day amid the coronavirus pandemic, stating: 'Air, water, soil and landscapes are vital to human health and wellbeing..




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The richest 25 dynasties on earth control £1.16 TRILLION and watch fortunes grow millions every HOUR

Bloomberg's ranking of the world's richest families has revealed how heirs at the top of the list are watching their fortunes grow by millions of dollars every hour.




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Ancient human settlement was obliterated by a COMET exploding in Earth's atmosphere 12,800 years ago

The event destroyed a village found in the Abu Hureyra dig site in Syria and splattered fragments of molten glass 'hot enough to melt cars' to the ground.




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Love Island Australia: Cassie Lansdell auditioned for the X-Factor in unearthed clip

She's currently looking for her soulmate in the Love Island Australia villa.




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Viewers praise 'down to earth' Zara and Mike Tindall as they appear on Top Gear

The couple raced each other around a Surrey race track in a Toyota GT86 for the show's A Reasonably Priced Car Segment, with Zara at one stage hurtling off the gravel and onto the grass.




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Sizzling heat scoops cut lawn into air to fall back to earth in bizarre phenomenon

Tanya Rendall, 46, filmed the moment dry grass rained down on the houses in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, on Wednesday.




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Haul of pottery, coins and sculptures unearthed from 'lost' Greek city of Tenea

Mystery surrounds the city as archaeologists attempt to uncover why it was abandoned suddenly by unearthing artefacts from around 400AD when its inhabitants fled with no obvious explanation.




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Greek island of Crete is hit by 6.0-magnitude earthquake 

A powerful undersea earthquake has rattled Greece's island of Crete and was felt in the southern mainland.




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Albanian-born Rita Ora and Bebe Rexha pen heartfelt messages to families affected by the earthquake

Rita Ora and her fellow Albanian-born singer Bebe Rexha have pledged their support to the families hit by Tuesday's deadly earthquake in Albania.




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Rita Ora urges her fans to 'look after the planet' in celebration of Earth Day

The Hot Right Now hitmaker, 29, took advantage of the country's sunny weather as she enjoyed a sunbathing session while marking Earth Day on social media on Wednesday.




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Suspected explosion triggers a small earthquake near China's border with North Korea

The magnitude 1.3 quake took place in the Chinese city of Hunchun at 19:38pm local time today with a focal depth of zero metres, reported China seismic network.




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Powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off Bali

A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck Bali, Indonesia.The European Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the quake was at a depth of 10 kilometres.




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Powerful earthquake in Indonesia sending tremors across Darwin

Darwin residents have been left shaken after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Indonesia and sent tremors felt across the Top End. 




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Marco Rubio blasted by Left for 'anti-science gaffe' about age of earth - even though Barack Obama said the same thing

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has been criticised for describing the age of the earth as a 'great mystery' even though almost all scientists agree that it is 4.54 billion years old.




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Nurse who helped save PM's life reveals he was surprised at how 'down-to-earth' he was

Luis Pitarma, 29, was one of the two nurses singled out for praise by Mr Johnson. His mother, speaking from Aveiro near the northern Portuguese city of Porto, has now told of her son's experience.




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New Zealand's south island is struck by 5.6 magnitude earthquake - the biggest to hit this year

New Zealand has recorded its most powerful earthquake of 2020 in a remote corner of the South Island.




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Boris Johnson orders hunt to unearth 'Whitehall mole' who leaked confidential documents to Labour

Boris Johnson is concerned a 'Labour mole' is operating within Whitehall, say government sources. Confidential Treasury documents were leaked to Labour during the election campaign.




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Labour leadership favourite Keir Starmer 'plans scorched earth removal of hard-Left'

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer is expected to romp to victory when the result of the contest is announced on Saturday.




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Earthquake hits Pakistan: 5.8 magnitude tremor kills 22 and injures hundreds 

A strong earthquake hit north of Jhelum along boundary of Punjab and Kashmir. At least 22 people have been killed mostly due to collapsing roofs and walls.




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Earthquake hits Pakistan and sends terrified people running into the streets

A tremor sent terrified people running into the streets in northeastern Pakistan today, days after a powerful quake killed 38 people in the same area and destroyed infrastructure and roads.




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Iconic images of the likes of Freddie Mercury, Amy Winehouse and Kiss are unearthed

David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Sid Vicious are among the biggest names in music that are featured at a new gallery by legendary music photographer Denis O'Regan from his incredible 45-year career




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Unbeaten French colt Earthlight favourite for Juddmonte Stakes in Newmarket

The Andre Fabre-trainer winner of the Group One Prix Morny Stakes is the 7-4 favourite with Coral but faces a line-up that potentially includes Siskin and Monarch of Egypt.




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Ancient 3,200-year-old Canaanite temple unearthed in Israel

The temple, from about the 12th century BC, was once part of the biblical Canaanite city of Lachish - a powerful stronghold - now the area houses the Tel Lachish national park.




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Chris Hemsworth feeds a koala on the Gold Coast for Nat Geo's Born Wild Earth Day special

He is adored by millions of fans around the world.  




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Boris Johnson set for 80-seat majority after election 'earthquake'

With Labour's 'red wall' of Leave-backing strongholds imploding, Boris Johnson said he had been given a 'powerful' vote of confidence by the British people.




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'The biggest picture show on Earth:' How Life Magazine captured history's most iconic moments

A new book, Life Magazine and the Power of Photography, looks at the inner workings of the weekly and the staff that shaped the presentation of its pictures.




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Channing Tatum fan's tweet goes viral after unearthing photos of him from high school

The tweet read: 'My boyfriends mom dated Channing Tatum in high school and she found photos of them last night,' Twitter user @faiitthh33 wrote, going on to say she was 'Shook.'




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Cities across globe switch off their lights to highlight climate change during Earth Hour

Famous buildings and structures have switched off their lights to highlight change during Earth Hour, plunging landmarks in Moscow, Sydney and Beijing into complete darkness.




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Earthquake hits Afghanistan and Pakistan, with 6.1-magnitude tremor sending people running

A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said, forcing residents into the streets in Kabul and Islamabad.




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JOHN HUMPHRYS: An asteroid could be heading for Earth and yet our leaders are at war with each other

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Every leader of every country in the world had come together on a virtual network. Never had there been such a conference. But, yet, never had there been such a crisis.




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It's not too late to save the Earth's oceans by 2050, scientists say

A new study published in Nature lays out an 'essential roadmap' for marine life to recover to full abundance by 2050 and leave future generations a vibrant, resilient ocean.




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More than half of all Earth's ocean life died off 444 million years ago because it ran out of oxygen

Stanford University, California experts believe that the 'Late Ordovician' mass extinction 450 million years ago was due to widespread 'anoxia', or oxygen depletion, over a three million year period.




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NASA says three asteroids will make a 'close approach' to Earth tonight

The three asteroids flying by the Earth tonight range in size from the smallest at 55 feet to the largest at a whopping 255 feet in diameter. They will all be too far away to impact with the planet.




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Winter wonderland in Canada is snapped from 254 miles above the Earth by NASA astronaut on the ISS

NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped a stunning image of a full moon rising over the frozen Hudson Bay in northern Canada earlier this month.




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NASA astronaut on the ISS snaps a stunning image of the glittering lights on Earth

Space is referred to as a cold, dark place, but an image shared by a NASA astronaut suggest otherwise. The pic captures glittering stars and Earth's glowing atmosphere.




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NASA discovers an Earth-size planet in a star's 'habitable zone'

The breakthrough discovery was announced during the annual American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.




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Violent solar storms are being generated closer to Earth previously thought 

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles used satellite data to show that storms form when solar winds interact with the Earth's magnetic field.




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NASA reveals 'space hotel' where ISS tourists can view Earth

NASA has revealed that it has partnered with a Houston-based startup called Axiom Space to send the first commercial space station into low orbit for a new generation of space tourists.




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Leiden University's computer algorithm spots ELEVEN asteroids that could hit Earth

Each of the asteroids flagged by a computer algorithm at Leiden University are more than 328 feet wide and will pass close between the Earth and the moon between the years 2131 and 2923.




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Tiny asteroid confirmed to be a mini-moon that has been orbiting Earth for the past three years 

NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey spotted a temporarily captured asteroid that has been orbiting Earth for three years and has announced it is now our planet's new mini-moon.




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Earth's new mini-moon seen in full color, but experts questioning if the asteroid is space junk 

Astronomers have released the first colorful image of Earth's mini-moon that was spotted Feb 15. However, the lead expert says the asteroid may actually be human-made debris.




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Asteroid half the size of Mount Everest set to fly by Earth next month - but is not expected to hit

An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object is one to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles.




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Lettuces grown on the ISS are more nutritious than those grown on Earth

NASA says the lettuce was served by astronauts with oil and vinegar dressing and the space leaves were a wild success, described as 'awesome' by the crew who ate them.




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Glowing green microbes on Earth could hold the key to life on Mars

Researchers from the University of Tokyo discovered the single-celled organisms after spending a decade studying rocks found in the South Pacific Ocean in 2010.




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Nasa is running a knock-out photography competition featuring pictures of Earth taken from space

Nasa's Earth Observatory has opened up an archive of pictures of Earth taken from space and is asking the public to vote for the winner in a knock-out-style competition.




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Evidence of the 'most similar planet to Earth ever found' spotted in old data

Kepler-1649c was discovered hidden away in data collected from the Kepler space telescope two years after it was retired by NASA and in seven year old observations.




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NASA and ESA reveal ambitious plan to bring Martian rock samples back to Earth by 2031

NASA and the ESA have revealed a highly ambitious multi-billion plan to return Martian rock samples to Earth, which would involve three spacecraft, including the former's Mars 2020 rover.




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Alien life might thrive on 'super-Earths' made of pure hydrogen

Professor Sara Seager from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) believes astronomers should broaden their horizon's as they scan the cosmos for signs of life.




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Expert calls for protocols to keep alien viruses from infecting Earth after humans visit Mars

Stanford professor Scott Hubbard said in an interview that NASA must adopt 'planetary protection' to keep alien viruses from returning from the human Mars mission and contaminating Earth.




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Extra-terrestrial impacts may have shaped Earth 3.2 billion years ago, study finds

A study found that plate tectonics were triggered by intense bombardment of meteors 3.2 billion years ago -transforming the hot, primordial mushy surface into the present rugged landscape.