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Confirmed by NASA and the Met Office, the aurora is set to return in a "once in a decade" scenario. The Met Office says there ...

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During the last days of this week, the full moon for November will arrive, which will also be the fourth supermoon of 2024.

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not mean Earth is not a hazard to it.

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