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Odysseus moon landing: Historic mission reaches lunar surface

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Eclipse viewing glasses: How to protect your eyes during the total solar eclipse

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Woolly mammoths are one step closer to making a comeback

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Birdlike footprints from Triassic mystery animals precede earliest bird fossils by 60 million years

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‘Tasmanian devil’ is a stellar corpse showing energetic signs of life

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Asteroid visited by NASA spacecraft has a ‘puzzling’ companion

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The face of Juanita, the ‘Ice Maiden’ mummy, has been revealed

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Long-lost Roman forts spotted in declassified spy satellite photos

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Solar eclipse: ‘Ring of fire’ appears over the Americas

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See a cosmic Christmas tree and celestial snow globe in new NASA images

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