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

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked northeastern India and Nepal Sunday killing at least 18 people and injuring 100 others.

The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service placed the entire south western region of the state under heightened alert in the coming days as 340 blazes swept across the Australian state.

British surgeons have successfully separated Sudanese twins joined at the top of their heads, and the babies are now recovering well.

A 6-ton decommissioned NASA satellite the size of a bus is expected to fall to Earth on Friday, according to the U.S. space agency.

A 20-year-old satellite from NASA is expected to crash back to earth on Sept. 23, but the problem is that the agency still doe not know where it will fall.

According to Planet Beach "Its a great way to burn up to 500 calories in a 30-minute session".

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.

After eight years, researchers confirmed that a species of dolphin in Victoria waters previously thought to be the bottlenose dolphin is a new species.

According to a new theory published Wednesday, scientists say that the Milky Way Galaxy collided with a dwarf galaxy not once but twice in the last 2 billion years to create the distinctive spiral arm structure.

The U.S. National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) unveiled on Wednesday plans to build a $35-billion powerful rocket called Space Launch System.

NASA revealed on Wednesday its plan to build a giant deep-space rocket to transport astronauts for space explorations. NASA's announcement was done after a year-long extensive discussion with Congress over the project's cost, scope and technical parameters. The Obama administration withheld its plans while it obtained an independent cost estimate for the Space Launch System.

The Sarah Palin book, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, by Joe McGinniss is out. The book oozes with salacious allegations. McGinniss apparently moved next door to Palin to write a book about her. The book is packed with stories that could make a blockbuster movie. It exposes stories about cocaine, a one-night stand with a basketball hero and a love triangle, the atlanticewire.com reports.

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Australians are feeling the negative effects of natural disaster s and calamities on the national economy.

Astronomers have recently discovered planet HD85512b along with over 50 new planets orbiting stars beyond the sun. This super Earth from Vela is about 36 light years from us, 3.6 times larger than Earth, and orbits its star in under 60 days. The planet's distance from its star puts it within the star's habitable zone - where liquid water can exist on the surface under the right conditions. However, the technology to determine other similarities between Earth and the Vela planet is not like...

A group of astronomers announced on Tuesday the discovery of 50 new planets. The planets, which includes 16 that have bigger mass than Earth, were found using a telescope in Chile’s La Silla Observatory.

Actor sends letter on PETA's behalf to the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking officials to consider more humane alternatives.

Forget about the 2012 Mayan calendar, comet Elenin or the Rapture. The real threat to human civilization is far more mundane, and it's right in front of our noses.

NASA has admitted that it is 'concerned' about a dead satellite the size of a school bus that is scheduled to fall back to Earth but insisted that it isn't a danger to anyone on the planet.

At current ra6es of melting, the Arctic will be largely ice-free in the northern summer 40 years sooner than projected.

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When it's free to pollute, businesses keep polluting. But when it costs to pollute, big polluters make an effort to do things in a cleaner way.

Astronomers announced on Monday that they have discovered a planet outside our solar system that could potentially support life.

Sharks are a little safer from human beings as the California Senate passed the ban on selling and possession of shark fins last week.

Australia's proposed emissions trading scheme has won praise from Beijing, where it will be the model for one of six Chinese pilot schemes to be introduced in 2013. Jiang Kejun, head of the Chinese government's energy and environmental policy agency, said pilot carbon trading schemes currently being researched would trial different designs based on schemes from Australia, Europe and California.

According to the American Chemistry Council, a family of plasticizer compounds called phthlates are fine and dandy additions to everything from wall coverings, flooring, toys, perfumes, shampoos and IV tubes.

The Conservation Council says a surfing competition soon on Kangaroo Island could wipe out the entire breeding season for a vulnerable bird species in South Australia.