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In the early 19th century, scientists started using rock strata to divide the Earth’s 4.6-billion-year history into distinct periods. By that point, they were beginning to realise that Earth was far, far older than previously thought, and were naming and organising different rock formations in an attempt to impose order…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday welcomed his counterparts from Bangladesh, Australia, Canada and Mauritius among others at the Bharat Mandapam venue at Pragati Maidan where India is hosting the long G20 Summit. Read further on Dynamite News:

More than 2,000 were also injured after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake devastated homes in villages across the Atlas Mountains, as well as historical sites inside Marrakech city.

The discovery provides a ‘missing link’ in our knowledge of black holes disrupting orbiting stars. 

Comet Nishimura makes its closest approach to Earth in just a few days. It is visible via binocular or telescope right now, but could be visible via the naked eye soon.

Britain on Thursday said it would join the European Union’s flagship Horizon science research programme and its Copernicus earth observation programme, but not the Euratom nuclear research initiative

"Climate breakdown has begun."

This is not just a story of a wildlife charity being bullied – it’s about the ugly truth of power dynamics in today’s Britain, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The team mapped the distribution of dark matter along a straight line through space at a higher resolution than ever before, and it may help us close in on what dark matter actually is.

A cluster of ancient stars glitters in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

The black hole steals three Earths' worth of mass every few weeks, making for a slow cosmic feast for the black hole.