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The mound of earth, which is several metres high, could be seen cracking and spilling onto the school access road and footpath throughout June

If approved, the plans will provide private residential nursing and dementia care for up to 66 residents.

It was all a lot to take in — so we asked a few people in the astronomy community their thoughts.

Things could have been so different. In June 1992, the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro created the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, launching the formal international mission to bring global warming emissions under control and reduce humanity’s negative impacts on our…

For astrobiologists like me, the first image from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals infinite possibilities of life beyond Earth, says Louisa Preston of University College London

The world’s oldest Martian meteorite has been traced to the precise crater where it originated.

Did you catch the supermoon

From a sign of evil intent to a symbol of peace and prosperity, humans have long been captivated by the Moon and how it shapes the world around us.

This week, the biggest and most powerful space telescope beamed its first snapshots of the cosmos to Earth. It's a visual feast of the early universe, cosmic cliffs, dying stars and battling galaxies.

The Buck Moon or supermoon is the biggest and brightest full moon, which happens at this time of the year when the moon is at its closest point to the Earth

The telescope's precise measurements of exoplanet WASP-96b reveal water in the atmosphere. Could it host life?