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The end is not nigh: Earth ‘has 3bn years left’

Life on Earth will continue for up to 3bn years but humans will die out far sooner, scientists say.

Thu, 19 Sep, 2013

Endeavour blasts into orbit for NASA’s second-last shuttle flight

ENDEAVOUR blasted off on NASA’s next-to-last shuttle flight, thundering through clouds into orbit as the mission commander’s wounded wife, Gabrielle Giffords, watched along with an exhilarated crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands.

Tue, 17 May, 2011

Chance to text aliens — just don’t expect a response

AN Australian website is giving texting an intergalactic touch and allowing users to send short mobile phone-type messages into space.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2009