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Three people have been taken to hospital and one person is unaccounted for with work ongoing to locate them, police said

WASHINGTON -- Astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) returned to Earth on Saturday with three crewmates from the International Space Station (ISS).

There’s hope yet for Planet Earth. Representatives of 70 nations along with oil companies and major shipping lines have agreed in principle on a plan to stabilize oceans, limit exploitation and preserve habitats for marine life. That might not seem like such a big deal for landlocked Missourians, but there’s…

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Communicating with far-off Mars is hard, but new satellite arrangements could make things easier for future missions.

The death toll from the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has reached over 50,000 people. Over 23 million people have been affected and millions have been displaced from their homes. In Syria alone, an estimated 5.3 million people have been left homeless.

Jennifer Aniston called Courteney Cox 'one of the funniest human beings on the planet earth' as she paid a gushing tribute to her former Friends co-star, who marks 40 years in the entertainment industry

Four astronauts return to Earth after a quick SpaceX flight home from the International Space Station, with the US-Russian-Japanese crew craving the food and sights of their homelands.

Four space station astronauts have returned to earth after a quick flight home aboard one of Elon Musk's SpaceX capsules.