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Nasa's space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth, landing in California after an eventful mission.

The British government commits substantial investment into the world's biggest environmental monitoring programme.

With a remake of the classic film The Day the Earth Stood Still coming next month, it's time to examine whether depictions of extraterrestrials reflect our hopes, our fears or both.

Astronomers identify the location of a giant planet, Fomalhaut b, orbiting a star located about 25 light years from Earth.

The Earth's next ice age may be postponed or stopped entirely by the effects of human-induced climate change, scientists suggest.

60 Minutes this Sunday will air an interesting project–tracking e-waste from Denver to China to a refining center that’s one “of the most toxic places on earth.” Correspondent Scott Pelley and crew was jumped as they were recording a black market that was dismantling e-waste.

Technically, these electronics were supposed to be recycled.

Think about what just happened.

India's Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft sends back images of the Australian landmass as it makes a pass of Earth.