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Place on Earth so isolated nearest people are on the International Space Station
Point Nemo, which is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is so far from anywhere that its nearest people are located on the International Space Station
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Huge 150m asteroid among three space rocks to fly past Earth this weekend
Nasa is tracking an asteroid which will fly past Earth this weekend, with the huge space rock estimated to reach speeds of more than 24,000mph and be between 67 metres and 150 metres in diameter
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Planet-destroyer black hole discovered 'very close' to the Earth by scientists
Astronomers who spotted the Gaia BH3 - the now second-closest known black hole and 33 times the size of the sun - said no-one ever expected it to be found so close to Earth
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Inside world’s deepest cave which is seven times bigger than The Shard
Veryovkina Cave is found in the Gagra mountain range in Abkhazia, descends 7,293ft into the Earth and is so large could eat up the Shard seven times over
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'Fluffy' planet where it rains sand discovered by scientists light years away
Getting to grips with the atmosphere of planets outwith the Solar System is no easy task, but researchers have found one with a very different atmosphere to Earth
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David Attenborough's health at 97 - diet secrets and 'no signs of slowing down'
The legendary nature documentary maker is back on screens and as sharp as ever with the BBC's Planet Earth IIII while his 100th birthday is less than three years away
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Fears Earth's core 'leaking' as baffled experts find mystery element in lava
Scientists believe that this discovery could change the way core material is studied as strange elements are found from historic lava in Baffin Island in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago
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Earth experiences hottest day EVER as scientists warn climate now 'terrifying'
The global average temperature reached 17.18C according to the University of Maine in the US - with the milestone coming just one day after global average temperatures topped 17C
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Spot four times the size of Earth appears on sun and can be seen with naked eye
South Korean astronomer Bum-Suk Yeom has published an image of a huge sunspot that can be seen from Earth with a naked eye - but anyone who wants to look has been warned to use eclipse glasses
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How to watch asteroid scrape past Earth in 'extraordinarily close' near miss
The 26ft asteroid will pass as close to Earth as the distance from London to Cairo and 10 times closer than satellites - and will be visible from our skies tonight