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The British satellite communications company said on Nov. 3 it was considering other options after a Sept. 1 explosion caused SpaceX flights to be delayed.

Analysis of viral DNA obtained from the remains of a 17th century child indicate that the disease may be just hundreds, and not thousands, of years old.

Some relatives of those on board the missing plane traveled to Madagascar to search for debris from the plane and also raise awareness.

A U.S. military official said coalition airstrikes may be more aggressive in places like Mosul where Iraqi forces are fighting to liberate the city from the Islamic State group.

A tsunami warning was issued after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit 30 miles off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean Friday morning.

Paris likely has more rats than people, but the city government is stepping up its crackdown on pests, closing public areas and deploying agents to keep litter off the streets.

Syrian Army advances in the former rebel stronghold of Aleppo may spell a grim future for the opposition.

Edward Snowden's latest leak reveals a complex relationship between the U.K. and its ally, Israel.

A far-right party in Germany has told local politicians they should move to Africa if they give the go-ahead to construct a mosque in the city of Hachenburg.

Marine Le Pen, the president of the far-right Front National and a possible future president of France, proposed blocking undocumented immigrants' access to France's welfare benefits.

The ytterbium crystal where this extremely exotic state of matter was observed was synthesized for the first time last year by scientists in China.

Our star, the primary source of energy in the solar system, will expand to a red giant in about 5 billion years from now.

Researchers estimate that the dust particles that eventually coalesce to form gigantic planets may be as small as just 150 micrometers.

The basketball legend sued Fujian-based Qiaodan Sports in 2012 for using the Chinese name for Jordan, and his jersey number, without his permission.

A team of researchers has estimated the rate at which the gas giant's moons are moving away from it. The calculations suggest that the moons may not have formed 4.5 billion years ago as previously believed.

Study of a bedrock core taken from deep under the Greenland ice sheet suggests the region was devoid of ice for a period of 280,000 years in the Pleistocene epoch.

Researchers believe that the country’s mandatory military service is indirectly responsible for the phenomenon.

The private spaceflight company, which originally wanted to send humans to Mars in 2023, has pushed back the deadline yet again — this time to 2031.

Popular YouTuber Felix Kjellberg accused YouTube of making changes to its algorithm that affected the discoverability of a user’s content.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature released its latest assessment of global biodiversity Thursday.

The survey, which covered an area containing 15 million galaxies, indicates that dark matter may be more evenly distributed in the cosmos than previously believed.

Severe floods in North Korea's northeast earlier this year left hundreds of people dead and tens of thousands displaced.

This announcement stands in contrast to Pope Francis’ famous 2013 response, “Who am I to judge?” when he was asked if he was open to gay Catholic priests.

A Pakistan International Airlines official said that Flight PK-661 suffered a technical glitch before it disappeared and crashed in northern Pakistan.

ISIS is estimated to have up to 6,000 fighters in Mosul. The operation to retake Mosul from ISIS began in October.

A report from a human rights group says Russia has granted one Syrian permanent asylum and has deemed Syria safe for return.

Religious groups in Malawi have united to oppose a proposed bill expanding women’s rights to abortions.

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the Virgin Mary.

Pollution is so bad right now in Paris that the city has made public transportation free to limit vehicle emissions.