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*A new date for the Milky Way’s collision with the Andromeda galaxy

New data has pinpointed a new more accurate time of collision between our Milky Way galaxy with the giant neighbouring M-31 galaxy in Andromeda.

*Distant moons may harbor life

Scientists have identified 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons orbiting them.

*Scientists observe a new form of strange matter

In a discovery that could provide new insights into the origin of mass in the universe following the Big Bang, scientists, have used experiments with kaons and helium-3 to demonstrate, for the first time, the existence of an exotic nucleus containing two protons and a bound kaon.

*Giant asteroid as big as the Statue of Liberty swoops past the Earth

The Earth has had another visit from a 100-metre wide asteroid – the size of the statue of liberty --which has been making repeatedly close flybys of the planet for many years now.

*Strange new asteroid spotted

Astronomers have discovered an asteroid looping through the inner solar system on an exotic orbit.

*United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-71

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy has thundered into orbit carrying a new spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office.

*X-37B space shuttle passes 500 days in orbit

A top-secret US Air Force X-37B space shuttle has just completed its 500th day in orbit.

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*The Science Report

Australia has just had its warmest January on record.

Lack of winter rain across the Southern Hemisphere is likely to continue as temperatures continue to rise.

Australian cyber security services are investigating a cyber attack targeting Federal MPs.

The new pill that once swallowed can attach itself to the inside of a stomach and inject drugs.

Physicists create an exotic electron liquid.

Heavy metal contamination in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area among the world’s worst.

Proof that fish can recognize themselves in the mirror.

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