Growing up, most of us learned that Earth is home to seven continents. But it may be time to rewrite the geography textbooks, as a controversial study now claims there are actually only six continents ...

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Up on the fifth floor of London's County Hall, an enormous space which for decades echoed with the flapping wings of roosting ...

A 36-foot-wide asteroid pulled into Earth’s orbit has become a second "mini-moon" for almost two months. But this ...