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France’s SkyFortress system is intended to provide redundancy on the ground, enabling individual ground stations to quickly take over satellite communications if others are put offline.

US President Donald Trump's administration is shifting its foreign policy focus from aid to securing raw materials. This could present an opportunity for the African continent.

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When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

Embark on an epic 30,000 km journey down the Pan-American Highway, a legendary route from Alaska to Argentina. Discover it's ...

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The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.