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Richard Branson, 71, reaches space in his own ship

Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday in his boldest adventure yet.

 
Transit of Mercury brings out stargazers around the world

Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury — a tiny black dot — as it passed directly between Earth and the sun on Monday.

 
Israeli spacecraft crashes in bid to land on moon — VIDEO

An Israeli spacecraft lost contact with Earth and crashed just moments before it was to land on the moon late Thursday, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar mission.

 
Death Valley worker has seen some of Earth’s highest, lowest temps

Terry Eddington, a National Park Service custodian who is about halfway through what may be Death Valley’s hottest summer ever, previously experienced some of the planet’s lowest temperatures during five winters in Antarctica.