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Drake opens the doors to his EPIC Toronto mansion complete with NBA size basketball court

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Drake opens the doors to his EPIC Toronto mansion complete with NBA size basketball court and recording studio: ‘It’s overwhelming high luxury’ By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 16:35 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 18:01 BST, 8 April 2020 Drake has opened the doors to his glorious and awe-inspiring Toronto mansion for the May … Read more

How the coronavirus pandemic has more than DOUBLED in size in a week

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What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Morgue the size of two football pitches is being built in London to hold coronavirus victims

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A new morgue which can hold thousands of tragic covid-19 victims, including those from the Nightingale coronavirus hospital, is being built in East London. The mortuary, about the size of two football pitches, is being developed on forest land close to the City of London crematorium and cemetery and is expected to take the dead … Read more

NASA announces new mission to study solar particle storms with satellites the size of toaster ovens 

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NASA announces new mission to study solar particle storms, with six small satellites the size of toaster ovens that will orbit Earth and measure radiation from the sun NASA has announced a new project to study dangerous solar particle storms The project will launch no earlier than July 1, 2023 at a cost of $62.6 … Read more

Mysterious comet TWICE the size of Jupiter is set to light up the night sky

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Atlas, a massive comet five times the size of Jupiter and about half the size of the Sun, will appear brighter than Venus from Earth by the end of April. The exact size of the rocky icy core of the strange comet isn’t known but is likely only a few miles across – but it … Read more

Huge chunk of Yellowstone National Park, the size of Chicago, is ‘breathing’ in and out

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An area the size of Chicago in Yellowstone National Park was found to inflate and deflate by several inches over the past decade The Norris Geyser Basin, the park’s oldest, hottest and most dynamic thermal area in, rising 5.9 inches each year from 2013 to 2015. Now, using satellite radar and GPS data, experts have … Read more

First giant nature reserve for plants and animals is created… and it’s the size of Blackpool 

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The country’s first ‘super’ nature reserve – spanning an area the size of Blackpool – has been created by seven landowners teaming up to help protect wild species. Rare flowers, birds, lizards and animals will benefit as pockets of land from charities, private landowners and government bodies have been brought together to create a vast … Read more

This market crash is similar in size to 2008 but very different under the bonnet

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The market slump seen over recent weeks is of similar magnitude to the one seen during the global financial crisis of 2008 with more than a fifth of value knocked off shares, but the reasons are very different. What causes a crash is as important as the fact that the market crashed, if not more … Read more

Asteroid half the size of Mount Everest set to fly by Earth next month – but is not expected to hit

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An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object, called 52768 (1998 OR2), is 1 to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles, moving at 19,461 miles per hour. The asteroid was first discovered by … Read more