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ENVIRONMENT

California’s undersea landfill The first survey of trash off the coast of California has found a seascape awash with fishing detritus, kitchen sinks and artillery debris. Much of it is colonised by marine life, as our video reveals

ARCHIVES

What should museums throw out? What are the least important objects from an archive including NASA photos, a 19th-century surgical mask and a hippo skull? View our gallery to decide

SPACE

Elusive lunar plume caught on camera after all A spacecraft trailing behind NASA’s LCROSS moon impactor did manage to snap photos of a faint plume of ejected material.…

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