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Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, along with help from their NASA crewmates aboard the International Space Station (ISS), will venture out on a spacewalk at approximately 10 a.m. EST.

This is why I don't like finding this stuff out! It seems the earth was nearly hit by a huge solar storm in 2012! Yikes!

It was 45 years ago today. At 10:56 p.m., as over a billion people watched on TV, the first human landed on the moon: Neil Armstrong, a Purdue University graduate born in Ohio. Some have argued Apollo 11's moon landing on July 20, 1969, was all a hoax, and others think it was one of the greatest accomplishments of mankind. However you see it, what is the lasting legacy of the moon landing? Read

UPDATE 1:40 PM EST: Reuters reports 23 U.S. citizens are among the 300+ people killed after a Malaysia Airlines flight was reportedly shot down in Ukraine near the Russian border. UPDATE 12:40 EST: Reuters is reporting that Ukrainian officials claim the plane was shot down by pro-Russian rebels: The Boeing 777 came down near the city of Donetsk, stronghold of pro-Russian rebels, interior ministry

Germany welcomed home its conquering heroes after its World Cup victory and got quite a show in the process.

Mario Götze scored the game-winning goal in extra time, and Germany beat Argentina, 1-0, to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup final at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday afternoon.

Goalie Tim Howard, of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team, set a record for saves at the World Cup with 16 in the United States' 2-1 loss to Belgium on Tuesday in Brazil. He was so good at saving goals that a meme started on Twitter, which started implying he could save everything: from the dinosaurs' extinction to the lone swimmer in "Jaws".

Belgium scored twice in extra time and eliminated the United States 2-1 in the first round of knockout play at the 2014 FIFA World Cup at Salvador, Brazil, on Tuesday.

If you’re from Michigan and see an empty Coke bottle, you see 10 cents. Others however, may just see a piece of trash. Now Coca-Cola is trying to eliminate the amount of Coke bottles that go to waste.

Germany defeated the United States, 1-0, in Thursday’s highly-anticipated World Cup match in a rain-soaked Recife, Brazil.

Luis Suarez is one of the very best soccer players in the world. He also likes to bite his opponents. During games.

Silvestre Varela scored on the last kick of the ball in the 95th minute, and Portugal tied the United States, 2-2, in the teams' second match of 2014 FIFA World Cup play at Manaus, Brazil on Sunday.