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An army of high-tech telescopes, led by Hubble in space, has delivered an unprecedented chain of discoveries about how galaxies took shape, how stars live and die, and how life arose.

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A deadly volcano eruption causes catastrophic destruction, and a tornado flips cars on a highway.

Flash floods tear through Maryland in the US, a couple get stranded in a Himalayan blizzard, and a boat race is besieged by a rare weather phenomenon.

Hurricane Sandy whips up wild waves in the Atlantic, prompting a rescue mission by the U.S. Coast Guard; cavers in California get caught out by flash floods; wild winds cause a crash for hot air balloonists; residents narrowly escape a landslide.

A twister outbreak in Texas leaves a storm chaser trapped; in Florida, dangerous riptides drag swimmers out to sea; a sudden storm hits a holiday resort in Greece; a giant wave crashes through a restaurant in Italy.

The LA Fire Department battle to rescue residents trapped by the flames in California; the biggest twister to hit the US for 60 years rips apart Joplin, Missouri; in Antarctica, a husband and wife brave extreme elements to set a new record.

"Queensland Australia is shaken by the most devastating flood in its history; in Kansas, two storm chasers track a terrifying twister; a base jumper gets stranded in freezing temperatures in Iceland; a destructive hail storm pummels Texas.