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may be slowing down. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. david willis is our correspondent in washington. officials here are saying that this chinese balloon was brought down about six miles off the coast of south carolina by a single missile fired b...

proceed from the palace of holyroodhouse to the cathedral. king charles iii and the queen consort will travel from london to the scottish capital for that service. the public will also be able to pay their respects when the queen's coffin remains in the cathedral until tuesday. in the days ahead, the queen's casket will travel to buckingham palace in london and then to westminster hall, where the queen will lie in state until her funeral next monday. edinburgh marks the first leg of the queen's final journey, then. there are crowds of mourners on the streets on sunday to pay their re...

On early winter mornings, a thin layer of ice forms in craters atop the Red Planet's towering peaks, near its equator, according to a new study

Early morning frost has been detected on the peaks of massive volcanoes on Mars, an unexpected discovery about the dispersal of water on Mars that could one day prove essential

The researchers say Mars' towering volcanoes create their own peculiar microclimate.