Asteroid the size of the Giza Pyramids to make ‘close’ pass by Earth at speed of 18,000 miles per hour An asteroid is between 318 to 720 feet in length, and will pass by the Earth as it travels at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour GO20 is expected to come as close as … Read more
Swallowed by the Earth: Unfortunate driver’s vehicle vanishes into a sinkhole after he parked in spot that had been built over a well in India Hyundai Venue parked outside of a building in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, vanishes Clip shows four-wheeler sink into hole in ground and disappear in murky water Officials pumped water from sinkhole and later recovered … Read more
NASA is developing a new program to use more satellites to help the U.S. government better understand the effects of climate change and extreme weather events.
Meteor showers can happen even with comets that have long orbits, including those approaching 4,000 years, according to a new study from researchers at NASA.
NASA has advanced researchers grant money to figure out how to get a mission to Saturn’s moon Titan and bring back any extraterrestrial life it discovers. The return journey of the probe, which aims to bring back ‘organic compounds’ for further study, would be fueled by the celestial satellite’s vast methane lakes. The space agency recently … Read more
Father-of-three farmer, 36, who dug large tunnel to try to rescue his trapped terrier from a hole was buried alive by mounds of falling earth in front of his horrified cousin moments after posing for a picture, inquest hears Farmer Gary Davies, 36, died after trying to rescue his small trapped terrier The father-of-three had … Read more
Climate change isn’t just threatening our future: It’s causing some of the oldest known artwork to decay at an exponential rate. Cave paintings in Indonesia that date to 44,000 years ago are being threatened by increased salt crystals forming due to rising temperatures and longer dry spells, according to new research. The crystals weaken the … Read more
There are roughly 50 billion birds alive on the Earth today, a big data study has found — the equivalent of around six for every individual human on the planet. Researchers from Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) estimated how many birds there are across 9,700 species, all the way from pigeons to penguins. … Read more
Paul Hogan is trapped in a living nightmare as his neighbourhood in Los Angeles suffers a wave of crime and homelessness. The Crocodile Dundee legend, 81, lives in the once-elite beachside suburb of Venice, where a vast increase in homelessness has seen hundreds of tents line the beach’s famous boardwalk and a sharp increase in … Read more
A massive 18-ton chunk of a Chinese rocket is set to crash back to earth tonight amid fears it could land on populated areas. The Long March space rocked is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the weekend, but Beijing has downplayed fears and said there is a very low risk of … Read more