Ultra-hot super Earth 40 light years away discovered
A team of researchers has discovered an ultra-hot super Earth with wildly changing temperatures 40 light years from here - which in astronomical terms...
Jesus as a child image revealed by Italian police using Turin Shroud data
Italian police investigators used the Turin Shroud image to generate a photo-fit image of Jesus Christ as child. They applied a technique that reverses the...
Rapid Antarctic ice melt may bring 10ft sea level rise by 2100
Antarctica’s ice is melting at an accelerating rate. Simulations of events dating back millions of years have led scientists to conclude that sea levels...
Rorqual whales have nerves like bungee cords that stretch and recoil
Rorqual Whales have an amazing nerve structure in their mouths and tongues that can stretch out to double their length and recoil like a...
Strange whistling and hissing sound 22 miles above Earth baffles NASA
Strange hissing and whistling sounds that have been picked up 22 miles above Earth by a NASA student balloon have left the US space...
Himalayas were formed when a continent collided with Eurasia at high speed
Researchers can now explain how and when the Himalayas were formed, and why India drifted at such high speed. It all started about 120 years...
Italian astronaut has first Espresso coffee brewed in space, while wearing Star Trek outfit
Wearing a Star Trek uniform for the occasion, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti became the first human to consume a coffee espresso in space. On...
Giant exoplanet orbiting small star challenges ideas about planet formation
Researchers have discovered a huge exoplanet, about the size of Jupiter (317.8 Earth mass), orbiting super-close to a small cool star approximately 500 light...
Gentoo penguins practice crowd-pooping which melts snow before nesting
Gentoo penguins gather in large groups before they breed and drop huge amounts of poop, known officially as guano. This darkens the snow, making it...
Make good on $10.2 billion pledges to Green Climate Fund, rich nations told
Rich nations should make good on their pledges to deliver $10.2 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), said Federal Minister for Climate Change,...