Grisly decomposed body was just soggy rope and old metal, Gravesend
Photographer Rob Powell was taking pictures of a ship on the Thames when he thought he had come across a decomposed body on the...
Giant saltwater ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, says Hubble Space Telescope
Ganymede is Jupiter’s largest moon, and also the biggest moon in our solar system. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided compelling evidence of an underground...
Warm water detected on Saturn’s moon Enceladus raises prospect of life
Microscopic grains of rock detected on the surface of one of Saturn’s sixty-two moons, Enceladus, suggest the presence of warm water, which in turn...
1451 marine species discovered annually, and over 1,000 fish species every 8 years
We are discovering 1,451 new-to-science marine creatures annually (four per day), and more than 1,000 fish species every eight years, says the World Register...
Most powerful ever rocket booster tested successfully by NASA
In a successful test on Wednesday, NASA fired the most powerful rocket booster ever built for two minutes, producing 3.6 million pounds of thrust....
Total solar eclipse – Faroe Islands hotels fully booked for March 20
Authorities in the Faroe Islands, located between Norway and Iceland, say all its hotels, bed & breakfasts and hostels are fully booked for 20th...
Anthropocene, new geological epoch driven by humans started in 1610
Scientists have been wondering how to define ‘Anthropocene’, the current geological age when human activity became a dominant influence on Earth’s climate and environment,...
Mummies turning into black slime due to climate change, say Harvard scientists
Perfectly-preserved mummies dating as far back as 5050 BC have been degrading rapidly over the past ten years, gradually turning into black slime, say...
Chameleons accomplish vivid colour changes by rearranging crystals inside skin cells
Chameleons rearrange crystals inside specialised skin cells to accomplish their complex and rapid colour changes during social interactions and camouflage strategies, scientists at the...
Ultra-fast star hurtling at 745 miles per second through Milky Way discovered by Queen’s...
A star whizzing through the Milky Way at 745 miles per second (1,200 kps) has been discovered by astronomers at Queen’s University Belfast and...