Massive cometary globule dubbed ‘God’s hand’ pictured by the Very Large Telescope
The Very Large Telescope has pictured a massive cometary globule, known as ‘God’s Hand’ or ‘Mouth of the Beast’, in incredible detail.
The cometary globule...
Elusive African golden cat filmed for first time
The elusive African golden cat (Profelis aurata), about twice the size of an average domestic cat, has been captured on video for the first...
Lightning storm looks spectacular from space, ESA video shows
The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a video showing a massive cloud with a lightning storm inside it taken from the International Space Station...
Planet-like body with mega rings around it discovered by scientists
Scientists at the University of Rochester, USA, and Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands, discovered a massive ring system that eclipses the very young Sun-like star...
88% of Brits believe global climate change is a reality
Eighty-eight percent of British people believe the Earth’s climate is changing and that humans are the cause, while only 6% think it is not....
Blue whale skeleton to replace Dippy the Diplodocus at London’s Natural History Museum
The cast of Dippy the Diplodocus dinosaur that has stood in Hintze Hall, at the main entrance of London’s Natural History Museum for the...
55,000-year-old partial skull provides clues to human Africa-to-Europe migration
An international team of European, Israeli and North American researchers has discovered a 55,000-year-old partial skull which provides clues to the migration of modern...
Snake fossil discovery changing how we think they originated
The discovery by an international team of researchers of fossilized remains of four ancient snakes between 140 and 167 million years old will change...
Easter Island Rapa Nui culture decline started before Europeans arrived
Did the native Polynesian culture of Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui, start declining before the Europeans arrived in 1722, or had their demise started...
Fossil of robust ancient human jawbone found off coast of Taiwan
A four-inch long fossilized jawbone of an ancient human with particularly large teeth from between 130,000 and 190,000 years ago was dredged up by fishermen...