Newly identified object is 12 times bigger than Jupiter A planet over 12 times bigger than Jupiter has been found drifting alone through space around 20 light years away from Earth. The rogue world is not attached to any star, and is the first object of its kind to be ... Read More »
Scientists find planets where life could have started just like it did on Earth
‘It brings us just a little bit closer to addressing the question of whether we are alone in the universe’ Scientists have identified a whole set of planets where life could have begun just like it did on Earth. Researchers at Cambridge University found that the chances of life developing ... Read More »
Scientists confirm Einstein’s supermassive black hole theory
A team of international scientists observing a star in the Milky Way have for the first time confirmed Einstein’s predictions of what happens to the motion of a star passing close to a supermassive black hole. Einstein’s 100-year-old general theory of relativity predicted that light from stars would be stretched ... Read More »
Mars: huge underground lake raises prospects of life on planet, astronomers say
Scientists have spotted a 12 mile-wide stretch of water underneath a slab of ice at the Martian south pole Astronomers have found compelling evidence that there is a huge reservoir of liquid water buried a mile under the ice near the south pole on Mars. Radar measurements taken from the ... Read More »
Aliens might have lived on the Moon, scientists say
Life might have been carried to our satellite on a meteorite The Moon might once have been home to aliens. Extraterrestrial life might have made its way to our nearest neighbour after a meteorite blast, scientists have suggested. And when it did, the atmosphere might have been far more habitable ... Read More »
Reviving supersonic passenger flights to harm environment: study
Reuters Reviving supersonic passenger flights will harm the environment as the jets will not likely be able to comply with existing fuel efficiency, pollution and noise standards for subsonic aircraft, according to a study released on Tuesday. U.S. based startups Aerion Supersonic, Boom Supersonic and Spike Aerospace are all aiming ... Read More »
Ghost particle sent from deep in space could change our understanding of the universe, scientists reveal
A single strange particle from deep space may shed light on some of the mysteries of the universe. The tiny, ghost like subatomic particle was ejected from an incredibly energetic galaxy four billion light years away and could solve the century old mystery of where cosmic rays come from, as ... Read More »
Illegal ivory trade across Europe is driving elephants to extinction, new study warns
Undercover investigators easily found items from tusks of recently killed animals on sale in 10 countries Ivory from recently slaughtered elephants is being illegally sold across Europe, fuelling the extinction crisis, a study has found. New radiocarbon-dating tests proved that ivory items bought in many countries, including Britain, were from ... Read More »
Special Report: Trump’s catch-and-detain policy snares illegal immigrants long in U.S.
Morena Vasquez didn’t want to drive that February night last year, but a co-worker at her job cleaning offices near Atlanta needed some keys dropped off. ‘I knew it was my responsibility,” Vasquez said. Driving was always risky for the 38-year-old mother of six. An El Salvador native, she had ... Read More »
World Refugee Day 2018: How many displaced people are there around the globe and what is being done to help?
2.9 million people became asylum seekers in 2017 – biggest single-year rise in history of UN refugee agency World Refugee Day is held on 20 June every year to draw attention to the plight of displaced people around the globe. Inaugurated by the UN Refugee Agency, the occasion was first ... Read More »