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The real life Pete’s Dragon! Adorable photo series captures Great Dane named Elliot Mae after the fiery creature in the much-loved tale with her favourite cuddly toy Adorable Great Dane Elliot Mae is a three-year-old pup, from Denver Colorado She was named after the character in Disney’s Pete’s Dragon and so was soft toy Even … Read more
From a golden age: Fascinating photos capture the elderly enjoying life outdoors in the 60s, 70s and 80s as they feed pigeons, fall asleep on park benches and picnic in the sun They were taken by Shirley Baker a leading British photographer of the post-war period around Manchester The collection will be on view from June … Read more
Astronomers capture image of super-rare galaxy 11 billion light-years away from Earth that looks like a ‘cosmic ring of fire’ Star formation has been named R5519 and provides snapshot of early universe Galaxy has a hole in its centre that is two billion times the sun-Earth distance Discovery was announced in the journal Nature Astronomy … Read more
Researchers capture musical pulses coming from distant Delta Scuti stars and find some appear to HARMONIZE with each other Astronomers measured pulses coming from Delta Scuti stars They found the pulses were unexpectedly musical and some even harmonized The study is the first time harmonies have been measured from Delta Scuti stars By Michael Thomsen … Read more
Scientists say they’ve developed a camera that can record 70 trillion frames per second and could be used to capture nuclear fusion, radioactive molecule decay or astronomical events that are light-years away. The ‘compressed ultrafast spectral photography’ (CUSP) device, which emits extremely short laser pulses, can capture waves of light in motion, or the fluorescent delay … Read more
The death of Charles Custer, a retired Chicago lawyer who passed away at the age of 91 in January might have gone unnoticed had he not left behind a stunning trove of photographs that captures the innocence of a bygone era. Originally reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, Custer was a prominent Hyde Park resident with … Read more
A senior nurse held onto both her colleague’s shoulders to give her a pep talk in the hallways of their hospital’s Covid-19 unit after a 56-year-old woman went into cardiac arrest. It was one of two rapid responses Capri Reese, a nurse for 12 years, had to deal with at Roseland Community Hospital, Chicago, in … Read more
Captivating images of planet-forming discs around young stars have been captured by astronomers – and they could hold clues to the origins of Earth-like worlds. An international team of astronomers used the Europe Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope in Chile to take 15 images of the inner rims of planetary discs. In the images astronomers … Read more
Eerily beautiful aerial photos and drone footage of Sydney’s iconic beaches looking pristine and untouched during the coronavirus lockdown They were taken by Australian aerial photography specialist Jampal Williamson using a drone and helicopter He said ‘it was incredible to see these deserted beaches when they would otherwise be absolutely packed’ Williamson’s shot of North … Read more
Dramatic aerial pictures have captured the ferocity of the fires ripping through Chernobyl’s exclusion zone. Firefighters on their tenth day battling the blaze are desperately trying to extinguish it before it wreaks a path to the site of the exploded nuclear reactor. Radiation levels in the area have already spiked since the outbreak on April … Read more