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Discovery of pulsars British astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the first person to discover a pulsar in 1967 when she spotted a radio pulsar. Since then other types of pulsars that emit x-rays and gamma rays have also been spotted. Pulsars are essentially rotating, highly magnatised neutron stars but when they were first discovered … Read more
The Prince of Wales today launched an ambitious £7.3billion recovery plan to right a string of ‘broken promises’ over the environment. Marking 50 years since he first began campaigning on green issues, Charles unveiled his ‘Terra Carta’, a pioneering multi-national agreement between some of the biggest firms in the world to put sustainability at the … Read more
Let’s go up, up and away to a tranquil place where we can all get a bit of perspective on life – orbit. These mesmerising pictures were taken by International Space Station astronauts as they whizzed over the globe, over 200 miles up, and have all been deemed by Nasa as the best Earth images of … Read more
The Corona Project was a classified US military mission comprised of a satellite tasked with spying on Russia during the Cold War and decades later, it is producing vital environmental data. Although inadvertently, the satellite captured nearly one million images of Earth’s landscape during the 1960s and 1970s, which scientists can use to see how … Read more
Moment skydiver’s iPhone SURVIVES plunging to Earth from 12,000 feet and smashing into the Arizona desert Kody Madro, 31, was sky diving along with friends in Arizona in January 2020 His phone went flying out of his trousers moments after leaping out of the plane A friend captured the moment the iPhone went flying from … Read more
Year 2021 is set to FLY by as the Earth is spinning faster than at any time in the past 50 years – prompting scientists to call for the addition of a ‘negative leap second’ Atomic clocks accurately record how long every day is at millisecond level Since invention in 1970s the days have been slightly longer … Read more
Year 2021 is set to FLY by as the Earth is spinning faster than at any time in the past 50 years – prompting scientists to call for the addition of a ‘negative leap second’ Atomic clocks accurately record how long every day is at millisecond level Since invention in 1970s the days have been slightly longer … Read more
I remain optimistic that with the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine, 2021 will be the year we overcome coronavirus. At the same time, as a dad, it is clear to me that while this takes place, I want my children to be at school. Keeping our kids out of classrooms is damaging. We know that … Read more
Twelve foot deep sinkhole forms at Brexit lorry park that was used to hold 4,000 lorries trying to take goods across Channel Manston Airport in Thanet, Kent, was used to accommodate 4,000 lorries The hole first appeared on Boxing Day and estimated to be up 10 to 12ft deep Environment Agency and Kent County Council … Read more
An asteroid bigger than the Statue of Liberty will fly past Earth at 8:20pm GMT on Christmas Day, according to data from NASA’s Center for Near Earth Studies. The asteroid, called 2014 SD224, will come within 0.02019 astronomical units, or nearly 1.9 million miles, from the Earth’s surface. 2014 SD224 has a diameter anywhere between 302 … Read more