Thomas Fire burned 242 500 acres, destroyed 751 structures and is just 30% contained
The Thomas Fire in California is burning for 11 days and is 30% contained as of December 14, 2017. The fire has so far burned 242 500 acres, making it…
NASA ANNOUNCEMENT: First solar system like ours with eight planets discovered | Science | News
The historic discovery was made by new scientific analysis of data obtained by the Kepler space telescope, which is scouring the galaxy for planets like Earth. Paul Hertz, Astrophysics Division…
ALIENS LATEST: Is NASA about to announce discovery of ALIEN LIFE in just over an hour? | Weird | News
The US space agency is holding a briefing at 6pm British time tonight to unveil the latest findings of the Kepler telescope mission. Previous announcements have included the discovery of…
Ikata nuclear plant shut down over fears of Fukushima-style meltdown
A Japanese high court in Hiroshima on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, revoked a lower court decision that allowed Shikoku Electric Power Company to continue operating unit 3 of its Ikata…
Nibiru predicted by Sir Isaac Newton? His apocalypse warning MATCHES Planet X date | Weird | News
The godfather of physics wrote in his findings from 1704 how the world is set to end on 2060 – exactly 1,260 years after the foundation of the Holy Roman…
NASA live stream – How to watch NASA Kepler announcement today | Science | News
The US space agency will host a crucial teleconference at 6pm GMT (1pm EST) to reveal the latest findings of the Kepler space mission. The Kepler telescope has been on…
What time is NASA’s Kepler announcement today? | Science | News
The planet-hunting Kepler telescope is NASA’s ambitious mission to scan more than 150,000 stars for signs of extraterrestrial life. Since launching in 2009, Kepler has expanded our understanding of the…
UFO LATEST: Truth about the ‘Earth-sized UFO’ caught on camera that suddenly vanished | Weird | News
Reports said “horrified onlookers” watched as the monster UFO was seen “hovering above them” in the skies over Australia. The clip was uploaded to YouTube yesterday with the title “Earth…
Dangerous lake forms after landslide at Gangotri glacier, source of River Ganges
Authorities are monitoring a lake-like structure that formed a few months ago after a heavy landslide occurred at Gaumukh, the mouth of Gangotri glacier in Uttarakhand, India. This glacier, one…
Asteroid investigated by Stephen Hawking is ‘ALIEN probe with broken engines’ | Science | News
The mysterious entity, which has been named “Oumuamua”, was at first believed to be a comet or an asteroid – the first of which to enter our solar system from…
MAPPED: What would happen if water was drained from the world’s oceans | Science | News
Thanks to a fascinating viral video, you may wonder no more. A reddit user by the name of Vinnytsia has created a simulation video which shows that would happen if…
Geminids meteor shower 2017: Can you still see the meteors tonight? | Science | News
If you missed out on the astronomical wonder, you will be able to view individual meteors until Saturday December 16. The National Weather Service based in Raleigh in the USA…
Freaking cool glowing plants could one day replace your desk lamp
Imagine walking into a garden at night full of plants gently glowing in the dark. That’s not quite the reason that engineers at MIT have developed a luminescent plant, but…
The Sumatran rhino has been on the brink of extinction for 10,000 years
The Sumatran rhino is one of the most threatened species on the face of the planet, but until now we never knew how bad things really were for the smallest,…
Penguins as tall as HUMANS discovered – and bird was BROWN and white | Science | News
The previously undiscovered species, named Kumimanu biceae, after the Maori words ‘kumi’, meaning a large mythological monster, and ‘manu’, for bird, measured at least 1.77 metres (5ft 8). It lived…
Geminids meteor shower: Photos show spectacular Geminds meteor shower | Science | News
The shower peaked between midnight and dawn on Wednesday night into Thursday morning as between 50 to 60 meteors were seen each hour. If you missed the annual spectacle, there…
Geminids 2017: In case you missed meteor shower – Watch it HERE again | Science | News
Upwards of 60 meteors an hour burst out over Earth when the shower peaked between Wednesday December 13 and Thursday December 14. The Geminids are the most prolific meteors of…
Floods and ladslides hit Philippines, evacuations as Urduja becomes a tropical storm
Tropical Depression “Urduja” strengthened into a tropical storm, internationally known as Kai-Tak, early Thursday, December 14, 2017, on its way toward Samar Province, the Philippines. The cyclone is already causing…
300 years ago, wine glasses were seven times smaller than today
Our Georgian forebears definitely drank a lot less wine than we do, but it’s not (just) because we’re bigger boozehounds. It’s because advances in glassmaking and the affordability of wine…