Comet C/2022 E3, which orbits the sun every 50,000 years will be closest to the Earth next Wednesday and Thursday. It was discovered last March by astronomers at the Zwicky Transient Facility at the Palomar Observatory in California. The comet, comes from
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that the age at which people can drink in Scotland could be “looked at” as she was quizzed over the SNP’s gender reform bill. She admitted that other age limits could be examined after passing
Former NBA champion player and coach Chris Ford, who rose to prominence during his time with the Boston Celtics, has died at the age of 74, his family announced. According to the family, Ford died Tuesday. His family released a statement that
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday unveiled a contentious pension overhaul aimed at raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030, which has prompted vigorous criticism and calls for protests from leftist opponents and worker unions. Speaking in a
A newly-discovered comet that is passing the Earth for the first time in some 50,000 years may be visible to the naked eye as it zooms by us in the coming weeks. The body of ice and dust — named C/2022 E3
Comment on this story Comment Immanuel Patton has a vivid memory of making a promise to his mother while she was driving him to kindergarten one day in Linthicum, Md., near Baltimore. “My mom was always talking about other people getting college
Picture dated 07 June 1977 shows the late German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (R) at the Vatican city next to former Cardinals Benelli (2ndR), Gantin (C), Tomazek (2ndL) and Gappi (L). German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was elected 19 April 2005 to succeed
Arata Isozaki, a Pritzker-winning Japanese architect known as a post-modern giant who blended culture and history of the East and the West in his designs, has died of old age. He was 91. Isozaki died Wednesday at his home on Japan’s southern
Pelé, the soccer legend who inspired a nation on and off the field, died on Thursday after battling colon cancer. He was 82. Pelé had a tumor removed in September 2021 and has been undergoing chemotherapy since. Brazilian football icon Pele
A 97-year-old woman convicted this month as an accessory in the murder of more than 10,500 people at the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II appealed her case Wednesday. Irmgard Furchner served as a secretary to the SS commander of