Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge passes over China’s Jiazhou Bay and is one of the longest bridges in the world to run entirely across water. Spanning a total length of 16.6 miles (approximately 27km) this can be a particularly scary passing for those
A NASA spaceship has been launched to investigate the so-called “God of Chaos” asteroid that could reach the Earth’s orbit. OSIRIS-APEX has been sent to study the Apophis asteroid which is due to fly by Earth in 2029. While not expected to
The idea of Atlantis comes from Plato, who 2,000 years ago wrote of a mighty empire beneath the waves following a series of “excessively violent earthquakes and floods”. While it has since become largely a source of inspiration for science fiction, it
Death Valley could be set to hit Earth’s hottest-ever temperature as 111 million Americans are warned to stay indoors amid an extreme weather alert. Huge swathes of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California are under extreme heat warnings after experiencing consecutive
A piece of Chinese space junk that reentered the earth’s atmosphere last week disintegrated over Texas, according to reports. U.S. Naval Institute News reported that a second stage booster from a Chinese rocket that launched on June 23, 2022, and placed three
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