Astronomers have discovered a seemingly impossible planet around a giant star some 530 light-years away. The large gaseous world — known as “8 Ursae Minoris b”, or “Halla” — is orbiting Baekdu, a swollen red giant star that is very much undergoing its
Mars has been and continues to be the most explored planet, other than Earth, in the solar system. Even though it cannot sustain human life now, there have been many questions about what the future of the planet holds and what it
Hubble has spotted an evaporating baby planet that appears to be having ‘the hiccups’ (Image: NASA / ESA / Joseph Olmsted / STScI) Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have spotted an evaporating baby planet that appears to be having “the hiccups”.
Known as the Nibiru cataclysm, it is a doomsday scenario in which a large mysterious planet comes crashing into the Earth. It was first proposed in 1995 to happen at some point in the early 21st century. As we get well into
Gilbert Arenas, a former NBA point guard and three-time All-Star with the Washington Wizards, described the LGBT community as the “most unfair group walking the planet right now” in a recent interview. Arenas sat down with Vlad TV for a wide-ranging interview
It’s anyone’s dream: an unlimited supply of diamonds raining down from the heavens above. While pie in the sky thinking for those on Earth, the picture could be much different on some planets including Saturn and Jupiter. There, scientists believe a combination
Comment on this storyComment Have you noticed wine bottles getting lighter? A slimmer profile, a smaller punt (the indentation in the bottom)? Fewer bottles requiring two hands to pour securely? Those behemoths weighing as much as a kilogram when empty are not
Students have transformed a barren parking lot into a haven for people and wildlife in the bustling heart of Buenos Aires. An urban garden in the shadows of a hospital feeds hundreds of people every week using organic food made without agrochemicals.
Scientists warn there needs to be a drastic change to lower greenhouse gas to save the planet.
The addition to our finely tuned Solar System of an extra planet between Mars and Jupiter could destabilise its orbits — and would bring about the end of life on Earth. This is the conclusion of an experimental simulation undertaken by planetary