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The object likely came from a Chinese rocket launched in 2014 A Long March 3C rocket blasts off in Xichang, Sichuan on October 1, 2010 (Image credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images) A rocket stage set to smash into the moon on March 4 is no longer believed to be a piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, but rather a booster from a Chinese rocket sent to the moon in 2014, experts say. Bill Gray, an astronomer and the developer of the asteroid tracking software Project Pluto, initially identified the errant space junk (which had been given the temporary name WE0913A) as the upper stage…

NASA’s Prime-1 ice-driller will ride an Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander to the moon. An illustration of the private Nova-C moon lander built by Intuitive Machines with NASA’s Polar Resources Ice-Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) attached to the spacecraft. (Image credit: Intuitive Machines) NASA has set its sights on the moon’s south pole in its quest for ice. This week, the space agency and the company Intuitive Machines announced Shackleton Crater landing site at the south pole of the moon for a small lander set to launch next year. The location is called the “Shackleton connecting ridge” and NASA data hint at ice lurking below the…

Europe’s Oldest Battlefield Yields Clues to Fighters’ Identities in Germany After decomposition, the bones were somewhat jumbled by the movement of the river. Europe’s Oldest Battlefield Yields Clues to Fighters’ Identities: It was one of the biggest and most brutal battles in the Bronze Age. Now archaeologist has shed new light on the mysterious people who fought in the Tollense Valley 3,250 years ago. A study of the skeletons at the sites in north-eastern Germany suggests that more than 2000 people were involved in the battle. And while experts are yet to pinpoint exactly where the fighters were from, DNA…

A mysterious mass grave has been unearthed by archaeologists in Croatia. The 6.5ft wide and three foot deep pit contains remains of 41 individuals who were massacred around 6,200 years ago. What triggered the slaughter remains unknown but researchers say growing populations or climate change may have caused the bloody event. They also add that senseless murder and ‘large-scale indiscriminate killing is a horror that is not just a feature of the modern and historic periods’. All 41 victims were then thrown into a pit three feet (one metre) deep and six feet (two metres) wide. Bones and pottery remains were dated to…

Researchers pinpointed the group of roughly 500 birds in West Antarctica Emperor penguins rely on sea ice to reproduce and, as a result, are vulnerable to global warming. Peter Fretwell / British Antarctic Survey Geospatial scientist Peter Fretwell was really studying sea ice loss. But as he pored over satellite images of Antarctica, he couldn’t help but notice a small, brown stain amid the otherwise pristine blue and white ice. Fretwell, who works for the British Antarctic Survey, knew right away that he needed to investigate further, as brown stains in Antarctica typically mean only one thing: penguin poo. He’d been looking at…

Angry Alaskans burned a village to the ground and executed 28 inhabitants by tying them up and knifing them in the head ‘in a feud over a darts game’ in the mid 17th Century Archeologists have uncovered in Alaska a 350-year-old massacre that took place during a war that might have started over a game of dart. The discovery reveals the gruesome ways in which people were executed in a city and confirms part of a legend passed down by the Yup’ik people over the centuries. A recent excavation in the town of Agaligmiut (which today is often called Nunalleq)…

Not all asteroids are planet-killers — most are tiny and others are huge. So what are the largest and smallest asteroids in the solar system? An asteroid field in deep space. (Image credit: Maciej Frolow via Getty Images) Asteroids constantly zoom around our solar system and sometimes smash into planets, including Earth. As such, in the name of planetary defense NASA conducted a test, dubbed DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), to deflect a space rock like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs (or the one Bruce Willis blew up at the end of the movie Armageddon). Not all asteroids are planet killers,…

On a remote peninsular in the Arctic circle, enormous wounds are appearing in the permafrost – as something that is worrying scientists bursts out from underground.I It appeared suddenly and explosively, leaving a ragged pockmark on the landscape. Around the crater’s edge, the earth is a torn, grey jumble of ice and clods of permafrost. The roots of plants – newly exposed around the rim – show signs of scorching. It gives some idea of just how violently this hole in the middle of the Siberian Arctic materialised. From the air, the freshly exposed dirt stands out against the green…

Hot on the market! Kendall Jenner has dated some of the sexiest men in Hollywood and a few of the most skilled players on the basketball court. The brunette beauty went Instagram official with pro baller Devin Booker on Valentine’s Day 2021 after months of speculation. They were first spotted on a road trip together in April 2020, and just one month later, Kendall was seen giving Devin a lift from Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles. They were then photographed enjoying dinner at Nobu in Malibu on August 15 and were joined by Kendall’s sister Kylie Jenner in photos obtained by TMZ. Their casual dinner came shortly after Kendall…

Kendall Jenner and her Olympian boyfriend Devin Booker soaked up the sun in Sardinia on Thursday. The model, 25, and her NBA-star beau, 24, were kicking back on a yacht while she showed off her bikini body as she frolicked in a tiny two-piece while looking through her phone. Their Italian trip comes after Devin shared a picture of Kendall wearing his 2021 Tokyo Olympics gold medal as she relaxed on a boat on a lake while sipping a beer. Sizzling: Kendall Jenner and her Olympian boyfriend Devin Booker soaked up the sun in Sardinia on Thursday Kendall Jenner shows off her supermodel figure…

Spotted a white dove? Learn how to tell if you’re seeing an albino mourning dove. Plus, see other backyard birds with unusual white feathers. If you’ve ever noticed a mourning dove that looks different with white splotches or patches of all-white feathers, does that mean it’s an albino dove? Read on for expert advice to identify a white mourning dove and other uniquely colored backyard birds. Leucistic bird vs albino bird: learn the difference. White Mourning Dove: Albino or Leucistic? “An unusual dove (above) has frequented my feeder for two years. Can you identify it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Marla Neiss of Navarre, Ohio. This unique…

The Exploration of Space NASA has a long legacy of space exploration. In the decades since its founding, the space agency has landed rovers on Mars, sampled the atmosphere of Jupiter, explored Saturn and Mercury – and even landed humans on the moon – to name a few.Some missions, like the Kepler planet-hunting observatory, are relatively new, and only time will tell if they join the ranks of NASA’s finest flights.Here’s our subjective list of 10 NASA missions that have already earned their spot in the space mission hall of fame. Pioneer Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, launched in 1972…

Il Parco Geologico di Yehliu è uno dei luoghi più suggestivi e insoliti del pianeta, un promontorio di circa 1.700 metri su cui sorgono curiose e bizzarre sculture naturali. Ci troviamo su una piccola penisola che si estende sulla costa settentrionale dell’isola di Taiwan nella contea di Taipei, a poca distanza da Keelung City. La particolare varietà geologica di queste rocce, create dall’erosione e plasmate dagli agenti atmosferici nel corso dei secoli, hanno dato vita a un paesaggio surreale, una spettacolare concentrazione di formazioni diverse che la natura ha voluto riunire in una vera e incredibile esposizione. Attraverso un sentiero…

Kendall Jenner recently gave fans a tour of her stunning Los Angeles abode and revealed that her bathroom has a gleaming gold bath – which came with a hefty price tag 0 seconds of 1 minute, 56 secondsVolume 90% Kendall Jenner is thought of as the most reserved sister in the Kardashian-Jenner clan. But the model’s choice in home interiors proves that just like the rest of her reality TV family, she appreciates the finer things in life. Revealing just how much the 24-year-old loves to splash out to make a statement when purchasing pieces for her LA mansion, the…

Sameh Iskandar, head of the American mission, said the ram heads were “offerings” indicating “a cult to Ramses II celebrated 1,000 years after his death”. Mummies of other animals were also discovered. Cairo, Egypt:  Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered more than 2,000 ancient mummified sheep heads left as offerings in a temple to the pharaoh Ramses II, the tourism and antiquities ministry said Sunday. Mummies of dogs, goats, cows, gazelles and mongooses were also exhumed by a team of US archaeologists from New York University at Abydos, a site in southern Egypt famous for its temples and tombs. Sameh Iskandar,…

Have you ever seen a bird that looks so mischievous? Well, this one is as mischievous as it gets, because not only does it has a black bandit mask covering over its face, it also has a grin-shaped mark on its throat that completes its troublemaker look! The black-throated bushtits (Aegithalos concinnus) or small passerine birds can be found all over eastern and southern Asia. These species belong to the family Aegithalidae, with their colorful plumage and bold patterns that make them so distinct and special. They are known for their black bandit mask around their eyes and a huge…

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah will experience the eclipse at 10:27 a.m. MDT on Oct. 14, 2023, 30 degrees above the southeast horizon. (Image credit: LordRunar via Getty Images) On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will be visible in parts of the Americas, and some of the best places to view it will be in the scenic U.S. Southwest, including many national parks. Beginning in Oregon at 9:13 a.m. PDT and ending in Texas at 12:03 p.m. CDT, the path of the solar eclipse will cross over a dozen U.S. national parks(opens in new tab), national monuments and other beautiful spots, including…

India’s Lonar Crater began causing confusion soon after it was identified in 1823 by a British officer named C.J.E. Alexander. Lonar Crater sits inside the Deccan Plateau—a massive plain of volcanic basalt rock leftover from eruptions some 65 million years ago. Its location in this basalt field suggested to some geologists that it was a volcanic crater. Today, however, Lonar Crater is understood to result from a meteorite impact that occurred between 35,000 and 50,000 years ago. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) flying on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this image of Lonar Crater on November 29, 2004. In this simulated-true-color…

Kendall Jenner is an American model, socialite, and media personality. She is the elder sister of Kylie Jenner. Like her younger sister, Kendall Jenner also shares her passion for cars and is a car enthusiast herself. She is a devoted fan of classic American muscle cars and owns several of them in customized versions of her own. She also has a thing for fast European cars that are expensive and exclusive. Let’s scroll through a list of the top 10 super-expensive cars owned by Kendall Jenner. Kendall Jenner doesn’t need an introduction, especially after her appearance in the “Keeping Up…

Burials of Africans slaves found at the old rubbish dump in Portugal Adult female skeleton found at Valle da Gafaria, Portugal, suggests a careless burial. Portuguese explorers such as Henry the Navigator started sailing to Africa in the early 15th century, bringing both goods and enslaved people back. A new archeological study of more than 150 skeletons dumped in Lagos, Portugal, reveals that there were no proper burials given to many of the enslaved Africans and that several of them may even have been tied to death. The skeletons come from the site of Valle da Gafaria, which was located…

About 15 million years ago, a cosmic body races toward Earth. This asteroid, about 1 kilometer in diameter, is accompanied by a satellite about 150 meters in diameter (figure 1). Traveling over 70,000 km/h, both crash into the Alb highlands and create two craters with diameters of 25 and 4 km, respectively: the Nördlinger Ries and the Steinheimer Basin. At the point of impact the pressure reaches several million bar and the temperature more than 20,000 ˚C (figure 2). The asteroid and parts of the struck rock vaporize or melt. A pressure front (shock wave) races at supersonic speeds through…

Thousands of emperor penguins cluster on the ice of Atka Bay in Antarctica, mostly unaware that an interloper lives among them. Slightly shorter than the average adult emperor, the 3-foot-tall (1-meter-tall) autonomous robot sits silently within the colony, nondescript compared with humans who sometimes emerge from a nearby research station. The birds occasionally notice ECHO, an unmanned and remote-controlled ground vehicle, because “they exhibit curiosity to everything that they don’t know,” said Dan Zitterbart, associate scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. An emperor penguin chick sticks close to its parent for feeding time. But it’s a passing…

Kendall Jenner has settled a lawsuit demanding $275,000 for repayment of the money paid to her to advertise the infamous Fyre Festival on her social media pages 0 seconds of 42 secondsVolume 90% Kendall Jenner has agreed to pay out $90,000 (£73,767) as settlement against the lawsuit stemming from the infamous Fyre Festival. The 24-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star was paid $250,000 (£204,908) in 2017 for an Instagram post that advertised the doomed project. Kendall, along with a number of other celebrities had lawsuits filed against them for promoting the festival by a bankruptcy trustee who is looking to recover…

With their nesting sites buried under a blanket of snow, some petrels and skuas made no attempts at reproducing in December 2021 and January 2022 Snow petrels were among the seabird species that did not reproduce in Antarctica’s Dronning Maud Land region in 2021-22. Natalie Tapson via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Every November and December, hundreds of thousands of polar seabirds lay their eggs on bare ground on Antarctica as the Southern Hemisphere summer begins. They dutifully protect the eggs until they hatch, then switch into new-parent mode and care for the chicks. By February or March, those hatchlings are typically strong enough to fly.…