This has never been seen before. A giant asteroid had a surprise in store for scientists when they discovered it had Saturn-like rings. Chariklo, which is also considered to be a minor planet, is around 250 kilometres wide, which makes it the smallest known object to have such rings. It was previously thought they could […]
Members of the public waiting at a busy central London bus stop got the shock of their lives when they were suddenly faced with an alien invasion, giant robots and a Bengal tiger on the run. And the pranksters at Pepsi MAX caught the whole thing on camera as part of their new Unbelievable campaign. Augmented Reality technology […]
An experienced skydiver has died while taking part in a group world record attempt, after her main parachute malfunctioned. German skydiver Diana Paris was part of a 222-person group formation over Arizona, when her main parachute failed and her reserve chute opened too late. Having trained for 18 months, and jumping in good conditions, the skydivers were on their […]
A 63 year-old woman has been killed by a shark off the New South Wales coast in Australia. Christine Armstrong was swimming with friends from the wharf at Tathra to the beach this morning, when she became separated from the group. “They came across a shark that was three or four metres in size. They just came […]
The largest flying vertebrates in earth’s history are taking to the air at The American Museum of Natural History. A new exhibition at the New York museum will examine the life and history of the dinosaur era reptiles known as pterosaurs, which were the first back-boned animals to evolve powered flight. “Pterosaurs as their own unique group, they were the first […]
A major earthquake has struck off the coast of Chile. The 8.2 magnitude quake hit around 100 kilometres northwest of Iquique near the Peruvian border. It triggered a tsunami with the biggest wave reported at just over two metres. At least five people have died. This woman said it was too strong and that everything in the […]
“Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! We have a man overboard.” These chilling cries for help were called out in the early hours of Monday morning, as a British man was rescued from the Pacific Ocean, after falling overboard during the World Clipper Race. Andrew Taylor, from London, was changing a sail with a fellow crew member when he went over the […]
These shocking images show the moment a drunk thug tried to steal a bag from a disabled man on a mobility scooter. CCTV footage released by police shows the moment the thug creeps up behind his victim and tries to snatch the bag from his back. The victim was hauled from his scooter and onto the ground, after the bag’s cord got stuck […]
Most people go to the pharmacy to find something to alleviate their aches and pains, not pick up more. But that’s what very nearly happened to 80-year-old Adrienne Watkins, after a car smashed through the front window of her local pharmacy store in Winter Haven, Florida. CCTV from the store shows Adrienne over by the counter when she bends […]
A skydiver in Norway has released footage of what he believes is a meteorite. Filmed back in 2012, Anders Helstrup has spent the past two years trying to find out what the mysterious black object was that sped past him that day. The footage, filmed on Helstrup’s own head cam, shows what looks like a large rock hurtling by at […]