Elon Musk hits out at those desperate to reopen economy with meme of asteroid hitting earth 

Elon Musk took to Twitter to share a grim meme referencing the state of the world economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Musk shared a meme Friday of an asteroid smashing through Earth and a far away astronaut exclaiming: ‘Oh God, The economy!’ The controversial entrepreneur captioned the image simply: ‘But actually.’  Someone … Read more

Nasa is running a knock-out photography competition featuring pictures of Earth taken from space

The competition is fierce in this public-vote photography contest – because all the entries are out of this world. Nasa’s Earth Observatory has opened up an archive of pictures of Earth taken from space and is asking the public to vote for the winner in a knock-out-style competition. The contest is called Tournament Earth and … Read more

Glowing green microbes on Earth could hold the key to life on Mars

Mars could be teeming with glowing green microbes, according to researchers who found the bacteria living in volcanic rocks deep beneath the ocean floor.  A wide variety of bacteria have been found thriving in rocks deep below the Earth’s oceans in densely packed communities and the same is likely true of Mars.    Researchers from the … Read more

Labour leadership favourite Keir Starmer ‘plans scorched earth removal of hard-Left’

Labour leadership favourite Keir Starmer ‘plans scorched earth removal of hard-Left if he takes over from Jeremy Corbyn this week’ Labour leader result being declared at behind-closed doors event on Saturday  Sir Keir Starmer is expected to be installed as the successor to Jeremy Corbyn  Claims that Sir Keir will go for a ‘scorched earth’ … Read more

Cities across globe switch off their lights to highlight climate change during Earth Hour

Famous buildings and structures have switched off their lights to highlight change during Earth Hour, plunging landmarks in Moscow, Sydney and Beijing into complete darkness.  The blackout is set to last from 8.30pm to 9.30pm tonight as part of an international event organised by WWF to urge action to save the planet.  Andy Ridley, who … Read more

Scientists create simulated high-resolution image of black hole 55 million light years from Earth

Is this the last thing you see? Scientists create simulated high-resolution image of black hole 55 million light years from Earth using Einstein’s theory of relativity Black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 was imaged in April Supermassive black hole in M87 has about 6.5 billion times the mass of our sun  … Read more

Vanessa Hudgens models ‘I Love Earth Girls’ hoodie and wraps up in raincoat in the LA rains

Vanessa Hudgens wears an ‘I love earth girls’ hoodie as she stocks up on groceries from health food shop By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 06:43 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 09:32 GMT, 15 March 2020 Vanessa Hudgens wrapped up in a black raincoat and an ‘I [Heart] Earth Girls’ hoodie when she was … Read more

Teardrop-shaped star discovered 1,500 light years from Earth pulsates on just ONE side

Teardrop-shaped star discovered 1,500 light years from Earth pulsates on just ONE side due to the gravitational pull of a nearby red dwarf  The star, known as HD74423, sits 1,500 light years away close to a red dwarf It become of interest, because it is metal poor unlike similar hot stars Experts took a closer look … Read more

Lettuces grown on the ISS are more nutritious than those grown on Earth

Astronauts discovered that lettuces grown on board the International Space Station hold more nutritional value than ones grown on Earth. This is a major breakthrough for future deep space missions according to microbiologists at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida who lead the experiment. The successful cultivation of the edible plant brings the colonisation of Mars … Read more

Some of the first animals on Earth were physically connected by thread-like filaments

Primitive animals that dominated the seas half a BILLION years ago were connected by ‘a real-life social network’ of threads up to 13ft in length Animals called rangeomorphs lived on the sea bed half a billion years ago   Scientists have now identified network of filaments connecting them together    Most filaments were a few inches … Read more