A series of ‘wobbles’ come before giant earthquakes, a new study discovered, and it could help scientists predict when future disasters are going to happen. Scientists from Ohio State University found that months before Japan’s strongest ever quake in 2011 land masses in the country underwent an enormous ‘wobble’. The 2011 earthquake unleashed a tsunami … Read more
Insurance giant Hiscox set to be hit with £142m virus bill as it faces legal action from firms claiming they were unfairly treated By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 Insurance giant Hiscox could be hit with a £142million bill from pandemic … Read more
The first planet to be discovered outside our solar system was never a planet and may be a giant dust cloud created by the collision of two icy asteroids, a study finds. Astronomers spotted what was thought to be a Saturn like planet lying 25 light years from Earth in the star system Fomalhaut 12 … Read more
Mysterious exoplanet 40 times bigger than Earth and 730 light-years away in the ‘hot Neptuian desert’ may be the core of a gas giant An exoplanet has been discovered 730 light-years from Earth However, it is just the core of what was once a gas giant similar to Saturn Cosmic radiation or a collision with another … Read more
Giant greenhouses the size of 26 football pitches are being built in Britain to grow tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers using excess heat from sewage farms The first two greenhouses are being opened in East Anglia powered by sewage The Norfolk facility is the same size as 26 football pithes with miles of piping The company … Read more
A massive supernova discovered ‘in the middle of nowhere’ is twice as bright as anything previously found in the universe, according to astronomers. Dying stars are found every night but most are in vast galaxies – while this one appeared to stand alone, according to a team from the University of Birmingham. Astronomers believe the explosion … Read more
Bosses at travel giant Tui under pressure to cut salaries after asking UK taxpayer to pay 11,000 of its staff By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 12 April 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 12 April 2020 Bosses at travel giant Tui were under pressure last night to cut their salaries and … Read more
Oil giant BP may stage an online AGM after its planned venue is turned into a field hospital for coronavirus patients By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:26 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 11 April 2020 Oil major BP is considering holding a virtual annual meeting after its planned … Read more
Chilling images show the giant liquid oxygen tanks being used at a make-shift NHS Nightingale hospital in Yorkshire. Construction at the Harrogate Convention Centre is ongoing today as health bosses plan to get the temporary hospital up and running as soon as possible. Contractors were this afternoon pictured working on the entrances to ambulance bays … Read more
NASA tests giant 21-foot mirror on James Webb telescope for the first time in simulated zero-gravity as it tries to find a successor to the Hubble NASA tested the giant mirror attached to its nascent James Webb telescope It simulated the zero-gravity conditions it will encounter in space The craft, however, will still likely not … Read more