A Close Encounter With Our Sun
The Solar Orbiter probe of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA has captured never-so-close images of our star. On 26 March, from within the orbit of the planet Mercury, with…
Stranger Things happen: Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill leaps to the top of the chart
Running up that hill, Kate Blush’s 1985 song, jumped to the top of the iTunes chart last weekend.This is thanks to the release of the highly anticipated fourth season of…
A close encounter with a Black Hole, so to speak
Black holes. They are not a rarity to look upon in terror. There are billions of them, of various types. They are scary, perhaps, but only because no one knows,…
The Largest Wave Ever Surfed
The German Sebastian Steudtner is the new holder of the world record for the largest wave ever ridden with surfing, for a height of 26.2 meters, reached on 29 October…
Would We Survive A Nuclear War?
Is it possible to survive a war that involves the use of nuclear weapons? Up to what distance from the affected places would one be at risk of life? Is…