We can't understand nature without understanding its range. That's apparent in exoplanet science and in our theories of planetary formation. Nature's outliers and oddballs put pressure on our models and motivate scientists to dig deeper. Gliese 367 b (or Tahay) is certainly an oddball. It's an Ultrashort Period (USP) planet that orbits its star in only 7.7 hours. There are almost 200 o
Earlier this month, officials from Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah shared a post highlighting the unique behavior of one of the region's most adorable and little-known species — the American pika. These tiny animals, a diminutive species related to rabbits, spend their days in rocky outcrops at higher altitudes, where they forage for their favorite food: wildflowers. But pikas don
The Andes are quite the sight to see but no one sees them better than the crew of this train.
40 years ago, the oil tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km (3.1 mi) from the coast of Brittany, France, on 16 March 1978, and ultimately split in three and sank, all together resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date. photo : Ouest France From JerseyEvening FOUR decades after a devastating oil spill off the Brittany coast threatened to
Soumyadeep Mukherjee from India, tells PetaPixel that on July 19 he was planning to capture a solar transit of the International Space Station (ISS) but things went awry. “I had set up by 17:00 on my terrace and was all ready. However, clouds rolled in and I couldn’t capture the ISS,” he explains. “I was casually roaming on the terrace when I saw sun dogs (another optical phenomeno
Woody, the fox, was raised on a fur farm with the sole purpose of being slain for profit. However, in 2015, the creature’s luck changed for the better after Yaroslav, the human, came to his rescue and got him out of the fur farm. Woody was fortunate because he did not have to end up as someone’s fur coat. Image Credit & More Info; woody_the_fox/Instagram After Yaroslav encounter
One of the most incredible and entrancing things I learned this past year was how great watching videos of animals crossing bridges is. They have a calming effect. They facilitate our slowing down. In addition to that, they illustrate the natural world that is located immediately surrounding us. On November 19, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), which is responsible for protecting t
Physical education teacher Valtteri Mulkahainen from Sotkamo, Finland is a true lover of nature photography. He has been spending the past 6 years shooting his country’s wildlife. And he has been able to successfully capture a lot of magical moments. On the 3rd of June, 2013, Valtteri was planning to explore the Finnish taiga around the town of Martinselkonen. That is when he saw a bear comin
Lassi Rautiainen is a Finnish photographer who captured photographs of a unique friendship between a female grey wolf and a male brown bear. The two buddies were seen every night for ten consecutive days. They spend a few hours together between 8. p.m. and 4. a.m. The wolf and the bear even share food with one another. Apparently, it is very rare to observe a wolf and a bear getting along this
A cat who was severely burned in a fire has made a miraculous recovery — and is now looking for a new home. Back in April, a 7-month-old stray domestic shorthaired cat named Libby suffered severe burns in a fire in Downtown Phoenix, the Arizona Humane Society wrote in a press release. The poor cat sustained burns on her paw pads, ears and nose, and reportedly had melted plastic all over h
Photographer Finds Locations Of 1960s Postcards To See How They Look Today, And The Difference Is Unbelievable 
Hij zet 3 IKEA kastjes tegen elkaar aan en maakt dit voor zijn vrouw…Wat een gaaf resultaat!! 
Scientists Discover 512-Year-Old Shark, Which Would Be The Oldest Living Vertebrate On The Planet 
Hus til salg er kun 22 kvadratmeter – men vent til du ser det indvendigt 
Superknepet – så blir snuskiga ugnsformen som ny igen! 
Meteorite That Recently Fell in Somalia Turns Out to Contain Two Minerals Never Before Seen on Earth 
Nearly Frozen Waves Captured On Camera By Nantucket Photographer 
It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered another Earth 
