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This Is The Very First Image Of A Black Hole

Image credit: Jean-Pierre Luminet Black holes are so outlandish that the scientists who first thought them up figured they couldn’t possibly exist in reality. They form from massive, collapsed stars and are so dense that nothing can escape their gravitational pull, including light. Black holes mess with spacetime so badly that scientists have long wondered: How do these things look, exactly

‘Demon’ shark with snake’s head caught for the first time

During an offshore trawl in southern Portugal earlier this year, researchers caught a bizarre deep-sea animal: a frilled shark. The one-and-a-half-metre male shark was pulled up near the Algarve region back in August, but the discovery began grabbing headlines this week. Some of the details accompanying the story, however, aren't entirely accurate. The male shark was caught by trawlers in Au

NASA Has Just Released 2,540 Stunning New Photos of Mars

If it’s quiet solitude and beauty you seek, there is no better place than the surface of Mars. Mars has earned its moniker as the red planet, but the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) can transform the subtle differences of soils into a rainbow of colours. For 10 years, HiRISE has recorded gorgeous – and scientifically valuable – images of Mars. Its photos

For $596 Nikon’s Coolpix P900 Point And Shoot Camera Has Insane Zoom Feature That Shows The Moon Moving

There are nice cameras and then there are insanely nice cameras. Nikon’s Coolpix P900 is one of the insanely nice cameras, although in the world of photography it comes with a pretty affordable price tag. For $596 you can own a camera with zoom capabilities that far surpass the competition, in fact this camera can even capture the movement of the moon. Nikon’s point and shoot camera, the Co

Extraordinary “Atlas Of The Underworld” Showcases Earth’s 94 Hidden Tectonic Plates

Earth’s tectonic plates make our world unique. Thanks to these colossal continental and oceanic islands floating atop a partly molten hellish mantle, we have oceans and mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and even an atmosphere. That’s why a team of Dutch scientists from Utrecht University has conjured up a new database containing everything you’d need to know about every single subduc

Pollution Kills An Astonishing Nine MILLION People Every Year

Pollution is killing up to 9 million people every single year across the planet. As grimly expected, most of these deaths – 92 percent – are in middle-to-low income countries. This makes the unnatural phenomenon, which is responsible for one-in-6 deaths worldwide, more deadly than anything else, including natural disasters, famine, and war. Although drinking water contamination was t

Photographer Travels To The Coldest Village On Earth Where The Temperature Can Reach -71.2C (-96F)

If you think that winter has already come to your city, pictures from Oymyakon, Russia, the coldest village on Earth, might change your mind. With the lowest temperature of −71.2 °C (−96 °F), recorded in 1924, and the average for January being -50°C (-60°F), this village is the coldest permanently inhabited place on this planet. New Zealand-based photographer Amos Chapple decided to go on

We Traveled 3500km To Sleep In A 5-Billion-Star ‘Hotel’ In Norway And It Made Our Jaws Drop

We drove my old rickety Ford Escort from Helsinki to Troms with my adventure buddy Mika-Pekka Markkanen. Then visited Senja and Lofoten islands and drove back. The whole trip took 12 days and we drove more than 3500km. We slept our nights mostly in a wind beaten tent that was definitely not suitable for winter camping in Norway. One windy night we found shelter from an abandoned camping site and g

Bugatti Discovered In A Dusty Garage Valued At $8.5 Million

Iknow I’m not the only one who indulges in the occasional fantasy of discovering something valuable the next time I hit the flea market. After all, it feels like every other week, there’s a story about a lucky someone discovering an ancient painting by a Dutch master, or turning up a treasure trove of old WWII artifacts in the attic! Sure, it can’t happen for everyone, but it has to ha

Secret Photos Reveal Where Donald Trump Grows His Hair

BREAKING NEWS: The original habitat used to grow Donald Trump’s hair has been located in Tromsø, Norway, one of the northernmost cities in the world. Scientists confirm that Trump, just like the Biblical Samson, draws most of his power from his hair. Jokes aside, there has been much speculation about Donald Trump’s hair. Michael R. Cunningham, Ph.D., a professor and psychologist at the Uni