Meet Hokule’a, the Amazing Hawaiian Surfer Cat! (VIDEO)
“I’m Hōkūleʻa, the surfing cat. I own two hoomans. I live Aloha and I love the waves.”
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A Structure In Deep Space Is So Giant It’s Challenging Standard Physics
The Giant Arc is a newly-discovered structure spanning 3.3 billion light years, and it’s challenging our understanding of the universe.
Does The Milky Way Move Like A Spinning Top? (VIDEO)
An investigation carried out by the astrophysicists questions one of the most interesting findings about the dynamics of the Milky Way in recent years: that the precession, or the wobble in the axis of rotation of the disc warp is incorrect.
New Details On What Happened In The First Microsecond Of Big Bang
Researchers have investigated what happened to a specific kind of plasma – the first matter ever to be present – during the first microsecond of Big Bang. Their findings provide a piece of the puzzle to the evolution of the universe, as we know it today.
‘Angry’ Cat Attacks Pilot, Forcing Plane to Make Emergency Landing
A Tarco Airlines passenger plane that departed from Sudan’s Khartoum International Airport and was headed to Doha, Qatar, was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot was attacked by an unruly passenger — in this case, a cat!
Watch the Trippy, First-Ever Footage of a Time Crystal (VIDEO)
In a breakthrough, eerie oscillations from this bizarre new phase of matter was filmed by a special microscope.
Coup Caught on Camera: Fitness Instructor Unwittingly Captures Myanmar Coup In Background of Dance Video (VIDEO)
In extraordinary footage, a dance instructor carries out her aerobics routine, oblivious to the military coup unfolding as a convoy of SUVs approach the parliament complex in the background right behind her.
Scientists Found Creatures So Inactive They Expanded Our Idea of Life Itself
“It looks like the majority of these organisms are living at energy regimes that are below what we thought was even capable of maintenance—just staying alive.”
Cat That Went Missing On Scottish Holiday Found 12 Years Later
Rochdale-based Davies family lost Georgie on trip to Loch Lomond, but recent microchip scan revealed cat’s identity.
Drug-Smuggling Cat Escapes High-Security Sri Lankan Prison
The cat was detained in the prison after two grams of heroin were found tied to its collar.
First Ever Image Of A Multi-Planet System Around A Sun-like Star Captured By ESO Telescope (VIDEO)
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images of systems with multiple exoplanets are extremely rare, and — until now — astronomers had never directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun. The observations can help astronomers understand how planets formed and evolved around our own Sun.
A Massive Star Has Seemingly Vanished from Space With No Explanation (VIDEO)
Astronomers are trying to figure out whether the star collapsed into a black hole without going supernova, or if it disappeared in a cloud of dust.
Quantum Physics Provides A Way To Hide Ignorance
Students can hide their ignorance and answer questions correctly in an exam without their lack of knowledge being detected by teachers — but only in the quantum world.
Rolling Stones Threaten to Sue Trump Over Using Their Songs
The Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives.
Bizarre Saber-Tooth Predator From South America Was No Saber-Tooth Cat
A new study has shown that not all saber-tooths were fearsome predators.