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Fly over the surface of Pluto in stunning NASA video as New Horizons maps reveal the planet's surface in unprecedented detail a year after historic flyby

Throughout the years, the craft has collected countless observations of the tiny planet and its moons, offering a remarkable look at the landscape of these distant worlds. Now, the space agency has released breathtaking flyover videos using the New Horizons data and digital elevation models, revealing a close-up look at everything from ominous craters of Pluto’s ‘Cthulhu Macula,’ to the bizarre ‘moated mountains’ on its largest moon, Charon. In recognition of the two-year anniversary of New Horizons' Pluto flyby, NASA also revealed a stunning set of global elevation maps, showing the complex terrain of Pluto and Charon.

The electronics giant has revealed the first installation of 34-foot LED screen designed to replace a cinema screen and ten times brighter than a projector at a cinema in Korea.

The technique launched today by Verily’s Debug project doesn’t rely on genetic engineering; instead, it uses a naturally occurring bacteria that causes them to produce dud eggs.

In the latest warning,  Bank of America Merrill Lynch lowered its estimates for Apple's iPhone shipments by 11 million for the year, and suggest it could be delayed by a month.

The thrush nightingale's song deviates slightly in its note timing, making it more 'expressive' like a jazz swing track, the researchers, from the Max Planck Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, found.

Swiping left on Facebook's camera will present UK and US users with the option to create their own Gif. The feature is only available to a small number of trial US and UK users for now.

A study from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, found that disliking people who are different is a learned behaviour, rather than a deep-rooted genetic bias (stock image).

Research from Florida State University shows wives who crash-diet to slim down are often driven to do so if they feel their husband is better-looking than them.

NEW Researchers from Curtin University and the Planetary Science Institute conducted computer simulations to analyze the movement of rock grains and mud in planet-forming asteroids.

The world's fastest drone: Incredible footage shows Drone Racing League craft hitting record 179.6mph 

NEW Drone racing has become a big budget sport - and its biggest league has revealed the world's fast machine. Called the RacerX, the craft recently set a Guinness world Record of 179.9mph - despite weighing just 800 grams. The first prototypes of the drone burst into flames when hitting its highest point of acceleration, but the latest model, flown in Cunningham Park in Queens, New York, hit the record speed.

Arend Hintze of Michigan State University, a leading AI expert says he would 'appeal to the compassion and empathy that the superintelligence has to keep me alive.'

Two separate studies from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have cast doubts on the possibility of life existing on any of the three Trappist-1 planets in the star's habitable zone.

The man, Slava, spotted the freezing kitten on the side of a road in Russia, so he wrapped her up and took her home. She had to have her frostbitten tail amputated but is now a happy, healthy cat.

The highly sensitive technology, created by scientists at Harvard University, Massachusetts, could be used to create 'smart apparel' in which your clothes double up as digital devices.

International scientists ran a series of simulations showing the behaviour of stellar magnetic fields. They found that the sun's cycle is driven by the same mechanisms as other solar-type stars.

Researchers from the University of Oxford found that tardigrades will exist for at least ten billion years and could live through an asteroid strike or the impact of a close-by exploding star.

A Reddit user posted a screenshot of an email saying the Seoul-based company Samsung will be releasing its much-awaited digital assistant Bixby on July 18.

South African born business magnate Elon Musk has launched a new website with a cryptic 'x', marking the spot of a domain name he purchased earlier this week.

NASA image reveals patterns exposed in a giant crater

A stunning new infrared image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed the worm-like fissures blanketing the floor of a mysterious crater on Mars. The image shows the spread of features known as ‘ejecta,’ or the material thrown across the surface after an impact. In this view, the breathtaking colours indicate the presence of different rocks and minerals, including iron-rich minerals such as olivine and pyroxene.

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Mars mission astronauts rehearse water landings off Texas

NASA astronauts training for a possible mission to Mars have been practising water maneuvers in a mock-up Orion space capsule in the Gulf of Mexico. Several astronauts trained Thursday in the open water, about 4 miles (6.5 kilometers) from Galveston, Texas. An Orion spacecraft is being prepared at Johnson Space Center in nearby Houston. It is intended for flight with NASA's new SLS or Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket the agency says it has ever built. Inset, the much smaller Apollo capsule.

University of Cambridge scientists have created an artificial spider silk that works like a miniature bungee cord and is 98 per cent water.

Devon and Cornwall and Dorset Police launched the first fully operational drone unit at Westpoint Arena in Clyst St Mary, near Exeter.

Dr Cliff Arnall, a former lecturer from Cardiff University, said July 14 is the cheeriest day thanks to a combination of good weather, long daylight hours and the start of the holidays.

Speaking at an air power conference in London, David Goldfein said the military needed to 'jump on' industry plans when it came to innovative technology such as Virgin Galactic (file pic).

Youngsters in the UK are now employing a code made up of ‘emojis’ – small digital images normally used to convey emotions – to conceal the deals.

EU working party Article 29 said employers need 'legal ground' to search out a candidate online. While not legally binding, the recommendations are 'very persuasive' as new data laws planned.

This year's warm spring has helped but butterflies need more good weather to thrive, said Sir David (file pic), president of the charity Butterfly Conservation.

Kate, 35, wore a pale blue dress for last night's event and although she was seen without any jewellery or a tiara she still managed to steal the show at the Natural History Museum event.

NASA's chief of human spaceflight William H. Gerstenmaier revealed the agency was unable to put a date on any Mars missions due to a lack of funding.

New observations with the Keck II telescope in Hawaii revealed two distinct objects, each of which is neither massive enough to be a star, nor small enough to be considered a planet.

Lioness nurses baby leopard in Tanzania

Lioness Nosikitok was found with the little cub around near her den where her own cubs were hidden in Ndutu Safari Lodge in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Most lionesses would kill a baby leopard as they are direct competition in the food chain but this attentive mother (pictured, main image and inset) has taken this tiny spotted cub. Wildlife experts say this inter-species suckling has never been seen before.

Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing speculation about its strategy for mobile.

The KunKun Body device, currently only available in Japan, can can detect three major types of odors: Perspiration odor, aging odor and middle fat odor. It costs 30,000 yen (US$265, or £206).

Experts say this year could be a banner one for Mormon crickets - 3-inch-long bugs named after the Mormon pioneers who moved West.

The 'Dick-ometrics' feature analyzes a photo of the penises differentiating factors, including size, color and vein protrusion, to grant user's access to their CamSoda webcam accounts.

The new 'Pacific' headset will be geared toward immersive gaming, watching video and social networking, according to Bloomberg, and is set to go on sale next year.

Researchers from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China have discovered a switch in the brain that could explain how some animals are able to become alpha males.

Global warming may hit wine lovers where it hurts the most - the pocket - as rising temperatures are likely to increase labour costs in Europe's vineyards, researchers said on Thursday.

The tests will use the UC San Diego’s massive shake table to recreate the tremors of powerful earthquakes. This will allow them to test the durability of a two-story wooden structure.

What is the truth about the mysterious black ring-shaped UFOs appearing in skies around the world sparking conspiracy theories?

The bizarre black ring-shaped UFO was filmed floating above the M62 near Birkenshaw (right). It is the latest in a string of strange sightings with one filmed floating over Disneyland in California just last year (bottom left). In 2015 eerie footage emerged of a 320 feet-wide (100 metre-wide) ring of smoke floating over clear skies in Kazakhstan (top left). But one expert has revealed the latest black ring was simply the byproduct of cannon fire of a battle reenactment at the nearby Yorkshire Wartime Event.

The researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln investigated 19 types of weapons currently held by five major nuclear powers: the US, Russia, China, the UK, and France.

The ZEEQ pillow, which was on display at CE Week in Manhattan, can connect to your smartphone, apps, and smart home assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa to track sleep habits.

Scientists warn that if planet-warming emissions continue unabated, aircraft fuel capacities and payload weights will have to be reduced by up to four percent on the hottest days for some aircraft

Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for aircraft to take off in coming decades, a Columbia University study warned weeks after heat-related groundings in Arizona.

A researcher from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) found that machine learning can be used to spot events that may bring on off-normal plasma behaviour inside the tokamak.

Around 1,000 tourists were evacuated by boat from wildfires in Sicily yesterday, as swathes of southern Italy burned after months with little rainfall in a fire which has been blamed on the mafia.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to pursue new rules to help consumers who are being inundated with 'robocalls'

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden found ravens could complete complex cognitive tasks exclusively observed in humans.

In this June 1, 2017, photo, Metin Eren, an archaeologist at Kent State University, looks at a newly chipped flake of obsidian in Kent, Ohio. Eren runs a newly-opened laboratory which makes replicas of ancient arrows, knives, and pottery to be shot, crushed, and smashed. It's allowing researchers to learn about engineering techniques of the first native Americans without destroying priceless genuine relics in the process. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Metin Eren wasn't satisfied just digging up ancient arrowheads to learn about the past. He wanted to use them for their intended purpose. But shooting and shattering priceless tips is out of the question.

Hundreds of ancient stone tombs discovered in Jordan

A team of researchers led by Leiden University in the Netherlands has found two distinct types of tomb (left) built in the third and first millennium BC in the Jebel Qurma region of Jordan (bottom right). They believe the area was virtually uninhabited for roughly 1,500 to 2,000 years. Many of the earlier tombs are covered by stone stone piles called cairns (top right).

Dr Rachel Edwards-Stuart and Lily Soutter have created a three-course dinner with nearly every ingredient containing sleep-enhancing properties. It's based on scientific evidence.

Ronald Wayne, an engineer who founded Apple Inc. with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, sold his share of the company in 1976 for a mere $800.

Having breast implants fitted could prove the difference between life or death, researchers behind the bizarre findings at the University of Utah claim.

MIT research revealed that a solid electrolytes smoothness - instead of its firmness - matters the most in preventing short circuits, and could lead to lithium-ion battery's with double the capacity.

The introduction of Tokyo-based Niconico video sharing platform, similar to YouTube, to the Nintendo Switch today could herald the arrival of more streaming and online content for the console.

Vertu's 178 UK staff, mostly based at the manufacturing plant in Hampshire, have still not been paid for June after the company amassed debts of £128 million ($165 million).

Organisers are considering whether streaming matches directly to fans in the US and UK would significantly cut the value of its multi-billion-pound TV deals, rumours suggest.

The lifestyle website, the brainchild of actress-turned-entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow, has earned a name for promoting unusual and often controversial products and lifestyles.

'It's a shadow!': Ghost hunters claim to have captured the moment the 'spirit' of ancient Egyptian priest Nesyamun returns to his casket at museum

A couple have captured footage of a 'hooded shadowy figure' that they believe is the ghost of an Ancient Egyptian priest haunting the museum where his mummy is kept. In the video all of the ghost-hunting equipment belonging to Sean Reynolds and Rebecca Palmer can be heard going off before a black shadow is seen 'walking' in front of the camera and apparently into a tomb. Parents-of-three Sean and Rebecca were filming for their paranormal TV show at Leeds City Museum in March this year when the hooded apparition crossed their paths.

Travis Rupp, 37. is a beer archaeologist in Colorado who researches ancient beers recreates them. He is pictured sampling beer during the barreling process and sipping a brew at Avery Brewing.

Moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong is being auctioned at a Sotherby's auction in New York to mark the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing on 20 July.

A new feature has been rolled out to Facebook's users globally today that lets Oculus owners live stream using virtual camera tp send a two-dimensional video to their friends and families.

The device, which was developed at the University of California, San Diego, can convert the 26 letters of American Sign Language (ASL) into text that can be viewed on a smartphone display.

Amazon has rolled out a new update to its global users of the Fire TV service that enables hands free control of its library of movies and TV shows via any Alexa enabled smart device.

A new study led by the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities paired tiny gold nanoparticles with anti-freeze agents to dramatically increase survival rates of frozen zebrafish embryos.

The US Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and other special forces are looking to improve troops' performance by looking at their bodies at a genetic level, according to a new report (stock image).

Researchers at the University of Exeter found that grey squirrels quickly remember how to solve a problem they had not seen for almost two years and could use those skills in a redesigned test.

Farewell Dippy: Natural History Museum replaces popular dinosaur centrepiece with blue whale named Hope to inspire love of the living world

Diving majestically down from the heights of the Natural History Museum’s grand entrance hall, this is Hope the blue whale, greeting visitors with jaws open wide. It’s a long way from a lonely sandbank off the south-east coast of Ireland where the giant mammal was found thrashing for its life more than a century ago before a sailor put it out of its misery. From today, Hope (pictured main) takes prime position as the museum’s most jaw-dropping exhibit and the first that most visitors will see. It replaces Dippy the diplodocus whose replica skeleton had graced the entrance hall since 1979. The 20-year-old female blue whale had struggled for survival for a day after getting stuck on a sandbank near Wexford in 1891 before lifeboat pilot Edward Wickham killed it with an improvised harpoon.

Psychology lecturer Evita March from the Federation University Australia says trolls could learn to show empathy to others by undergoing talking therapy.

British law dating back to 1839 states that wills need to be written and signed by the testator as well as two witnesses to be valid. But the Government's legal advisers suggest those rules are unclear.

The worlds of film, technology, design and sports have come together this week in Idaho, where the Allen & Co conference has kicked off in Sun Valley with a list of billionaires on hand.

Deciding to recycle that plastic bottle will now seem like a no-brainer, as eye-opening footage shows the amount of waste ending up in the oceans near Xiaoliuqiu Island in Taiwan.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard the bizarre case on Wednesday after a judge ruled against the monkey Naruto last year.

Tim Bartow, 29, of Kansas City, Missouri, has Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, which causes cerebral palsy, meaning he cannot independently sit or stand.

At CE Week in NY, Global Ionics demonstrated its Beverage Power device, which uses energy from the human body to send a micro-current through liquid, and stimulate the taste buds.

The research, presented at an American Heart Association meeting in Portland, Oregon, outlined how researchers stripped away rat cells from a rat's heart to repopulate with human cells instead.

'And you thought your day was bad': Dramatic footage shows a zebra escaping the jaws of a crocodile while crossing a river... only to be eaten by two lionesses on the other side

The video, filmed in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve, shows the animal escaping the jaws of a vicious crocodile during its perilous journey. It makes its way to the riverbank before clambering up into grassland. But the zebra's nightmare has only just begun as a lioness hides in the grass waiting to pounce.

Researchers in New York City say that the body can respond to stress in diferent way - including being overcome with emotion, staying still and frozen, cooperating or being fatigued.

Researchers from Complutense University of Madrid used a different approach for search for the mysterious planet, and have once again found evidence to support its existence.

Fast food chain KFC have launched a mobile phone with Huawei to celebrate both of their 30th anniversary in China. The phone goes on sale on Thursday.

The 'Home3D' system, developed by MIT, works by displaying three or more images that simulate what the scene looks like from different locations, allowing the brain to compute the image depth.

The tiny movie, consisting of just five frames, shows a galloping thoroughbred mare named Annie G galloping in 1887 - and was stored on the DNA of an e-coli bacteria.

EXCLUSIVE: Salford University researchers were looking into ways of inhibiting mitochondria, the 'powerhouse' of cells which fuel the growth of fatal tumours, when they made the discovery.

The team found we continue to use the site even though it often annoys or offends us to silently watch friends – and perhaps even take pleasure from judging them.

Users' right to repair – or to pay others to fix – their electronic devices is in jeopardy, as companies argue that their devices are protected by patent laws, and allowing repairs would harm these patents.

Jupiter's 10,000 mile-wide 'Great Red Spot' up close

NASA has released the first images from its Juno probe's historic flyby of the the biggest storm in the universe - Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot.' The probe, which has been monitoring Jupiter's surface for just over a year, passed about 5,600 miles (9,000 kilometres) above the Great Red Spot. Today, the first three unprocessed 'raw' images were revealed by NASA, allowing amateur astronomers to process the data to create these stunning images. The biggest storm in the solar system, it appears as a deep red orb surrounded by layers of pale yellow, orange and white. Winds inside the storm have been measured at several hundreds of miles per hour, NASA astronomers said.

Two lifelike robots have discussed the pros and cons of humans in front of a nervously laughing audience in Hong Kong, as part of this year's sprawling Rise tech conference.

Researchers from Cornell University in New York took high-speed videos of ant-jumper spiders in action, and found that they act like spiders to avoid being eaten by other spiders and insects.

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta said the steps reduce the amount of effort needed to climb stairs by up to 37 per cent and can also relieve the strain on joints.

Researchers from UC Berkley have shown that proteins, called anti-Crisprs, can be used to prevent off-target effects, acting like a 'kill switch' to disable Crispr-Cas9 after it's done its job.

California-based computer security firm McAfee has cast doubts on claims made by the creators of a ransomware that threatens to leak your private data and advises people not to pay.

The whales have learned that hatcheries near Baranof Island, Alaska, release juvenile salmon into the water at certain times of year and come back for a free meal each time.

Smartphone data from more than 700,000 people has been collated by Stanford University scientists to show just how active different parts of the world are.

The turquoise blue gecko originates from Tanzania but hatched at Bristol Zoo after its parents were rescued from smugglers.

Vatican frescoes contain two females painted by Raphael

Researchers discovered the paintings of two hidden females in the the Room of Constantine inside the Papal Apartments of the Vatican during a one-year restoration project. Representing Friendship (left) and Justice (right), the two women are believed to have been painted by Raphael shortly before his death in 1520. But their true value became hidden after his students added cherubs, soldiers and dragons to the walls surrounding his artwork following his death.

Researchers from the University of Alberta have resurrected a virus called horsepox, which is very similar to smallpox (artist's impression pictured inset).

The report found Google paid travel expenses for professors from top universities including Harvard and Berkeley to meet officials and lobbyists.

It was supposed to be a rival to Elon Musk's Tesla, and even had a giant factory almost next door - but Chinese firm Faraday Future has revealed it has mothballed the giant site amid financial woes.

Over 1,500 draws were scrutinised across 15 international lotteries including EuroMillions, UK Lotto, US Powerball - with the '16' ball found to have been drawn 191 times over the last year.

More than 170 internet giants including Facebook, Google, OKCupid and Reddit are protesting today against plans to remove rules protecting 'net neutrality'.

Microsoft's Seeing AI app can recognize friends' faces, describe and guess the age and emotions of strangers, read text out loud and describe scenes that come into the camera's field of view.

Researchers from Binghamton University, in New York state, used isotope analysis of samples to gain a better understanding of how the diet of the islanders may have changed over time.

Apple said it was setting up the facility in the southern province of Guizhou with data management firm Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry Co Ltd (stock image).

Trillion-ton iceberg has snapped off Antarctic ice shelf

After months of anticipation, an enormous iceberg with an area of 2,239 sq miles (5,800 sq km) has finally broken off the Larsen C ice sheet in West Antarctica (right). The iceberg, which weighs a staggering trillion tons, was found to have split off from the ice sheet (top left) after scientists examined the latest satellite data from the area. The ice shelf has decreased in size by 10 per cent, leaving the ice front (bottom left) at its most retreated position ever recorded.

Researchers from Harvard University and the Federal University of Minas Gerais found the most popular channels had advertising content that was 'disguised as other content' (stock image).

DoNotPay was launched by Joshua Browder, a Stanford University student. It can help users in the UK and US tackle legal issues covering consumer and workplace rights.

A report by the New York-based Fast Company explains that a 'a source with knowledge of the situation' claims engineers and designers at Apple are working with a 'sense of panic in the air.'

Research from the London-based charity the Sutton Trust found that the increasing automation of jobs will hit poorer workers hardest and will set back social mobility.

Skywatcher John Stetson has captured the moment when the Earth's atmosphere distorted the colour and shape of the moon as it emerged from above the sea at Casco Bay in Maine.

His remains were first excavated from a burial mound in Derbyshire, in the 1930s, when he was found buried alongside a stone pendant which was likely worn as a necklace.

A major study has revealed that that despite the growth of social media and the internet, physical bullying is still more common than its digital equivalent.

An investigation by BBC’s Watchdog shows that thousands of recalled Volkswagen cars have later triggered ‘limp mode’ – a safety feature resulting in the loss of almost all power.

Does it work for you? Staring at this simple optical illusion for 30 seconds can noticeably improve your vision, claim scientists

Psychologists at the Universities of York and Glasgow found that how people see is not only dictated by the shape and condition of the eyes but also perceptual processes in the brain. The team discovered that visual acuity—the ability to see fine detail—can be enhanced by an illusion known as the 'expanding motion aftereffect'. While under its spell, viewers can read letters that are too small for them to read normally - and you can try it for yourself with this simple test

A study of modern hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, eastern Africa, found that differences in age-related sleep patterns may have helped our ancestors keep a watchful eye out for predators at night.

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have measured the vapor pressure of THC for the first time, using sensitive technology known as PLOT-cryo.

Named EBLM J0555-57Ab, the tiny star, discovered by a team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge, is located about 600 light-years away from Earth.

Emory University professors Lena Ting, a neuroscientist, and Madeleine Eve Hackney, a rehab scientist and dancer, explain how dance is the next step for Parkinson's care.

Research from Georgia Tech University in Atlanta found that each ant wanders around aimlessly following a certain set of rules until it unknowingly helps construct a tower several inches tall.

An ancient storage room and three stone rows discovered at the Messene Theatre in Greece have offered new clues on the structures used by thespians 2,000 years ago.

In a test that lasted just 5.3 seconds, Hyperloop One's pod vehicle managed to hit 70 miles per hour using just 100 feet of the motor at the DevLoop test track in Nevada, the firm has revealed.

A team from University College London looked at why people are scared of crime happening in their city, and suggest that a fear of crime should be considered contagious (stock image).

Neolithic grave may hold ancestors of Stonehenge builders

The 5,000-year-old burial mound, which contains a central tomb hidden by mounds of earth, was discovered in Cat's Brain in Wiltshire, south west England. Researchers said the ancient site is located halfway between Stonehenge (inset) and the stone circle at Avebury, suggesting that it may be the final resting place of people who lived close to the time that the monuments were built.

According to the latest iPhone 8 rumor, Apple is hoping to place its Touch ID sensor underneath the glass screen of the next iPhone, but the tech giant is struggling to do so - and it could cost them.

According to Android Police, the picture shows a second generation Pixel XL, the larger of the two Pixel devices, with a 6inch screen.

Full to the brim of psilocybin, the drug is proving to be an effective and safe way of combating the blues, according to a new review of seven studies by Touro University California.

Blue Origin's exhibit will feature a 1:1 mockup of New Shepard's astronaut crew capsule, which has seating for six people, and will use real mission footage to simulate the trip into space.

Psychologists at the University of Kent found people with trypophobia experience the same type of aversion when viewing a lotus pod, for example, as they would when shown a cluster of ticks.

In the US test launch, a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system (pictured) targeted a ballistic missile launched mid-air from an Air Force C-17 transport aircraft over the Pacific.

Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney suggested that waste hair could be used as a cheap alternative to the synthetic plastics that are currently used to clean up after oil spills.

In a new book 'Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Recreated', Patrick McGovern, from the University of Pennsylvania suggests even Paleolithic people may have drunk alcohol.

Moon Express reveals plans for historic return to the lunar surface with hopping 'R2D2' craft next year and says it will set up first mining outpost in 2020

A privately owned company plans to use robotic spacecraft to launch a series of commercial missions to the moon, some 45 years after NASA´s last lunar landing, officials said on Wednesday. Cape Canaveral, Florida-based Moon Express is developing a fleet of low-cost robotic spacecraft that can be assembled like Legos to handle increasingly complex missions, founder and Chief Executive Officer Bob Richards said in an interview. Ultimately the company plans to establish a lunar outpost in 2020 and set up commercial operations on the Moon. 

Hidden somewhere in the picture, taken in Kenya's Masai Mara, is a camouflaged leopard, heading towards its dinner.

An image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a look at the remarkable Hidden Galaxy, a ‘challenging cosmic target' as a result of material obscuring it from view.

ArtAlienTV, a Bristol-based YouTube channel that regularly posts alleged alien and UFO sightings, posted a vido online showing the structures on Nasa satellite images.

Diamond hunters will be searching for valuable gems at 140 metres below sea level in this state-of-the-art £122 million trawler.

Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has made a case for slugs and said green fingered British people should lay off killing them as they are vital for attracting other wildlife.

Sweden is expected to provide the bulk of the material to build the Type 26 global combat ships, ministers have said.

The capsule brought supplies to the International Space Station and splashed down as planned in the Pacific Ocean on Monday.

Financial Times economics expert Tim Harford picks out his favourite creations, including razor blades, TV dinners, robots, passports, clocks, containers and banks.

The images are revealed in a biography of photographer Michael Nichols. The Zoological Society of London and WWF revealed global wildlife populations fell by 58 per cent since 1970.

A temple to the Aztec wind god Ehecatl lays unearthed within the property of a hotel in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Plans to expand the hotel have been put on hold after archaeologists unearthed a 1400's temple to the Aztec wind god Ehecatl and a ceremonial ball court under the property. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

The rare finds, including the semi-circular temple of Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl and nearby ball court were revealed yesterday under a hotel in the heart of Mexico City.

Bald eagles and red-tailed hawks are bitter enemies in their home turf of British Colombia, Canada, and often take to the skies for vicious aerial fights. The hawk is being raised with three bald eagle chicks.

A bizarre feature spotted on Mars, which resembles the home of a fictional Star Wars beast, may have been created from an impact with a rogue space rock – or, it could be the result of a collapse.

These are the first images of the new simulator that McLaren will sell to other car makers so they can develop their own road cars. Rob Hull tested out the carmaker's technology first hand.

Using data from NASA’s STEREO and SOHO missions, the simulation reveals how processes in the sun’s magnetic fields cause tension to build, creating a twisted ‘bubble’ that eventually snaps off.

Facial paralysis suffered by thousands of Britons is being treated by pioneering NHS specialists with virtual-reality computer game-style technology.

OneWeb's production will begin in Toulouse, where satellites will be manufactured, validated and tested ahead of the first launch in March 2018.

Monks and doctors in China were shocked after a CT scan revealed the mummified monk still had healthy bones and a brain. Master Ci Xian is worshipped at the the Dinghui Temple.

In an article for The Conversation, Edward Hockings a researcher at the University of the West of Scotland, explains the risks of letting a private company have access to sensitive genetic data.

A sports brand based in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico that builds flying toys has created an electric powered personal hydrofoil that can reach speeds of up to 25 mph (40 kph).

The image was taken in March by Nasa's Curiosity rover while investigating Mars, but was posted on Reddit this week, sparking a huge online debate about what it shows.

Two skeletons dating from the 5th century were found under the walls of the Wolseong, or Moon Castle, in Gyeongju in South Korea, the capital of the former Silla kingdom

Evidence of human sacrifice to try to ensure the success of ancient construction projects has been found for the first time under the walls of Moon Castle, in Gyeongju, South Korea.

Merlin helicopters from 820 Naval Air Squadron have today made history by becoming the first aircraft to land on the £3.1billion Royal Navy supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

Archaeologists have long been perplexed by a bizarre structure built hundreds of years ago in Peru that appears to be modeled in the form of a volcano, as there are no volcanoes nearby.

Alan Collins, Professor of Geology at the University of Adelaide and Andrew Merdith, a PhD Candidate from the University of Sydney look at how Earth tectonics (pictured) are moving under our feet.

Researchers at Stanford University have captured the six nanoseconds it takes for water to freeze into ice seven, which could help create and support the building blocks of life.

The grasshopper was spotted by amateur photographer Richard Taylor near a lake in Ipswich, Suffolk. The colouring is caused by a rare genetic mutation.

A study led by researchers at University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics has revealed the processes behind periodic blasts from a supermassive black hole.

While some sinkholes are natural and occur because of the interaction between groundwater and soil erosion, many sinkholes are also human-created, as a result of openings in pipes beneath the ground.

The student-controlled EarthKAM camera aboard NASA's ISS captured an image of the Grand Canyon from low Earth orbit, which shows the details of its ridged edges that stretch for miles.

The 'AirQuadOne' could be used as a means for personal transportation, as well as a replacement for cranes and helicopters or emergency cars. It's set to be presented at the Paris Air Show this week.

The incredible scenes were caught on camera by student ranger Oliver Lane, at the Umlani Bushcamp in Timbavati Private Nature Reserve in Hoedspruit, in South Africa's Limpopo province.

A total of 34 works were submitted as part of Daejeon, Korea-based Hankook Tires' Design Insight forum, with five winners chosen.

A small rectangular building thought to be a church believed to date from the same period as a monastery built in 635 AD has been discovered on Lindisfarne island off the coast of Northumberland.

NASA's Jack Fischer took this incredible snap from the International Space Station's cupola module on June 19, 2017.

The SpaceX founder Elon Musk said his 'Godot' machine had begun building in the car park of the SpaceX building in LA which marks the start of his plans to build a transport network beneath the city.

The expanded cleaning regime is one of a series of measures announced by London mayor Sadiq Khan as part of a new air quality action plan.

Joshua Ten-Brink, 40, was walking along the Playa Tambor beach in Costa Rica when he spotted what he thought was a log in the shallows.

The laser, which was tested at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico successfully hit a target 0.9 miles (1.4 km) away from an Apache AH-64 helicopter (pictured).

Researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology studied the stinging mechanism of the nomad jellyfish – the most common jellyfish in Israel.

A 31-year-old male chimpanzee called Bahati has died after he fell 40 feet from a tree before being pummeled by a group of other chimps inside his enclosure at the Kansas City Zoo.

Researchers from the University of Liege used computer modelling and wind tunnel tests to examine the effect different cyclist's body positions would have during a downhill descent.

New supercomputer simulations show the flow of liquid metals in Earth’s outer core, where temperature and pressure differences give rise to electric currents and the magnetic field.

Astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to probe the heart of supernova SN 1987A to produce an intricate 3-D rendering of newly formed molecules.

Analysing 50 matches, researchers found players produced grunts that were higher in pitch during matches they lost than during those they won.

BepiColombo will be the European Space Agency's first mission to the closest rock to the Sun, and will study the peculiarities of Mercury's internal structure and magnetic field generation.

Researchers from Stanford and Mexico City universities said human overpopulation and greed are driving factors behind the destruction of species on Earth, which is causing ecosystems to collapse.

The room, unearthed at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate in Charlotesville, Virgina, went unnoticed for decades. It didn't have any windows and was next to Jefferson's room.

The Lady of Cao is a female Moche mummy found in El Brujo, Peru, in 2005. Archaeologists from Peru's El Brujo Museum were able to reconstruct her face with a laser scanner.

Wildlife fans hoping to catch a sneak preview of a BBC wildlife film, which goes on general release in UK and US cinemas this autumn, can see some of the highlights in a world epic trailer.

A study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst created conditions in the lab to mimic what goes on deep in Earth’s crust as the faults form, revealing new insight on their evolution.

Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory first detected the huge spot on the sun last week, and it appears to have lingered through to this week.

Brooke Buddemeier, a radiation expert at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, says a hand-cranked radio, water and breakfast bars should be prioritised.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have developed a new code that could provide robots the capabilities to better understand the humans around them

Facebook user Tung Ha, from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, has posted an image that he claims shows the dual lens camera, LED flash and fingerprint ID scanner for the Galaxy Note 8.

In a major breakthrough, researchers in China established the first ground-to-satellite quantum network, which allowed them to transmit a photon from an entangled pair up to 870 miles.

Photographer Anand Varma filmed hummingbirds using a camera that captures 3,000 frames per second, for breathtaking footage revealing the unseen details of their lives.

An image of sportswear and flip flops has people waging war after it was posted to Facebook by Rachael Stewart from Nottingham - so what colours can you see in the picture?

The footage, filmed in the North Sea from one of the upper decks, captures the monster wave loom high in front of the vessel before breaking over the front.

The evidence of fine dining in the late 5th century was unearthed as part of the first excavations to take place in decades at the legendary castle found on England's southwest coast.

The cockpit footage was taken during the Roborace's first full-speed, self-driven lap of the Formula E track in Berlin earlier this month.

       

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British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.

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British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.

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A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of human sacrifice of women and children in the Aztec Empire.

A stunning new map from Imgur user Fejetlenfej shows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States, highlighting the massive expanse of basins across the country.

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