Astronomers at Columbia University in New York have discovered a pair of supermassive black holes are orbiting each other once every five years at 47 million miles per hour (pictured left and zoomed in right). The pair, which are being drawn ever closer together, are expected to collide in under a million years, releasing a huge blast across the universe.
Nasa scientists have spotted more than 3,200 cracks on the moon's surface, caused by tidal forces generated by the Earth.
The small dot in the cross-hairs (inset) is the 3,000th comet to be spotted by Nasa and Esa's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (Soho).
Inside the cave that was home to Denisovans, Neanderthals AND Homo sapiens: Different species of early man used the same shelter for thousands of years
Geneticists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Munich, Germany, studied DNA from three teeth (like the one pictured top right) and a pinky bone (pictured bottom right) found in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains (pictured left). They found they belonged to individuals who lived thousands of years apart. The findings have provided fresh clues about how this mysterious human species lived and even that they had a strong sense of 'home'.
Samsung's 'Foldable Valley' could launch in January: Flexible smartphone uses a bendy plastic display to open and close like a book
Rumours suggest the South Korean tech giant's 'Foldable Valley' handset will have a bendy plastic display so it can fold like a notebook (conceptual image shown). The handset is expected to launch as early as January 2016 and trusted rumour blog SamMobile is reported that anonymous sources claim the device is currently being tested in China.
- Witness a Kamikaze comet hurtling towards the sun: Nasa mission spots its 3,000 'dirty snowball' and captures its solar death-dive
- The spiders are coming! Warm summer means an 'influx' of large arachnids is heading for your home
- The truth is NOT out there: Astronomer uses highly sensitive telescope to search for alien civilisations...but finds nothing
- Apple begins roll out of iOS 9: Software update promises to save battery life, speed up browsing, and even track your sex life
- Cosmic death spiral: Monster black holes in distant galaxy are set to collide with a blast 100 million times larger than a supernovae
- Chimpanzees love horror movies too! Apes become so engrossed in violent videos they ignore tasty treats in front of them
- A dramatic North Pole rescue: Russian scientists are plucked from a drifting ice research station after cracks started to appear
- The great online poker scam: Criminals are hacking into gambling accounts to see player's hands before joining their games and betting against them
- Your bathroom is about to get high-tech: Smart mirror 'doctors' that diagnose diseases and a robot beauty therapist among the latest futuristic predictions
- Android fans attack! Apple haters flood Google Play with abusive one-star reviews for the tech giant's Move to iOS app
- Motorola opens pre-orders for its Moto 360 2 collection: Watches start at £229 but women are charged more by default
- Inside the cave that was home to Denisovans, Neanderthals AND Homo sapiens: Different species of early man used the same shelter for thousands of years
- I'm bringing sexy beak: Penguins are attracted to colours on their partner's bills that are invisible to our eyes
- The science of why people cheat: Scientists reveal the two main reasons behind the popularity of Ashley Madison
- Forget takeaways, now you can PRINT pizza: Star Trek-style replicator layers edible ingredients to make any meal of your choice
- How your tweets can betray your politics: Liberals use swear words on Twitter while those on the right discuss religion
- Now EVERYONE can shop on Twitter! Site rolls out its 'Buy' button to all users to let you purchase items directly from tweets
- Have humans made dogs STUPID? Pets are 'lazy thinkers' compared to wild wolves and domestication may be to blame
- A Dragon on Mars! Elon Musk backs Nasa plan to send SpaceX capsule on sample return mission in 2020
- Snapchat adds Replays that let you pay to relive your old messages: Latest update also includes selfie art and trophies
- Apple begins roll out of iOS 9: Software update promises to save battery life, speed up browsing, and even track your sex life
- Sharp to sell first 8K TV in October: Screen will produce images so clear they appear 3D (but you'll need $133,000 to get one)
- Tim Cook slams 'opportunistic' Steve Jobs films: Apple CEO discusses founder's legacy and coming out as gay on the Late Show
- Android fans attack! Apple haters flood Google Play with abusive one-star reviews for the tech giant's Move to iOS app
- Android lockscreen can be hacked using a simple text password: Overloading the software with long words makes it unlock
- The science of why people cheat: Scientists reveal the two main reasons behind the popularity of Ashley Madison
- Samsung's 'Foldable Valley' could launch in January: Flexible smartphone uses a bendy plastic display to open and close like a book
- Cosmic death spiral: Monster black holes in distant galaxy are set to collide with a blast 100 million times larger than a supernovae
- 'Living fossil' fish has a LUNG in its abdomen: Organ has no purpose and is a leftover from the bizarre creature's evolution
- Is the Earth causing the moon to SHRINK? Gravitational pull of our planet is creating thousands of cracks on the lunar surface
- The man who wants to change the way the world eats: Why Josh Tetrick and his eggless mayo made the Daily Mail Hot List
- Cars of the future will have massage rollers, swivelling seats and let 'drivers' lie back and relax: Designs reveal how self-driving vehicles could look by 2035
- Huge swarms of AI drones are coming: Team sets world record by launching 50 UAVs controlled by just ONE person
- Sex robots should be BANNED: Expert calls for crackdown on 'unnecessary and undesirable' technology
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The 50 UAVs were launched and flown autonomously in two 'sub-swarms' of 25 UAVs each. Once in the air, the drones talked to each using high-powered Wi-Fi. Researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, want to eventually create swarms of drones that act on their own on the battlefield.
Is the Earth causing the moon to SHRINK? Gravitational pull of our planet is creating thousands of cracks on the lunar surface
Scientists have spotted more than 3,200 faults - each several miles long and dozens of feet deep (pictured left) - on the surface of the moon, which appear to be caused by the tidal forces generated by the Earth (illustrated bottom right). These combine with the shrinkage of the moon's interior as it cools to leave large faults crisscrossing the surface (shown on the map top right).
Soldier of the future: Maps beamed to his glasses, helmet camera sending images to comrades and sensors to monitor his health
Military personnel going to war a decade from now will wear body armour, weapons and kit (above) that could have come straight out of sci-fi movies. Smart glasses will enable troops to see information on a small screen in front of their eye, allowing commanders to beam maps, tactics, enemy positions and video from surveillance drones to the mini-display. Lightweight helmets (inset) mounted with high-resolution cameras will send battlefield images to comrades on patrol to warn them of potential dangers such as booby-traps and ambushes. A wrist-worn device based on smart-watches and packed with state-of-the-art sensors will monitor a soldier's health and performance during combat - allowing an officer to pull him from a mission if they are flagging.
Pentagon may SCRAP $3.5 billion state-of-the-art warship that was tipped to transform US Navy fleet (...despite having already built half of it)
The Pentagon may scrap a $3.5 billion warship despite having already built half of it. In a shock turnaround, the USS Lyndon B Johnson may be dropped from production in just a few weeks as the Defense Department tightens its purse strings. It would be an embarrassing anti-climax for the Pentagon after years of hype surrounding the third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer which is 41 per cent complete and was tipped to transform the US Navy's fleet.
Apple begins roll out of iOS 9: Software update promises to save battery life, speed up browsing, and even track your sex life
Starting from 10am PST (6pm BST) today, Apple began rolling out its next-generation software to iPhones, iPads and the iPod touch. The latest version, called iOS 9, was unveiled at Apple's WWDC conference in June and has been in beta with developers since. Other new features include live wallpapers, an updated keyboard and improved security. Apple's new Wallet is pictured top left, Split View is pictured bottom left and the Proactive Assistant is pictured right.
Mystery of the caverns littered with Bronze Age children's decapitated heads: Gruesome find in grounds of Prince Charles's old school in remote Scotland
Archaeologists made the grim discovery in a remote part of the estate of Gordonstoun near Inverness, whose former pupils also include five of the Queen's children and grandchildren. The cave (above), looking out from sea cliffs over the Moray Firth, was apparently used in funeral rituals from 1100 BC to 900 BC by the Pictish clans ruling Scotland at the time. Experts say the clans placed bodies in the cave to decompose so that bones could eventually be retrieved. They also say there are indications that it was later used for executions. Also pictured (inset): A Pict carving found inside.
The airbag for a BULLET: Ping pong ball-style cushion can be attached to any gun to slow down shots and prevent fatal injuries
The device (pictured), designed by Alternative Ballistics in San Diego, California, takes the form of a metal ball or 'bullet capture device' that is fitted over the barrel of a gun. Once the gun is fired, the bullet embeds itself inside the device without a chance of it escaping.The bullet's energy is simultaneously transferred to the alloy ball, propelling it towards the target. 'The Alternative' works like an airbag for a bullet, slowing it down to one fifth of its intended speed.
Striker II takes to the skies: Advanced helmet uses a night vision camera to help fighter pilots fly under the cover of darkness
Farnborough-based BAE Systems has begun night trials (pictured bottom left) on the Striker II helmet-mounted display (pictured right) in the hope they will lead to a fully integrated digital night vision helmet to replace the heavy goggles currently worn by pilots. Heavy night vision goggles currenly worn increase G-force pressures on the head and neck, limiting the pilot's manoeuvrability in the cockpit. Striker II includes a cutting-edge tracking system that ensures the pilot's exact head position (pictured top left) and the aircraft computer system are continuously in sync, reducing problems common to other HMD's.
Porsche unveils its Tesla killer: Mission E can be charged simply by driving over a special tile and has a holographic dashboard controlled just by LOOKING at it
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Seen a shooting star? It may have been HUMAN WASTE: Nasa reveals astronauts create 180lbs of excrement each year that burn up in the atmosphere
American Astronaut Scott Kelly (pictured bottom right) began the 'A Year in Space' mission by blasting off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in a Soyuz vehicle in March and is now half way through his stay on the ISS. To celebrate this milestone, Nasa has produced an infographic (pictured left) detailing some of the stranger effects microgravity will be having on Kelly's body. They include the fact the astronaut will produce around 180lbs (82kg) of faeces that will burn up in the atmosphere and look like shooting stars.
Medieval skeleton 'bursts from the earth': Remains are snapped in two as storm rips tree roots containing the bones into the air
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