In new sequences captured by Curiosity, wispy, early-season clouds that resemble Earth's cirrus clouds can be seen. The footage was taken during an early morning last month from two angles, one straight up and the other with the camera pointed just above the southern horizon.
Though NASA assures it will safely pass by, if the asteroid did hit Earth, it could lead to a much more devastating level of impact than the 18-meter asteroid that hit Chelyabinsk in 2013.
Though NASA assures it will safely pass by, if the asteroid did hit Earth, it could lead to a much more devastating level of impact than the 18-meter asteroid that hit Chelyabinsk in 2013.
Chinese museum claims to have bred the world's largest insect... and it's as long as YOUR ARM
A Chinese museum claimed they have bred the world's largest insect (main and inset). The female stick insect measures 64 centimetres (25 inches) long, the average length of a young man's arm, according to the Insect Museum of West China. The insect species, native to China, was discovered in 2014 by entomologist Zhao Li (main), named the specie Phryganistria chinensis Zhao after himself.
The incredible moment a chimpanzee learns how to play rock, paper, scissors as well as a four-year-old child
Researchers from Kyoto University and Peking University looked at the ability of chimpanzees and young children to learn the basic hand game. They found that chimpanzees of all ages and sexes can learn the simple circular relationship between the three different hand signals. And while it may take them longer, chimpanzees are able to learn the game as well as a four-year-old child.
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What IS that? Mystery creature pokes its head out of a mud pool by a Queensland river - before slowly sinking beneath the surface when it realises it has been spotted
A mysterious creature has been filmed poking it head out of the water during a Queensland river cruise. The unidentified animal was spotted during a Solar Whisper Daintree River Crocodile and Wildlife Tour on Tuesday. After staff posted the footage on social media suggestions have taken off about the beast's identity and range from a mussel to a 'miniature whale'. David White, the owner of Solar Whisper cruises filmed the creature during the cruise, before uploading his footage to Facebook on Tuesday morning.
Want to play like Federer? It's not about how you hit the ball: Scientists say a consistent BACKSWING is key to improving your game
People who performed consistent lead-in motions were able to perfect their techniques twice as quickly, found research led by the University of Plymouth. They found those who were able to perform consistent backswings before hitting the ball were able to perfect their techniques twice as quickly as those who couldn't. Tennis star Roger Federer (left) and golfer Rory McIlroy (right) have climbed to the top of their game partly due to their powerful - and consistent - lead-in movement.
Facebook launches Watch, a video platform for original content and live shows that will take on rivals YouTube and Netflix
Facebook Watch (left via TV app) is being launched to a select group of trial users in the US with more than 20 new full-length shows, including pre-recorded episodes as well as live streaming, before going global. It will be will be available on desktop and laptop (top right), via the firm's TV apps and on mobile (bottom right). It will also feature shorter five to ten minute episodes that will be refreshed daily.
Elon Musk's Tesla is close to testing electric self-driving trucks that move in 'platoons' on roads across California and Nevada
Emails between Tesla and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles have revealed a prototype autonomous electric truck (left) that will drive itself and move in 'platoons' could soon be tested in the state. Musk (right) tweeted in April (inset) that the semi-truck would be revealed in September. The correspondence and a meeting with California official show that the firm is putting self-driving technology into the electric truck.
Two potentially habitable 'super Earths' are spotted orbiting a sun-like star that is so close to our planet it can be seen with the naked eye
The two 'super-Earths', found by a team led by University of Hertfordshire researchers, are located in the habitable zone of the star, and scientists claim they could support liquid surface water. An international team of researchers discovered the planets among four Earth-sized worlds surrounding the star, which sits 12 light years from the sun - close enough to be seen by the naked eye.
Ancient rock art in a New Mexico canyon reveals a total solar eclipse seen by Pueblo people over 1,000 years ago
At New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, researchers have discovered a petroglyph carved by the early Pueblo people that appears to illustrate a total solar eclipse. Evidence of ceremonial practices at the site indicates that the free-standing rock may have been used for solstice-related activities, and the experts now suspect the ancient people once gathered to watch an eclipse in the summer of 1097. In the petroglyph, the inclusion of several looping tendrils suggest high solar activity and even a coronal mass ejection, according to the researchers.
Cannibals of Cheddar Gorge: Bones discovered in Somerset reveal cavemen feasted on each other, made drinking cups from the skulls and engraved the bones, 15,000 years ago
Human bones discovered in Somerset reveal how cannibal cavemen feasted on each other. Now a beauty spot for tourists, Cheddar Gorge was populated by cannibals 14,700 years ago, who decapitated their dead, filleted the flesh from their bodies and made drinking cups from their skulls. Archaeologists have now found the first evidence that the cannibals engraved the bones (circled in red) after butchering them.
Hypnotic supercomputer simulations reveal how ocean currents move around the world
Researchers based at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, have used the hyperwall - a 10 by 23-foot, 128-screen display - to discover new ocean features and their effect on the larger ocean system. By switching the hyperwall view from one image of the globe to displays of specific regions, properties such as temperature, surface wind stress, density and surface water speeds are revealed through high-contrast color changes. The hyerpwall is paired up with the Pleiades supercomputer, which provides the simulations that are visualized on the wall. Pictured is part of a visualization, showing the Loop Current: The origin of the Gulf Stream. Surface water speeds are shown ranging from 0 meters per second (dark blue) to 1.25 meters per second (cyan).
Remarkably well-preserved 13 million-year-old infant skull of a new species of primate sheds new light on the African origins of humans and apes
The skull of a new species baby primate that lived around 13 million years ago could shed light on the great mystery of how apes became human. The skull, nicknamed Alesi, dates to Miocene epoch - around the time when apes were beginning to expand their range into Eurasia. The infant creature is not related to living apes and humans, but may have looked similar to our long-extinct ancestor. The skull was found in 13 million year-old rock layers in the Napudet area, west of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya (pictuerd bottom right is the dig site).
Mysterious Iron Age stone slab engraved in ancient symbols no one can read baffles experts after it was unearthed in a farmer's field in Spain
The engravings are thought to date from the Iron Age and contain elements of Spanish, Greek, Iberian, Canaanite and South Arabian, according to research led by the University of Seville. Experts believe the 'stela of Montoro' (pictured, main image and inset) could be the earliest monumental script in Iberia but no one can decipher what the extinct characters mean.
The mind-boggling optical illusion that makes parallel lines appear slanted
The lines in the image (pictured), created by Georgia illusionist and magician Victoria Skye, are straight and in parallel rows, and the alternating target patterns, rows and colors, combine to trick the brain into thinking they're slanted. Skye said that it is based off the café wall illusion, and that she plans to submit her illusion to the 'Best Illusion of the Year Contest' next year. The 'café wall illusion' was originally observed on tiles on the facade of a café in Bristol, UK.
The Terminator? No, it's a British solider of the future: New 'close combat sensor system' uses cameras, lasers and audio to tell troops where the enemy is
Soon British soldiers will be seeing their enemies like the Terminator does, as the Army brings in a new system to feed information back to the soldier, his comrades and headquarters. Looking down the high-tech sights of their rifles, they will be able to tell whether they are facing friend or foe and where the enemy is, even if they can't see them. The soldier's system will feed back information to commanders from the battlefield so they can both track and guide their troops. Experts in the Ministry of Defence's science laboratory said this will help ensure the troops are not targeted by friendly fire. The kit is due to be ready for testing in simulated combat by around 2020. Left, the new kit, versus right, the current kit. Inset top, what the Terminator sees, and bottom, Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film.
Is this the birthplace of three of Jesus’ apostles? Archaeologists say they have found the 'lost Roman city of Julias' in Israel
Archaeologists say they have uncovered the lost city of Julias (left), believed to have been built on the ruins of Bethsaida, the birthplace of St Peter (bottom right), at a dig site near the Sea of Galilee. Two other apostles, Philip (top right) and Peter's brother Andrew (middle right), are also believed to have been born or lived in Bethsaida. Experts uncovered fragments of pottery, coins and the remains of a public bath.
Will the world end this month? Conspiracy theorists claim the upcoming solar eclipse will cause the mysterious planet 'Nibiru' to smash into Earth
Wisconsin-based David Meade, author of the book 'Planet X – The 2017 Arrival', believes a star, which he calls 'a binary twin of our sun' is coming 'at us towards the south pole'. Despite a lack of evidence for the hidden world Nibiru (artist's impression pictured), which Nasa has previously stated is an 'internet hoax', many people believe it is real. Nibiru, and is sometimes referred to as Planet X, has been predicted to end the world several times since 2003.
The mysterious glowing sea dandelion: Explorers spot strange orb made up of 'loads and loads' of individual creatures 8,300 feet beneath the surface
Thousands of feet beneath the ocean’s surface, scientists have spotted a mysterious glowing creature hovering above the seafloor amid a ‘spider web’ of tentacles. This is the deep-sea ‘dandelion animal’ – and, despite its solitary appearance, experts say the pulsating orb is not one organism but ‘loads and loads’ of individuals living and working together. The rarely-seen invertebrate is closely related to the Portuguese Man-O-War jellyfish, and was spotted more than 8,000 feet deep during a recent dive from the NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer
Trillion ton iceberg the size of Delaware is revealed in striking new detail as it drifts from the Larsen C ice shelf
The huge chunk of ice broke off from Antarctica in July and measures 5,800 square kilometres (2,240 square miles), making it the third biggest iceberg ever recorded. New images captured via satellite imagery show iceberg A-68 (seen in its entirety in the centre of the left image) in stunning details as it floats within Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf, where it could remain in the open sea for years. The inset image shows the rift between the ice shelf (at the top of the image) and the iceberg (left of the image). The left image shows the widening gap between the two along with smaller icebergs that have formed since the split.
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