From Droitwich salt springs to Loch Lomond, a geography professor is using a millennium-old manuscript (right) to hunt the UK's ancient and mythical features (see left). Andrew Evans has found 26 fantastical features documented in an ancient book called Wonders of Britain that was written by a monk between the 9th and 12th centuries. Many of these 'wonders' - which range from a lake with 60 islands on it to a shape-shifting burial mound - have been forgotten or only recorded in legends. Since then, Professor Evans has been travelling around the country using this manuscript to hunt down and locate these ancient features. Anglesey, the island situated off the north coast of Wales (inset), is home to four of the wonders described in the script.
Alien star grazed our solar system 70,000 years ago sending comets hurtling towards the sun - and our ancestors may have seen it in the night sky
Around 70,000 years ago, a small star known as Scholz's star (left) approached our solar system, sending comets and asteroids from the outer reaches of the solar system towards its centre. Astronomers from the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Cambridge analysed nearly 340 objects with hyperbolic orbits found in the solar system. They believe that the trajectories of a number of distant space rocks, which originated in the Oort Cloud (bottom right) still bear the mark of this close encounter to this day. It is likely that our early ancestor saw this star, millennia ago, as a faint reddish light glowing overhead in the area around the Big Dipper - also known as The Plough (top right).
The Big Smoke in colour: Fascinating images of London painstakingly converted from black and white show how the capital REALLY looked through the decades
One striking photograph shows a vendor standing outside Charing Cross Hotel in 1930 bearing the news of a financial scandal. The newly-restored picture shows the smartly-dressed man holding the placard in front of the busy roundabout filled with cars and the iconic-red London buses.
Gruesome first-ever footage of anglerfish mating reveals how the male FUSES to the female to become her permanent sperm supply
With a lifeless gaze, a dangling bioluminescent protrusion that juts from their face, and a gaping mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth, anglerfish may be among the best representations of the peculiarities thousands of feet beneath the surface. And, their mating habits are fittingly bizarre. Anglerfish engage in what’s known as sexual parasitism; the male latches onto the female and slowly fuses with her body until the two have formed a permanent pair, with the male supplying sperm to his mate while simultaneously receiving nutrients.
Real-time interactive map lets you track the out-of-control Chinese space station carrying toxic chemicals that could crash into Earth next WEEK
An interactive map shows the location of the doomed Tiangong-1 Chinese space station. Predictions of where it may land come from Aerospace, an organisation based in El Segundo, California. The Chinese space station is predicted to land in latitudes close to 43° north and 43° south and the public can track the satellite via the real-time map that provides data on altitude, latitude and longitude as well.
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Oops! Astronomer excitedly announces a 'ground-breaking' discovery of a strange bright light in the sky....only to find out 40 minutes later he was looking at MARS
Peter Dunsby (main image), a cosmology professor from the University of Cape Town, published his 'discovery' on the Astronomers Telegram (bottom right), only to realise he'd made a blunder. This journey of discovery was cut short after the realisation that the object in question (inset, left) had been observed through a telescope by Galileo in 1609. The Astronomer's Telegram Twitter made fun of the mistake and issued a certificate to mark Dr Dunsby's discovery (top right).
Underwater 'fountain' of magma is found beneath Yellowstone supervolcano sparking fears a deadly eruption is on the way
Researchers found a column of hot volcanic ash known as a magma 'plume' beneath the park that stretches all the way from Mexico. Experts suggest the plume a could explain the source of the heat that drives so much of the park's surface activity, such as its world-famous bubbling springs. The news follows a spate of four mini-tremors in the area last week that raised fears Yellowstone's supervolcano is about to blow. The researchers analysed seismic activity around Yellowstone using data obtained by the USArray network, which has listening stations positioned across North America. Based on these readings, the team discovered a 45 by 34-mile channel (72x55km) where seismic waves are slower (red in inset).
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Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to make Facebook a more secure platform after users were left outraged by the Cambridge Analytica scandal that unfolded this week. The Facebook boss says the firm will conduct an investigation of apps that had greater access to information prior to the more recent limitations, which were rolled out in 2014. Zuckerberg also promised tighter restrictions on what data developers can access, a tool to more prominently display the apps you’ve given permissions to, and bans for developers that don’t comply.
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London to New York in 3.5 hours: Mini-Concorde Baby Boom plane that will travel at 1,687mph is a step closer to take off after a 'milestone' engine delivery
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