Category: Nature

Jupiter and Saturn are about to line up perfectly in the night sky — the two planets will get so close on December 21 that they seem to touch. The last time they looked this close from Earth’s vantage point was nearly 800 years ago, on March 4, 1226. An…

The South and North Taurid meteor showers aren’t known for their large numbers of meteors, but they do offer a high percentage of fireballs, or exceptionally bright meteors. This shower made a huge splash in 2015, when there were many, many reports and photos featuring Taurid fireball sightings. Higher rates…

An amateur photographer was lucky enough to stumble across an extremely rare ‘black’ tiger, managing to capture the magnificent beast in a series of stunning photos. Soumen Bajpayee saw the melanistic tiger – also known as black tigers because of their thick black stripes that hide their orange fur –…

An asteroid named after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos is hurtling through space and is making its way towards earth. Scientists predict that the Apophis asteroid may even collide with our planet in 2068. This is what we know so far. (1) Apophis Asteroid Headed for Earth In 2004,…

Amethyst mushrooms. Elaeomyxa Cerifera, was identified in 1942. This fungi’s fruiting structures split open to release spores which sparkle like a disco ball. It looks like a whole Galaxy in a single mushroom. They are found on large logs or stumps covered with moss and leafy liverworts. Sarah Lloyd a scientist…

Yes, you’re read that right. A pretty rare event and the first time most of us – a Blue Moon will be visible on a Halloween night this Saturday. The moon will be full across the entire Northern Hemisphere. The last time this happened was back in 1944. And it…

Who knew salt could be so beautiful. Have you ever heard of the mesmerising salt rock in Iran? Million of years ago, the Persian Gulf was a much larger body of water than it is today, inundating large sections of the Arabian peninsula in the south and Iran in the…

The Chandra X-ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray observatory ever built, has generated over 23 trillion bytes of data since it launched on July 23, 1999. From its highly elliptical orbit around Earth (the observatory makes it one-third of the way to the moon), Chandra has spotted some of the…

Snapdragon flowers, also known as Antirrhinum are a beautiful group of flowering plants that usually come in pink and purple colors. [1] They have soft petals with colors so easy on the eyes you’d want to stare at them forever. Well, wait until they are dead or withered. Their “true…

In the early 1900s, Arctic glaciers were nature’s most mysterious and undiscovered wonders. Over 100 years of research, exploration, and exploitation later, the glaciers have become a haunting testament to the global warming effects. Christian Åslund, a Swedish photojournalist who works with Greenpeace, gathered some early photos of glaciers ice…