The miracle of birth has been recorded in all its raw glory in a series of breathtakingly intimate images from around the world. The stunning gallery showcases the winners of this year’s inaugural Birth Photographer International Image Competition. Included among the winning entries was a glimpse of one mother burning through her umbilical cord using … Read more
No I-DEER! Wildlife photographer is clueless stag has crept up behind him as he tries to capture the perfect shot at London park Breath-taking image any wildlife photographer would be delighted to capture But this one has his long lens camera pointing in wrong direction in Bushy Park Moment was captured by another keen wildlife … Read more
Amazing photos capture the fleeting moment the ISS passes in front of the Sun and the moon during its 17,000mph orbit Photographer Andrew McCarthy, from California, USA, posted the photos on his Instagram account They were taken just days apart as the ISS passed in front of the moon and then the Sun Mr McCarthy … Read more
Death by ‘spaghettification’: Scientists capture a star being shredded into thin streams of gas as it is devoured by a supermassive black hole The extreme gravitational forces from the black hole tore material off of the star Normally, these so-called ‘tidal disruption events’ are hidden by clouds of dust This obscuring matter comes from the … Read more
Astronomers from the Max Planck institutes has confirmed the existence of an exoplanet in another star system some 63 light years away from Earth – and have shared a picture to prove it. Called b Pictoris c, the planet was captured using the radial velocity method that detects exoplanets, along with the Very Large Telescopes … Read more
Earth is set to capture a minimoon in October that may stay until May 2021 – but some experts say the object could be man-made space junk NASA’s JPL spotted an incoming object that could be trapped in Earth’s gravity This event would mean asteroid 2020 SO would become a new minimoon Simulations show the … Read more
And you thought your day was bad! Hilarious snaps capture VERY unfortunate mishaps – from stolen tyres to a key that broke in the lock Shareably rounded up hilarious viral photos of people having a bad day One image shows a homeowner who broke the key to get into their property Another snap demonstrates how … Read more
A picture of calm: Photographers mark International Day of Peace with contest to capture serene scenes By Aliki Kraterou For Mailonline Published: 23:26 BST, 21 September 2020 | Updated: 23:29 BST, 21 September 2020 Advertisement Photographers captured scenes of serenity from around the globe as part of a contest to mark the International Day of … Read more
End of the road (almost): Selfie-lover falls out of car window while leaning out to film video on M25 – but escapes with her life after missing speeding traffic Woman trying to film a video for Snapchat fell from a moving car on the M25 The accident took place between junction six and the Clacket … Read more
HISTORY SICILY ’43 by James Holland (Bantam £25, 640 pp) Sicily was a tough nut to crack for the Allied forces from Britain, Canada and the U.S., who landed on the enemy-occupied Mediterranean island in the blistering summer of 1943. They came from fighting Rommel’s tanks on the wide open deserts of North Africa to … Read more