A UK observatory has shared what’s believed to be the longest-exposure image ever taken, lasting longer than eight years. But the image, shot at the University of Hertfordshire’s Bayfordbury Observatory, wasn’t made with any high-tech photo equipment. Regina Valkenborgh, a graduate art student at the college at the time, just used a simple pinhole camera … Read more
Kate Hudson often uses Instagram to give her 12.5million followers a peek into her wholesome family life. And the actress, 41, captured a rare moment in her household as all three of her kids gathered together for a group FaceTime call on Monday night. ‘Got ‘em again! 3 in 1 pic #thankgodforfacetimes #onceinabluemoon,’ captioned Hudson victoriously. … Read more
One of the world’s most endangered whales was spotted swimming with a newborn in the waters off South Carolina’s Hilton Head island. A drone camera captured footage of a 50-ton North Atlantic right whale and her calf frolicking about four miles from shore. According to the boat captain who spotted the pair on Friday, the … Read more
The city of Fairbanks in Alaska is deemed the best place to see the stunning Northern Lights, but one photographer took it to the next level by observing the show from space. Nate Luebbe attached a camera to a weather balloon and launched it into the stratosphere, allowing him to snap images of the greenish … Read more
A crazy year in pictures: Nat Geo runs first-of-its-kind photo retrospective ‘to narrate 2020 in a way like no other’ National Geographic’s ‘The Year in Pictures’ is a single-topic issue that is a first in the magazine’s history The images in the January 2021 issue chronicle the global coronavirus pandemic and how people are coping … Read more
1963: Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory Commissioned for service on November 1 for $9.7 million. 1965: One of its first accomplishments was establishing the rotation rate of Mercury, which turned out to be 59 days rather than the previously estimated 88 days. 1968: Sporadic radio pulses from the direction of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant found at Green … Read more
Father-of-two spots of one of only 50 albino British squirrels outside his Edinburgh flat Richard Waugh, 51, spotted the albino squirrel outside his flat in Edinburgh The UK has around 50 albino squirrels with white hair and red or pink eyes The odds of a squirrel being born white are thought to be about one … Read more
Video has emerged of a corpse sprawled across a hospital lavatory in a makeshift ward overflowing with coronavirus patients amid spiralling cases and deaths in Italy. The unidentified man was a suspected coronavirus sufferer who had been waiting for a test in the packed, squalid A&E waiting room of Cardarelli Hospital in Naples. The man … Read more
King Edward VIII abdicates the throne for love Edward fell in love with Wallis Simpson, a married woman, and planned to marry her after his coronation when her divorce had come through. However they were denied the opportunity to marry and due to divorce being forbidden for the Royals and decided to move to France together. … Read more
Chrissy Teigen captures the mood of the nation as she stares at her TV and praises MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki’s impressive election coverage By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 19:14 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 19:15 GMT, 5 November 2020 She’s glued to her television screen like most Americans awaiting results from the presidential elections. … Read more