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A dead white dwarf with no detectable disk has somehow produced a powerful shock wave that appears to have persisted for at least 1,000 years. Its magnetic field may be partly responsible, but astronomers say an unexplained “mystery engine” may also be at work.
An original US edition of To Kill a Mockingbird is found in an Oxfam store in west London.
Vigils, group runs and moments of silence: thousands of protesters gathered across South Africa this weekend to pay tribute to the nine women found murdered in eastern Johannesburg. In a country that records more than 60 homicides a day, the nine murders sent shockwaves through the population. Anger is mounting, and calls are growing for the government to take action. Story by Caroline Baum.
Mary Timby flew to Ireland on a whim last year and met her boyfriend at a matchmaking festival.
A new species of living cat has been identified for the first time in more than a century.
Astronomers have confirmed a Jupiter-size planet less than a million years old, making Elias 2-24 b the youngest known planet and giving scientists a rare look at a world still being born. Its surprisingly rapid formation challenges leading theories about how giant planets come together, especially so far from their stars.
South Africa police have cautioned against assuming that all the killings are linked but many women are afraid.
The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.
The fossil, collected in Antarctica in 1985, is part of the tail of a beast called a Titanosaur.
