[ad_1] BBC"We were just out looking to see what we could find, we didn't think we'd find anything," says Tegan, on the beach where the discovery was madeWhen 10-year-old Tegan went for a summer holiday beach stroll with her mum, she had no idea they would be actually walking in the footsteps of dinosaurs.The schoolgirl spotted five enormous footprints that dinosaur experts believe are the mark of a camelotia that
[ad_1] SSTLArtwork: Tyche will collect images from an altitude of 500kmThe UK military is about to launch its first ever dedicated Earth-imaging satellite.Called Tyche, the washing machine-sized spacecraft will have sufficient resolution to identify battlefield troop positions and vehicles.It's a demonstrator that should be followed by a network of satellites this decade using a variety of sensors.Some of these future spacecraft will be able to see through cloud and even
[ad_1] Persisting solar storms created the ideal conditions for aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere, displaying a spectacle that could be seen from space. The astronaut Matthew Dominick, based in the International Space Station (ISS), recorded a timelapse video showing the Moon setting and the sun rise amid "streams of red and green aurora". The Northern Lights - or aurora borealis - are a stunning display of glowing, swirling lights
[ad_1] Fraser JonesThousands of cows are now kept on farms which do not allow them out to grazeMore cows could be kept indoors for the whole of their productive lives, animal welfare campaigners have warned, after the BBC found a rise in “megafarms”.Freedom of Information (FOI) requests by the BBC show the number of larger-scale beef and dairy cattle farms in Britain has increased from 756 to 802 in five
[ad_1] BBCA fashionable alligator handbag and tiny vials of perfume that still release a potent scent are just some of the precious artefacts recovered from the world’s most famous shipwreck - the Titanic.The exact location of the warehouse where they are stored is a closely guarded secret, because of the value of its contents. All we can say is that it is somewhere in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States.Inside,
[ad_1] Scientists have discovered a reservoir of liquid water on Mars - deep in the rocky outer crust of the planet.The findings come from a new analysis of data from Nasa’s Mars Insight Lander, which touched down on the planet back in 2018.The lander carried a seismometer, which recorded four years' of vibrations - Mars quakes - from deep inside the Red Planet. Analysing those quakes - and exactly how
[ad_1] The Perseid meteor shower - which Stargazers say is one of the best meteor showers of the year - is set to peak between August 11th and 13th.But you don't need to wait that long, the first meteors were visible in July and will continue throughout most of August.Experts say the best chance to spot a meteor begins just after midnight and ends about an hour before sunrise.Although the
[ad_1] BBCFfos-y-Fran was the UK's last opencast coalmine Oversight of what was the UK's largest opencast coalmine has been described as a case of "epic mismanagement" with "heart-rending" impacts for people affected.A Senedd committee warned of a "permanent scar" above Merthyr Tydfil if the vast Ffos-y-Fran site was not fully restored.Its report includes stinging criticism of the mine's operator and said the Welsh government and other authorities failed to act
[ad_1] BBC News The team of veterinary scientists worked with five stud farms for the study into gut microbes and their impact on long-term healthThe future success of a racehorse can be detected in the animal’s gut when it is just one month old, research suggests.A recent veterinary study analysed horses' poo, measuring the bacteria in the digestive systems of more than 50 thoroughbred foals over the first three years
[ad_1] Ove Hoegh-GuldbergThere have been five mass coral-bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef over the past nine years A study of samples taken from inside the bodies of centuries-old coral has revealed the threat climate change now poses to the Great Barrier Reef.Researchers in Australia say temperatures in and around the vast coral reef over the past decade are the highest recorded in 400 years.Extreme heat has already caused
