The first planet to be discovered outside our solar system was never a planet and may be a giant dust cloud created by the collision of two icy asteroids, a study finds. Astronomers spotted what was thought to be a Saturn like planet lying 25 light years from Earth in the star system Fomalhaut 12 … Read more
Two men are arrested and 17-year-old is injured in a motorbike collision after 150 people flouted coronavirus social distancing rules to attend a funeral Motorcyclists attended the funeral at a crematorium in Sittingbourne, Kent Boy, 17, was airlifted to a London hospital with ‘serious’ injuries after collision Government guidelines state only ‘immediate family’ should attend … Read more
The Milky Way has a ‘kink’ or warp in its disc that ‘wobbles like a spinning top’ and it could have been created by an ongoing collision with a nearby dwarf galaxy. Observations from the European Space Agency Gaia mission helped scientists from the Turin Astrophysical Observatory track the warp as it orbits the galactic … Read more