Author: Daniel Tom

This amazing video illustrates how incomprehensibly vast the universe is. As the videos plays, it takes you on a journey from the size of an astronaut all the way up to the entire observable universe. As the scale ramps up, from spacecraft to moons to planets and onward, the smaller objects become tiny dots before…

A weird star is whizzing through our galaxy at an unimaginable speed. Astronomers discovered PSR J0002+6216, a lone runner speeding across our galaxy at 2.5 million miles per hour, nearly four million kilometers per hour, or 700 miles per second (1,127 kilometers per second). PSR J0002+6216 travels at a speed of 1,127 kilometers per second, which implies…

With an aim to re-humanize mᴜmmіfіed individuals, Forensic scientists have reconstructed the fасe of the world’s first pregnant ancient Egyptian mᴜmmу more than 2,000 years after her deаtһ, using 2D and 3D techniques. The mᴜmmу known as ‘The Mystery Lady’ is believed to have dіed 28 weeks into her pregnancy between the ages around 20…

It’s been a while since we’ve done a ‘twofer’ here at Great American Outdoors and what better way to solve that issue, then showing you two of the coolest bullpup firearms out there on the market! I’m not going to ramble on about these two rifles, what I am going to do is give you…

Fast paced head-spinning, and informative, Greatest Ever is a top ten count down of the marvels of modern technology. You may not agree, but you’ll be grabbed and not let go as our picks are put through their paces in front of our cameras.   Pilot one of the most unique fighter jets ever made…

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Underwater explorers in Madagascar have made an іпсгedіЬle discovery – a 50 kg Ьɩoсk of silver with inscriptions, which is now under агmed ɡᴜагd on Sainte Marie island off the east coast of Madagascar.  The valuable treasure may be from the wreckage of a pirate ship belonging to notorious Scottish pirate William Kidd. The Guardian reports…

A figure from Slavic folklore , Koschei the Deathless (aka Koschei the Immortal) was known for his titular characteristic: his inability to die. What is most interesting about this figure, however, is that his immortality was not foolproof. It was said that when Koschei cast the magical spell to protect and defend himself, he accidentally…

We still have a lot to learn about our solar system’s childhood. Since we can’t go back to the beginning, astronomers rely on other stars for insight into the early years of how stars and their planets are made. Recently, a team of astronomers found evidence that stars and planets actually grow up together, forming…

Gliese 710, also known as HIP 89825, is a 0.6 M☉ orange star in the constellation Serpens Cauda. It is expected to pass close to the Sun in approximately 1.29 million years, at a minimum distance of 0.1663 light-years (10,520 astronomical units) (about 160 billion km) – roughly 1/25th of the present distance to Proxima Centauri.…