An illustration showing the frigid distant world Quaoar, orbiting in our solar system beyond Pluto, surrounded by its newly discovered ring, along with its moon Weywot. (PHOTO / REUTERS) WASHINGTON – The small distant world called Quaoar, named after a god of creation in Native American mythology, is producing some surprises for astronomers as it […]
Burkina Faso soldiers are seen deployed in Ouagadougou on Sept 30, 2022. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU – Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women in Burkina Faso's northern province of Soum on Jan 12 and 13, the government said in a statement on Monday. Armed men seized the women as they were picking wild […]
This sequence of artist's illustrations shows how a black hole can devour a bypassing star. 1. A normal star passes near a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy. 2. The star's outer gasses are pulled into the black hole's gravitational field. 3. The star is shredded as tidal forces pull it apart. […]
A former worker of Japanese company Furukawa takes pafrt in a protest against alleged modern slavery outside the Ombudsman Office in Quito, Ecuador on Dec 2, 2021, on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. (RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP) GENEVA – The number of people forced to work or in a marriage against their […]
Mack Rutherford waves after landing at Sofia West Airport in Bulgaria on Aug 24, 2022. (MARIAN DRAGANOV / XINHUA) SOFIA – Mack Rutherford, 17, landed here on Wednesday after he broke the current world record for the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world. Mack Rutherford took off from Sofia on March 23 this […]
This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies released on Aug 19, 2022, shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (HANDOUT / SATELLITE IMAGE ©2022 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / AFP) VIENNA / UNITED NATIONS – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday said its expert mission could visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine […]
European lawmakers gather to vote at the European Parliament on July 6, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS / AP PHOTO) BRUSSELS – Members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted in favor of a resolution to add the right to abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, condemning the recent US Supreme […]