One of the oldest known objects in the universe is wandering around the Milky Way.
Star cluster M92, a densely packed ball of stars roughly 27,000 light-years from Earth, is about 13.8 billion years old, researchers report in a paper submitted June 3 to arXiv.org. The newly refined age estimate makes this clump of stars nearly the same age as the universe.
Refining the ages of clusters like M92 can help put limits on the age of the universe itself.
Hamza Yassin couldn’t keep the smile off his face while Tess Daly looked bleary-eyed as they head home from the Strictly Come Dancing after party on Saturday.
The wildlife cameraman, 32, and his dance partner Jowita Przystal were crowned this years winners of Strictly and lifted the Glitterball trophy just hours before.
He cut a casual figure in a pink and blue striped shirt while giving onlookers a thumbs up.
Beaming: Hamza Yassin couldn’t keep the smile off his face
Sam Bankman-Fried opened up in an interview about his mistakes with FTX and blamed his ex-girlfriend for his downfall.
Bankman-Fried, 30, is still in the Bahamas following his company’s $32 billion loss, but openly spoke with Vox reporter Kelsey Piper through Twitter’s direct message feature on Tuesday about his current circumstances with little remorse.
The FTX owner told Piper that his ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison’s company Alameda was responsible for gambling and losing his company’s money – to which he was
A dog frolicking with an elephant, a bear snuggling with tigers or an otter floating with its duck pal – it would take a cold heart for an unlikely, inter-species friendship not to raise a smile.
But in nature, things are not always as they seem, and this Wildlife Photographer of the Year entry of an ape cradling a baby mongoose exemplifies that.
At first glace, it may appear a tender moment between the two creatures, but experts claim that
The summer wave of Covid infections appears to have peaked already as data shows cases fell for the first time in nearly two months last week.
An estimated 2.6million people (one in 20) had the virus on any given day in England in the seven days to July 20, according to the Office for National Statistics, down 16 per cent on the previous week.
It marks the first time infections have dipped since the fifth wave took off at the
Carrie Johnson carried seven-month-old daughter Romy as she watched husband Boris Johnson deliver his resignation speech outside Downing Street today.
Mrs Johnson, 34, who entered No. 10 as Boris’ girlfriend and leaves as his wife and the mother of two of his children, smiled encouragingly as the Prime Minister announced he was stepping down following a slew of high profile resignations.
During his speech, Boris acknowledged the sacrifices made by his wife and family, saying: ‘I want to thank Carrie
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were seated a long distance away from Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge at St Paul’s this afternoon – as the two feuding brothers adopted strikingly different demeanors.
The eyes of the world were on the Sussexes at the Platinum Jubilee thanksgiving service this morning as they joined hundreds of politicians and dignitaries in supporting the Queen and the extended Royal family.
Harry, 37, was pictured smiling and bantering with his fellow royals as
Princess Charlotte appeared to be in a hurry to make a quick exit from the royal family’s traditional Easter service this morning, with the young royal gently tugging on her mother’s dresscoat following the trip to St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
The six-year-old royal appeared more than ready to depart the seasonal service while her parents and older brother George, eight, lingered to chat with the Dean of Windsor.
As Kate, 40, shook hands with the current Dean, David
The Prince of Wales welcomed Queen Letizia of Spain with a very gallant greeting earlier today during a rare joint public engagement in County Durham.
Prince Charles 73, was snapped in a jovial mood as he greeted the Spanish royal, 49, with a kiss on the cheek and a squeeze of the hand at Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland this morning.
The mother-of-two, who was among the foreign royals who attended Prince Philip’s memorial service last week, cut an elegant
