Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .A rare daytime fireball triggered a loud sonic boom across parts of the United Kingdom and France over the weekend.The sonic boom occurred at 2:50 p.m. local time on Saturday (March 20) and was reportedly heard in southwest England, Wales and northern France, . At first, most people assumed that the noise was the result of fighter jets, but the Ministry of Defence quikcly announced that this couldn't have been the case, .However, a handful of people on Twitter said...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .A rare daytime fireball triggered a loud sonic boom across parts of the United Kingdom and France over the weekend.The sonic boom occurred at 2:50 p.m. local time on Saturday (March 20) and was reportedly heard in southwest England, Wales and northern France, . At first, most people assumed that the noise was the result of fighter jets, but the Ministry of Defence quikcly announced that this couldn't have been the case, .However, a handful of people on Twitter said...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .A rare daytime fireball triggered a loud sonic boom across parts of the United Kingdom and France over the weekend.The sonic boom occurred at 2:50 p.m. local time on Saturday (March 20) and was reportedly heard in southwest England, Wales and northern France, . At first, most people assumed that the noise was the result of fighter jets, but the Ministry of Defence quikcly announced that this couldn't have been the case, .However, a handful of people on Twitter said...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .A rare daytime fireball triggered a loud sonic boom across parts of the United Kingdom and France over the weekend.The sonic boom occurred at 2:50 p.m. local time on Saturday (March 20) and was reportedly heard in southwest England, Wales and northern France, . At first, most people assumed that the noise was the result of fighter jets, but the Ministry of Defence quikcly announced that this couldn't have been the case, .However, a handful of people on Twitter said...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .A "lunar ark" hidden inside the moon's lava tubes could preserve the sperm, eggs and seeds of millions of Earth's species, a group of scientists has proposed.The ark, or gene bank, would be safely hidden in these hollowed-out tunnels and caves sculpted by lava more than 3 billion years ago and would be powered by solar panels above. It would hold the cryogenically preserved genetic material of all 6.7 million known species of plants, animals and fungi on , which...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .A "lunar ark" hidden inside the moon's lava tubes could preserve the sperm, eggs and seeds of millions of Earth's species, a group of scientists has proposed.The ark, or gene bank, would be safely hidden in these hollowed-out tunnels and caves sculpted by lava more than 3 billion years ago and would be powered by solar panels above. It would hold the cryogenically preserved genetic material of all 6.7 million known species of plants, animals and fungi on , which...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Two species of sea slugs can pop off their heads and regrow their entire bodies from the noggin down, scientists in Japan recently discovered. This incredible feat of regeneration can be achieved in just a couple of weeks and is absolutely mind-blowing.Most cases of animal regeneration — replacing damaged or lost body parts with an identical replacement — occur when arms, legs or tails are lost to predators and must be regrown. But these sea slugs, which belong to a...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Two species of sea slugs can pop off their heads and regrow their entire bodies from the noggin down, scientists in Japan recently discovered. This incredible feat of regeneration can be achieved in just a couple of weeks and is absolutely mind-blowing.Most cases of animal regeneration — replacing damaged or lost body parts with an identical replacement — occur when arms, legs or tails are lost to predators and must be regrown. But these sea slugs, which belong to a...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Scientists have successfully studied — one of the most elusive and heaviest elements on the — for the first time in decades. The achievement brings chemists closer to discovering the so-called "island of stability," where some of the heftiest and shortest-lived elements are thought to reside.The U.S. Department of Energy first discovered einsteinium in 1952 in the fall-out of the first test. The element does not occur naturally on Earth and can only be produced in...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Scientists have successfully studied — one of the most elusive and heaviest elements on the — for the first time in decades. The achievement brings chemists closer to discovering the so-called "island of stability," where some of the heftiest and shortest-lived elements are thought to reside.The U.S. Department of Energy first discovered einsteinium in 1952 in the fall-out of the first test. The element does not occur naturally on Earth and can only be produced in...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. . A juvenile was heroically rescued this week after getting stranded on a Scottish beach. A group of trained medics from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) and helpful locals carried out the rescue Monday (Jan. 4) on Sanday, an island off the coast of Scotland.Local residents Colin and Heather Headworth first spotted the distressed 11-foot-long (3.4 meters) orca lying in the surf. They called fellow Sanday local and BDMLR area coordinator Emma...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. . A juvenile was heroically rescued this week after getting stranded on a Scottish beach. A group of trained medics from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) and helpful locals carried out the rescue Monday (Jan. 4) on Sanday, an island off the coast of Scotland.Local residents Colin and Heather Headworth first spotted the distressed 11-foot-long (3.4 meters) orca lying in the surf. They called fellow Sanday local and BDMLR area coordinator Emma...WW…

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