An ancient footprint is pictured, having formed cracks due to desiccation after being extracted from its original site, in Osorno, Chile sometime in Apr 2019. REUTERS

Oldest human footprint found in Chile

It is around 15,600-year old, according to the researchers

What is a black hole?

An image provided by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, via National Science Foundation shows the first image of a black hole, from the galaxy Messier 87. The image, of a lopsided ring of light surrounding a dark circle deep in the heart of the galaxy known as Messier 87, some 55 million light-years away from here, resembled the Eye of Sauron, a reminder yet again of the power and malevolence of nature. It is a smoke ring framing a one-way portal to eternity. (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, via National Science Foundation via The New York Times) Here’s a guide for earthlings

Remarkable image of black hole released

The first ever photo a black hole, taken using a global network of telescopes, conducted by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project, to gain insight into celestial objects with gravitational fields so strong no mater or light can escape, is shown in this handout photo released April 10, 2019. Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)/National Science Foundation/Handout via REUTERS An international scientific team announces a milestone in astrophysics

Anticipation for first black hole photos

An undated handout photo provided by NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team shows a jet of subatomic particles, traveling at nearly the speed of light, as it streams from the centre of the galaxy Messier 87. Lurking at the centre of the galaxy, scientists believe, is a black hole with a mass 7 billion times that of our sun. At 9am Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, a group of astronomers who run a globe-girdling network of radio telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope are expected to unveil their long awaited pictures of a pair of putative black holes. (NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team via The New York Times) Astronomers are expected to unveil the pictures at 7pm on Wednesday

First black hole photo expected

FILE PHOTO: A supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun is seen in an undated NASA artist's concept illustration. Reuters It is being considered a breakthrough in astrophysics

This North Pole is on the move

A composite image of Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the entire Arctic. Scientists rushed to update a model of Earth’s fluctuating magnetic field, needed to keep navigational systems functioning. Many wondered what’s happening inside the planet’s core. NASA/GSFC/Suomi NPP via The New York Times) For the past 150 years, the pole has been sprinting away from Canada and toward Siberia

Where have Earth’s ancient craters gone?

A map of the moon’s craters that are larger than six miles across and younger than 1 billion years old. (Dr A Parker, Southwest Research Institute via The New York Times) The heavily-cratered moon offer some clues, recording thousands of impacts since it formed some 4.5 billion years ago

Genome sequencing lab inaugurated

The new lab will enable the experts to determine the reasons and variations of cancer and other genetic diseases

Mathematician Atiyah dies at 89

Michael Atiyah, centre, and Isadore Singer receive the Abel Award from Norway’s King Harald in Oslo in 2004. The New York Times One of the 20th century’s leading mathematical theorists, he revealed a connection between math and physics not seen since the 17th century

The odd creatures beneath our feet

These mysterious microbes are from another world, deep within our very own

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