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Where life might live beyond Earth A team of astronomers announced April 17, 2014, that they have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the so-called "habitable zone" -- the distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface. That doesn't mean this planet has life on it, says Thomas Barclay, a scientist at the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute at Ames

Shocking pictures show the moment a Siberian beach was hit by a freak hailstorm on one of the hottest days of the summer. Bathers ran out of the Ob River clutching their heads as hail the size of golf balls fell from the sky. Footage of the freak weather - on a day which saw temperatures rising to 37C - includes one female voice saying: 'If we die, I love you.' Sunbathers run for cover as

photo credit: Anna S. Kitzmann, M.D. Acanthamoebic keratitis is a horrific effect of improper care of contact lenses It sounds like a classic urban myth, the sort of thing that would be shared wildly until counteracted by Snopes. However, Taiwanese undergraduate Lian Kao really has been blinded as a result of not changing her contact lenses. The space between contact lenses and the eye is

Around the town of Chatillon, Belgium, the end of World War II left a few creepy hallmarks of the armistice in the form of long lines of cars left abandoned by the hundreds in the woods. While one theory goes that the cars belonged to Americans who left them in a hurry on their way off the continent, Bored Panda points out that no one really knows for sure. While there were initially four giant

Happy Friday, everybody! Only a few more hours stand between you and your weekend but those hours seem to drag. So, to make that time go by faster, here's a video of some Maine Coon kittens all moving their heads in unison:

Hollywood movie director Steven Spielberg is the talk of the internet after a photo of him posing with a 'dead' dinosaur went viral. The picture, taken on the set of his 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park, was posted online last Sunday by Facebook meme-maker and wit Jay Branscomb. In an apparent reference to the furor surrounding Kendall Jones, the 19-year-old Texas cheerleader who has gained notor

doesn’t have a perfectly circular orbit around the Sun, our moon follows an elliptical orbit as well. The point in the orbit when the moon is closest to Earth is called perigee. When the moon is full in this location, it is referred to as a perigee moon. Because of its proximity, it appears slightly larger and brighter and has earned the nickname of “super moon.” There are five of these th

Over the years, parents have developed a lot of ways to get their picky eaters to finish meals. When Luiz Antonio doesn't want to eat his seafood dinner, his reason is a little more interesting than "I don't like it." Skip to 0:50 for a chicken-themed moment of clarity, and go to 2:02 for a heartfelt thought about animal friendship. Subscribe to Upworthy Make sure you turn the captions on for

Amazing video of a mother elephant rescuing her calf that it stuck in a waterhole. Taken in the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa.

Funny Cats Choir ( Dancing Chorus Line of Kittens )