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January 24, 2023 No Responses

Rare green comet last visible 50,000 years ago, can soon be seen with the naked eye

A green comet that orbits the sun every 50,000 years, is currently passing through the inner solar system, closing to Earth. The C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet, discovered last year in March by Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), is already visible through...

January 23, 2023 No Responses

Greenland records highest temperatures in a millennium

Greenland, the world’s largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, is facing the hottest temperatures in at least the last 1,000 years. A new ice core study showed that rising temperatures are caused by global warming. Ice cores...

January 22, 2023 No Responses

Spike, 23, officially the world’s oldest living dog

A 23-year-old Chihuahua, named Spike was crowned by Guinness World Records, the world’s oldest dog. The Ohio dog, is about 23cm tall and weighs about 5,5kg. His owner, Rita Kimball, found him in a car park in Ohio almost 14...

January 21, 2023 No Responses

Church of England apologises to LGBTQ people, but still won’t marry them

The Church of England has published a letter yesterday, apologising to LGBTQ people for the way they are treated by churches, admitting they have at times been “rejected or excluded”. “We want to apologize for the ways in which the...

January 20, 2023 No Responses

Germany’s population has reached an all-time high

Germany’s population is higher than ever, hitting a record of 84.3 million people in 2022. The country’s population is primarily of German ethnicity, but there is also a significant immigrant population, with the largest groups being Turkish, Polish, and S...

January 19, 2023 No Responses

New Zealand’s PM announced her resignation

Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, the youngest female head of government in the world, announced she will resign no later than 7 February. Ardern, the leader of the Labour Party, took office in October 2017 and has gained...

January 18, 2023 No Responses

Russian and Belarusian flags banned at Australian Open

The first major of the year, Australian Open is taking place at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January 2023. Yesterday, Tennis Australia confirmed a policy change whereby Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned until the end of the Grand Slam...

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