The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside stars, far removed from the calm conditions required for life itself. The ...

The sight of an ‘exploding’ penguin would horrify a great number of people. But aquarium staff are telling visitors not to be concerned when they witness the ‘perfectly natural’ phenomenon of Gentoo ...

Research by a Danish physicist suggests that the explosion of massive stars – supernovae – near the Solar System has strongly influenced the development of life. Prof. Henrik Svensmark of the ...

For the last four years, dad James Breakwell has been sharing daily observations about life with his very sassy brood via the Exploding Unicorn Twitter account And it’s hilarious. But, then, he is a ...

Staff at an aquarium are warning visitors not to be perturbed by the sight of penguins shedding their feathers in a process which leaves the birds looking like "exploding" pillows. A group of 10 ...

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Alexander James's underwater photographs could pass for a Vanitas painting. Flowers explode, skulls stand up on long tentacles protruding from where the jaw should be, and cutesy ceramic figurines ...