BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — One person is dead after being hit by a vehicle Sunday in east Bakersfield, according to the California Highway Patrol. On June 30, the California Highway Patrol and Kern County Sheriff’s Office were at the scene of a fatal hit-and-run incident near the intersection of Mt. Vernon Avenue and East California […]
A collision between a train and a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday that left seven people dead was likely caused by human error, the Slovak transport minister has said. Some 200 people were aboard the EuroCity train travelling from the Czech capital of Prague crossing through Slovakia on its way to the Hungarian capital […]
The Ada County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday identified Charles Gentry, 21, as the Boise man who died in a motorcycle-vehicle collision near Boise Towne Square mall on Thursday night. Gentry was on his motorcycle traveling north on Milwaukee Street when he hit a vehicle turning south onto Milwaukee, a Boise Police Department news release said. […]
MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine navy sailor suffered “serious injury” after what the country’s military called on Tuesday “intentional-high speed ramming” by the Chinese coast guard during a resupply mission in the South China Sea. The Philippine military said in a statement the Chinese coast guard’s “continued aggressive behavior and unprofessional conduct towards a legitimate […]
A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday, China’s coast guard said, in the latest flare-up of escalating territorial disputes that have sparked alarm. The coast guard said a Philippine supply ship entered waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef […]
“The James Webb Telescope: Are We Alone?” on The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper offers an inside look at the most powerful telescope ever built. The show premieres Sunday, June 16, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. A collision between giant asteroids likely occurred in a neighboring star system called Beta Pictoris in recent years, […]
Jun. 14—Alabama State Troopers are investigating a two-vehicle crash which claimed the life of one man and left two more hospitalized Wednesday, June 12, in Cullman County. According to a press release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the crash occurred four miles northeast of the city of Cullman on AL Hwy. 69 just after […]
A Virginia state trooper was injured on Tuesday, June 11, when a suspected DUI driver caused a chain-reaction collision by ramming the back of the trooper’s vehicle as she was speaking to another driver in Fairfax County. Footage released by Virginia State Police shows the incident around 3 am on Tuesday. Trooper C Aziz can […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found evidence of two giant asteroids slamming into each other in a nearby star system. The colossal collision ejected 100,000 times more dust than the impact that killed the dinosaurs. The violent impact occurred recently in Beta Pictoris, a star system located 63 light-years away in the constellation […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed evidence pointing to asteroids colliding in a neighboring star system. Resultant dust kicked up by the collision has a mass equal to around 100,000 times that of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. The asteroids were seen smashing together in Beta Pictoris, a star system located about […]
Nearly 20 years ago, astronomers observed a massive cloud of fine dust particles around a young star located just 63 light-years away from Earth. In recent observations from the Webb Space Telescope, however, the dust cloud had mysteriously vanished. Now, a new paper suggests the dust cloud may have been caused by a violent event […]
A ship carrying iron ore across Lake Superior collided with something underwater Saturday morning, puncturing the vessel and allowing water inside, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Michipicoten, a carrier ship longer than two football fields, began taking on water around 6:53 a.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard said. The ship is 35 miles southwest of […]