ISIS releases 19 Assyrian Christian hostages
According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, all but one of the hostages were among the at least 220 Assyrians captured on February 23 during an attack on…
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Numbers Of Christians Abducted In Syria By Islamic State Rises To 220, Monitor Says
BEIRUT, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria during a three day offensive, a monitor that tracks…
Solar flair: NASA mission provides mesmerizing images of the sun
And now, following the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission’s fifth anniversary, we can share in some of the most dramatic and mesmerizing moments of the last half-decade in space. –…
Newly Discovered Exoplanet With Extreme Seasons Called A ‘Real Maverick’
Two groups of astronomers working independently in Germany have discovered a massive new exoplanet that’s quite strange–for a few reasons. The newfound exoplanet, dubbed Kepler-432b, was monitored by NASA’s Kepler…
More Evidence That Mammals Coexisted With Dinosaurs
Observatory – The findings help refute the idea that the presence of dinosaurs stunted the evolution of early mammals, he added. “This shows interesting evolution can still happen with mammals…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Glows A Pretty Pink In Luminous New Photo
Jupiter looks blue and its Great Red Spot takes on a strange pinkish hue in a spectacular new photo released Jan. 15 by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. That’s…
Beautiful NASA posters advertise out of this world vacations
OK, so a long weekend visiting a planet 1,200 trillion miles away, may not be a realistic prospect just yet, but that hasn’t stopped scientists at NASA from dreaming. To…