This ESOcast shows how observations at many sites in South America, including ESO's La Silla Observatory, have made the surprise discovery that the remote asteroid Chariklo is surrounded by two dense and narrow rings. This is the smallest object by far found to have rings and only the fifth body in

For a 30 hour spell (Feb 7-8, 2012) the Solar Dynamics Observatory captured plasma caught in a magnetic dance across the Sun's surface. The results closely resemble extreme tornadic activity on Earth.

China is a country with great diversity in People, Culture, Food and Landscapes above all. Take a look at these amazing colored mountains in Danxia, Gansu province. Spectacular red cliffs colored by weathering and erosion, landscape with natural valleys and waterfalls.

Thousands of metres up the vertiginous slopes of Shifou Mountain in Hunan Province, China, a team of workers, operating with hardly any safety measures, are building a footpath.

This Incredible Animation Shows How Deep The Ocean Really Is: Just how deep does the ocean go? Way further than you think. This animation puts the actual distance into perspective, showing a vast distance between the waves we see and the mysterious point we call Challenger Deep.

More than 80% of the ocean floor is still unexplored. An un-crewed robotic surface vessel that can deploy and recover autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) has been developed. The team behind the technology, GEBCO-NF, won this year’s Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE which looks for the best new technolog

East Side Access is the massive mainline rail project New York City has been working on for the past few decades, and it'll bring a brand new terminal to Grand Central Terminal, alongside Long Island Rail Road services. The culmination of the East Side Access project will be the opening of Grand Cen...

Boom Supersonic has unveiled a radical design change to its upcoming Overture aircraft. With a new design, critical questions have been answered. However, some still remain, like the lack of an engine. In today's video, I explore the new Overture design, focusing on crucial talking points revealed...

This video unveils the design for The Line, a 500-metre-tall mirror-clad skyscraper that will be built to house nine million people as part of the Neom initiative in Saudi Arabia.

Light as a source of energy is an expression of the existence and life. Light can be defined as that agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Sources of light include the sun, a star, a candle or a lighthouse. Lig...