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The James Webb Space Telescope has observed its smallest cosmic object to date — a previously unknown asteroid about the size of the Colosseum in Rome. A team of European astronomers made the detection of the space rock, which is between 100 to 200 metres long, and located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The doughnut-shaped belt is home to most of the asteroids in the solar system. READ MORE: Survivors 'screaming' under rubble as Turkey quake kills thousands The main asteroid belt is in close alignment with the ecliptic plane or the same plane that includes Earth's orbit around the sun. The asteroid may be one of the smallest ever found in the main belt. Such small, dark cosmic objects are incredibly hard to observe, but astronome...

A nursing home resident woke up in a funeral home two hours after being pronounced dead in the US state of Iowa. The 66-year-old woman was in the care of the Glen Oaks Alzheimer's Special Care Centre in Urbandale when she was declared dead on January 3. A report from the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals Health division detailed how the woman had been admitted into hospice care two weeks earlier suffering from end-stage early onset dementia. An unnamed staff member at the centre reported at 6am on January 3 that the patient's eyes were open, but wasn't breathing and had no pulse. A licenced practical nurse also examined the woman and found no sign of life. The on-call hospice nurse and the woman's family were then told about the death. By ...

In 2019, the world's collective heart was warmed by a rescue pup who happened to have a tail growing out of its forehead. Narwhal, the so-called "unicorn puppy" was a biological marvel that drew adoption offers from all over the world. But not all the messages sent to the rescue shelter in Missouri were kind. READ MORE: Great white shark spotted 'cruising' close to family beach Narwhal is happy and sociable, his owner says. (Rochelle Steffen) Because of "so many death threats and hints of danger", the founder of the shelter Rochelle Steffen decided to keep him. Narwhal is now a happy, curious and friendly four-year-old dog. The puppy was named after the whales known best for their tusks sticking out the middle of their heads. READ MORE: Summer ...

American police in rural southwest Oregon were on high alert: A man with a history of kidnapping and torturing women in two states was on the run in their territory. When a tip came in from a cab company that had given him a ride, they went house-to-house to check on residents. Peering through a window of one home, they found a gruesome scene: the bodies of two men who had been beaten to death. The discovery on Tuesday near Grants Pass, Oregon, was a bloody link in a chain of dramatic events that ended hours later with the suicide of the wanted man, 36-year-old bartender Benjamin Obadiah Foster. Law enforcement officers aim their weapons at a home during a standoff in Grants Pass on Tuesday. Bartender Benjamin Obadiah Foster was holed up inside the crawlspace of t...

A massive fire broke out after a train derailed in northeastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state border in the US on Friday night (Saturday AEDT). The big blaze led officials to issue evacuation and shelter-in-place orders for nearby residents. About 50 cars derailed in East Palestine as a train was carrying a variety of freight from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, rail operator Norfolk Southern said in a statement Saturday (Saturday night AEDT). There was no immediate information about what caused the derailment. No injuries were reported. Firefighters have been pulled from the immediate area and unmanned stream devices are being used protectively while crews try to determine which cars are still actively burning, village officials said in a separate ...

At least 22 people have died in connection to widespread forest fires in south-central Chile, according to government officials. Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed during a news conference on Saturday that 22 people are dead. There are 1,429 people in shelters, 554 injured and 16 suffering severe burns who are in serious condition, she said. Twenty-eight of the hundreds of fires in Chile in recent days have burned the amount of forest and woodland the country typically loses over the course of a year, Tohá said. READ MORE: US military shots down Chinese spy balloon Firefighters work to extinguish flames alongside a road near Nacimiento, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Rosa Munoz, centre, reacts after fires destroyed her house in Tome...