As space activity expands, increasing rocket launches and satellite deployments raise concerns about debris returning to Earth. For weeks, it may have been hiding in plain sight, tucked beneath rows of corn in an otherwise unremarkable Minnesota field. Then, during harvest, a farmer driving his combine came across an enormous metallic object that looked less…

Alaska miner Barry Clay was pushing dirt with a bulldozer near Ruby when he uncovered a 294.1-ounce gold nugget (Image Credit: Heritage Auctions) One push of a bulldozer turned an ordinary day of placer mining into a discovery that would enter Alaska’s mining history. In 1998, miner Barry Clay was moving dirt near Ruby when…

Community rallied behind the search for Jabal, a three-month-old kitten, after it was seen snatched by two people outside the NYC Bodega it belongs to. A three-month-old bodega cat has been reunited with his Brooklyn owner after he was allegedly snatched from a Park Slope street by a man and woman, triggering a neighborhood-wide search…