Scientists have measured the fastest winds yet observed from a stellar-mass black hole, shedding light on the behavior of these curious cosmic objects. The winds, clocked by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, are racing through space at 20 million mph (32 million kph), or...

In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake (Megathrust-Earthquake.html) . Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami (tsunamis.html) , it was shockingly devastating. Now, almost a year after the Japan earthquake, scientists say the hard lessons learned will go a long way toward being better prepared next time. It was very...

Tohoku earthquake and mega-tsunami (gsearch.html?cx=partner-pub-7074525156245778%3Af7anyujzneg cof=FORID%3A10 ie=ISO-8859-1 q=Tohoku sa=Search siteurl=www.armageddononline.org%2F ref=) , the Pacific Ocean is still dealing with the consequences of the catastrophe. A mass of debris was washed out to sea as floodwaters receded from the land, and some of that wreckage continues to float around the ocean. Most of it headed eastwards, according to modelling work by the...

A Nasa satellite has provided jaw-dropping pictures of a huge 'storm' brewing under the sea. The swirling mass of water - which measures a whopping 93 miles wide - has been spotted off the coast of South Africa by the Terra satellite on December 26. But there's no need to alert international shipping, or worry about the poor fish that might find themselves in...

Just as species are thought to have evolved over time, the individual molecules that form the basis of life also likely developed in response to natural selection, scientists say. Life on Earth first bloomed around 3.7 billion years ago, when chemical compounds in a primordial soup somehow sparked into life, scientists suspect. But what turned sterile molecules into living, changing organisms? That's...