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Two spacecraft are poised to fly right through the tail of 3I/ATLAS
Oct 26, 2025As luck would have it, two existing space probes happen to be perfectly positioned to investigate the object's tail.
Hundreds descend on Loch Ness for largest ever monster hunt
Jun 6, 2024Crowds of Nessie hunters tried their luck recently as the record-breaking Loch Ness Monster hunt got underway.
Tourist returns rocks taken from Pompeii due to fears over 'curse'
Jan 21, 2024For years, the city of Pompeii has been associated with stories of bad luck inflicted on anyone who removes anything from the site.
Pastor in India tricks woman into buying box with 'magic powers'
Dec 8, 2023The box, which saw the victim scammed out of $400,000, was said to provide great fortune and good luck.
Oculus founder builds VR headset that kills the wearer if they die in-game
Nov 9, 2022Palmer Luckey - the man who kick-started the modern VR scene - has built a headset with a rather unique and deadly twist.
Doctors treat woman who swallowed 55 AA and AAA batteries
Sep 19, 2022The incident, which was evidently an act of self harm, has been described by doctors as a world first.
Enormous sinkhole swallows up the ground in Chile
Aug 7, 2022A huge sinkhole measuring 82 ft across and descending 650 ft down has opened up in the Atacama region of Chile.
Ingenuity photographs eerie wreckage on surface of Mars
VIDEO Apr 30, 2022NASA's plucky helicopter has captured close-up images of the wreckage from Perseverance's arrival on Mars.
Man wins $10 million lottery jackpot twice in three years
Feb 28, 2022As if the odds of winning once weren't high enough - one man has managed to defy them twice.
Meteorite crashes through house roof, lands on woman's bed
VIDEO Oct 15, 2021The unsuspecting woman got the fright of her life when the rock crashed through her ceiling.
Ingenuity is still going strong after 9 flights
VIDEO Jul 8, 2021The plucky little drone, which arrived on Mars with the Perseverance rover, has exceeded all expectations.
ISS sustains space debris 'lucky strike'
Jun 2, 2021A puncture caused by space junk has been discovered on a robotic arm outside the International Space Station.
Man was struck by lightning 7 times in 71 years
Apr 24, 2021For US park ranger Roy Sullivan, this one in a million event became something of a regular occurrence.
iPhone still works after year spent in lake
Apr 7, 2021A man who lost his iPhone over 12 months ago couldn't believe his luck when he managed to find it again.
Perseverance rover is on target for Mars landing
Feb 17, 2021NASA's car-sized rover is currently lined up perfectly for its nail-biting and dramatic descent onto Mars tomorrow.
'Unluckiest burglars' call police by mistake
Jan 8, 2021A pair of would-be thieves ended up being arrested after accidentally phoning the police themselves.
Druids called in to reverse ancient Irish 'curse'
Nov 10, 2020An Irish farmer who had been plagued by bad luck has blamed a 'curse' caused by a damaged standing stone.
Tourist returns 'cursed' Pompeii artefacts
Oct 13, 2020A woman who blamed stolen artefacts from Pompeii for years of bad luck has returned the items to the site.
Real-life Willy Wonka offers 'golden ticket' hunt
Sep 9, 2020The founder of Jelly Belly jelly beans is offering up the keys to an actual candy factory to one lucky winner.
Speeding truck driver was 'attacked by snake'
VIDEO Jul 13, 2020A man who was stopped for speeding in Australia had a rather unique excuse for why he was going so fast.
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