An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert. Surrounded by vast desert and distant snow topped mountains, the enormous satellite dishes, dome-shaped buildings and telescopes are run by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) , an intergovernmental body dedicated to observing space. Photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza was granted access to several observatory sites.
A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
A restaurant famed for creating the 3lb cheeseburger has unveiled its latest culinary challenge – the largest chilli cheese hotdog in Europe .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .