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 .

Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .

A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .

An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .

LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat .

MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .