NASA’s Curiosity finds a Mars rock shaped like coral in a close-up image (Image Credit – NASA) NASA’s Curiosity rover has returned a close-up image of a small rock on Mars that has caught attention for its coral-like appearance. The formation was photographed during routine surface work and measures only a few centimetres across, yet…
The US federal government suffered one of the most severe losses of scientific expertise in its modern history in 2025, with more than 10,000 STEM PhD scientists leaving federal agencies in a single year. An analysis published by Science, based on workforce data from the US Office of Personnel Management, found that 10,109 doctoral-level scientists…
A Spanish research team says it has developed a treatment that completely eliminated the most aggressive form of pancreatic cancer in laboratory mice, raising fresh hopes against one of the deadliest cancers. The study, led by Mariano Barbacid at Spain’s Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, found that a newly designed triple-drug therapy wiped out pancreatic…
The Doomsday Clock now stands at 85 seconds before midnight. The change was announced by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Last year, it was set at 89 seconds. The clock is updated annually. It is meant to reflect global conditions, not predict specific events. Scientists involved in the process look at security risks, environmental…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Dragon delivers final orbital boost to the ISS before return (AI-generated) The International Space Station received another small lift late last week, continuing a routine but essential process that keeps the orbiting laboratory at the right height above Earth. On Friday, January 23, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft attached to the station fired…
NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, after being rolled out to the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. AP/PTI(AP01_19_2026_000008B) NASA teams in Florida are moving through a careful stretch of work as preparations continue for the Artemis…
For centuries, Earth’s seasons were assumed to follow a shared, predictable rhythm. Spring arrived, summer peaked, autumn faded, and winter reset the cycle. But two decades of satellite observations now show that this assumption is breaking down. Using long-term global datasets, scientists have found that the timing of seasons is becoming increasingly uneven, fragmented, and…
Ageing is often described as a slow accumulation of damage, but a new study suggests something more subtle may be happening inside our cells. Researchers at University of California, San Francisco report that as cells grow older, they do not simply wear out, they lose the coordinated gene activity that keeps them functioning efficiently. By…
Solar wind explained: How the sun’s particle stream impacts our solar system (Image source: NASA) Solar wind sounds poetic, but it’s a very real and powerful phenomenon, connecting the Sun to every part of our solar system. Unlike the wind we feel on Earth, solar wind isn’t moving air; it’s a constant stream of charged…
A rocket launch looks like a contest between raw power and engineering control, but the most critical moments happen before the vehicle even leaves the ground. In the final seconds on the launchpad, forces build rapidly as engines ignite while the rocket is still restrained. To an outside observer, some of the systems activated at…
NASA tests space sensors for tracking ocean debris (AI-generated) Scientists at NASA are beginning to look at ocean debris from an unfamiliar angle, not from ships or beaches, but from orbit. The work follows a recent finding that space based sensors can detect plastic pollution on land, a result that has quietly shifted expectations. Rather…
The total solar eclipse of August 12, 2026, will sweep across parts of the northern hemisphere, briefly turning day into dusk along a narrow path. Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain will lie directly beneath the moon’s shadow, while much of Europe, Scandinavia, West Africa, and parts of North America will see a partial eclipse. Timings…
Imagine a great, green rainforest thriving inside the icy land that exists today. It might sound like science fiction, but research shows that Antarctica was once warm enough to host temperate rainforests near the South Pole about 90 million years ago. A scientific study published in PubMed Central, titled “Temperate rainforests near the South Pole…
Ants may be small, but they are quite rugged, especially in the face of extreme stressful situations like nuclear radiation. While human beings are known to be adversely affected by illness and health hazards caused by doses of radiation, ants seem to be rather less bothered. Studies have shown us that there are biological mechanisms…
It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth’s oceans during the early Solar System. Matching this time, there was a period known as Late Heavy Bombardment from around 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago, when collisions with planets and other objects in space were infinitely more common. The theory was…
Astronomers identify a possible massive moon with water orbiting a distant world (AI-generated) Astronomers are testing a quieter way of searching for moons beyond the solar system, using careful measurements of motion rather than changes in light. A new study focuses on HD 206893 B, a substellar companion about 133 light years from Earth, already…
Laurent Simons is one of the most talked-about young minds in science today. At just 15, the Belgian prodigy defended a PhD in quantum physics at the University of Antwerp, reaching a level of academic achievement that few people ever touch. What followed made his story even more striking. Simons has now begun moving into…
China is teaching its drones to fight like animals. Engineers at Beihang University, a military-linked school, created a system in which defensive drones mimic hawks by targeting the most vulnerable enemy drones, while attacking drones behave like doves to evade the hawks. In a five-on-five simulation, the hawks destroyed all the doves in just 5.3…
Richard Feynman | Source: Caltech Digital Collections There is a quiet kind of stress that builds when you keep living for approval. It shows up in small ways. You second-guess decisions. You feel guilty for resting. You keep chasing goals that do not even feel like yours.Today’s quote of the day, “You have no responsibility…
We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise direction. However, the universe never ceases to amaze us with its unexpected phenomena. Two planets in our solar system revolve in the opposite direction, i.e., in the clockwise direction, and they are Venus and…
