Universal law derived by French physicist predicts fragment sizes using entropy & probability.A dropped plate, broken spaghetti and a smashed drinking glass all seem to follow the same law of physics when it comes to how many fragments of a given size they will shatter into.For several decades, researchers have known that there is something…
The James Webb space telescope has found a weird planet that is shaped like a lemon. This planet is 2,000 light-years away from us. The James Webb Space Telescope is changing the way we think about planets that are really far away from us. It is showing us things that we do not normally see…
Ice might appear as a weird construction material, but still, ice on Mars can be the base for human civilisations in the future. Scientists are convinced that frozen water could be the means of survival and the source of prosperity of people on Mars.The idea of building cities on Mars has been a fantasy of…
History is the only way to find out the past and predict the future. This is why one of the most exciting and thrilling jobs in the world is archaeology, where you dive deep into the layers of the Earth to get to know more about it. They say a head carries a thousand thoughts,…
Indian-origin professors Subhasish Mitra of Stanford University and Tathagata Srimani of Carnegie Mellon University are at the centre of a breakthrough that could reshape how artificial intelligence hardware is built in the United States. Along with a multi-institutional team spanning Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT, they have developed America’s first monolithic…
One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions within the next few decades. Maggie Aderin-Pocock says she is “absolutely convinced” that life exists beyond Earth and predicts that scientists will confirm its existence by around 2075. Speaking ahead of her Royal Institution Christmas…
The completion of a South American lung fish genome sequencing represents one of the most remarkable moments within current genetic research. Because of its 91 billion DNA base pairs, it has now officially been confirmed that this genome has fully decoded, the largest animal genome heretofore achieved by human genetic engineering, thirty times larger than…
Venus is packed with surprises and is one of the most fascinating planets in our solar system. Because of the similar size and structure, it is often referred to as Earth’s twin. But, in reality, it is a planet of huge contrasts beyond the surface resemblance. The planet is engulfed with thick clouds of acid,…
Source: Springer Nature Link What is beneath the continent of Africa? There are two big structures down there that do not seem to be from our planet, Earth. Africa has a lot of things about it, but these two enormous structures are really strange. They do not look like they belong under Africa or on…
It was in the year 1914 that Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan came to Cambridge with a notebook filled with 17 extraordinary infinite series for 1/π. They were not only efficient but also gave accurate digits of the world’s most famous irrational number. And even though for a century, the formulas were viewed as pinnacle of…
Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third object that we know of that has been observed to pass through our solar system from interstellar space; hence, it is a rare and scientifically significant finding.Simply put, the comet didn’t form with the rest of the solar system, but it is an icy one that came from a…
The oldest archaeological record of incest has been found recently during an excavation at the cave site of Grotta della Monaca in Calabria, Italy. The findings of this excavation were revealed in a genetic study published in the journal Communications Biology.The team of researchers found this clue of incest in the remains of a teenage…
In the year 2026, there will be two incredible solar eclipses that will be visible in the sky. These eclipses will provide astronomers with once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to witness the Moon aligning with the Sun. There will be two types of eclipses: one will be an annular eclipse, which will result in the formation of a…
In the north of Italy, high up on a rocky cliff face, a casual observation has revealed one of the greatest discoveries of dinosaur tracks on the European continent. It all began when a wildlife photographer went up into the mountains looking for images of deer and vultures. Instead, he discovered the wakes of life…
The much talked about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest point to our planet today (Friday), December 19. This marks an important moment for astronomers who have been tracking one of the most unusual objects ever observed near Earth since July. The comet was discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope network…
An ice core drilled by a research team is displayed at Little Dome C field base in eastern Antarctica, during the cutting phase on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo-AP) Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect…
In 2026, many people will hear the same strange phrase repeated again and again. The Sun will briefly disappear. It sounds dramatic, almost alarming, but the reason is far simpler and far more familiar to astronomers. The Sun itself is not changing or switching off. What will happen is a precise alignment between the Earth,…
Michaela Benthaus, a German aerospace engineer at the European Space Agency in Germany, is soon to make history as the first wheelchair-bound individual to travel to space. Benthaus has used a wheelchair since a mountain biking accident in 2018. The engineer will fly with five other individuals aboard Blue Origin’s next New Shepard space mission….
Today, there are a lot more satellites in space than before, mostly due to the fact that companies are launching huge groups of satellites called mega constellations. The satellites provide services such as internet, navigation, and weather forecasting, but at the same time, they are the source of major problems.A recent arXiv preprint study tells…
After one year of ups and downs, politics, and anticipation, Jared Isaacman, entrepreneur and private astronaut, has been confirmed as the 15th NASA administrator. The Senate approved him by a vote of 67-30 on December 17, 2025, demonstrating collective admiration for the leadership skills he possesses, although concerns were raised about his close connection with…
