What if our universe had a twin that runs backward in time? As absurd as this sounds, scientists believe the existence of such a universe could explain a lot of mysteries about the universe. The the… [+2054 chars]
A team of astronomers have reported the first observations of a debris cloud from a collision between two large asteroid-sized bodies. The team used data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to determ… [+1684 chars]
3D view of the point in Earth’s mantle below Africa, shown in red, yellow, and orange. Cyan represents the main mantle boundary, blue indicates the surface, and transparent gray indicates the contine… [+4008 chars]
Two new studies of a solution to the paradox titled "Quantum hair and black hole information" and "Quantum Hair from Gravity" have been published in the journals Physics Letters B and Physical Review… [+2035 chars]
At one time, Venus was considered a likely candidate for hosting life. But its late- discovered carbon dioxide atmosphere turned out to be very discouraging so researchers focused on Mars. However,… [+5200 chars]
Most life on Earth can be broadly split into oxygen consumers and oxygen producers. This delicate balance of givers and takers keeps the concentration of oxygen in our planet's atmosphere around 21 … [+3820 chars]
Zoom/ Artist’s impression of an Earth-like planet in a nearby star system. We now know that our closest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, is It hosts at least two planets. But we’re not sure if there are … [+2445 chars]
Two new studies of a solution to the paradox titled "Quantum hair and black hole information" and "Quantum Hair from Gravity" have been published in the journals Physics Letters B and Physical Review… [+2035 chars]
Gravitational waves are notoriously difficult to detect. Although modern optical astronomy has been around for centuries, gravitational wave astronomy has only been around since 2015. Even now our ab… [+3448 chars]
THE Northern Lights are renowned as one of the most spectacular natural phenomenons on Earth. But how is the sky magically lit up by the spectrum of colours? Here is what we know. The Northern Ligh… [+4077 chars]
Nearly 15 years after the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs), the origin of the millisecond-long, deep-space cosmic explosions remains a mystery.That may soon change, thanks to the work of an inte… [+4291 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope doesn’t orbit the Earth as the Hubble Space Telescope does. Instead, it orbits the sun in a position called the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, or L2, where it can rem… [+2085 chars]
