Before Concepts of Physics became every JEE student’s bible, IIT Kanpur professor H.C. Verma solved a bigger problem
Millions solved his physics problems, but few know why H.C. Verma wrote Concepts of Physics. (Photo: X post)…
An abandoned SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the Moon. The real problem comes next
In the early hours of 5 August (UTC), an abandoned SpaceX rocket stage is expected to slam into…
France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave begins | Wildfires
Firefighters in France and Spain are racing to bring huge wildfires under control before another heatwave this week…
The Parker Solar Probe flies through the sun’s outer atmosphere behind a carbon shield eleven and a half centimetres thick, and the arrangement works so well that while the front face glows at almost fourteen hundred degrees, the instruments sitting a metre behind it stay at roughly the temperature of a comfortable living room
At its closest approaches, Parker Solar Probe passes about 6.2 million kilometres above the Sun’s visible surface. Sunlight…
China team unearths world’s oldest amber, hidden in ancient Xinjiang coal seam
Chinese scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest verified amber in the northwestern Xinjiang region, revealing that ancient plants…
What two centuries of Perth storm records tell us about future climate risk
On the first day of winter, southwest Western Australia was pummelled by a damaging storm. The Bureau of…
The first woman to fly in space was not a test pilot or a scientist but a young textile worker, and in 1963 Valentina Tereshkova orbited the Earth alone for three days, longer than every American astronaut combined had managed by then
When you picture the people who flew the first space missions, you probably picture a certain kind of…
Chang’e-6 Samples Provide an Ancient Record of the Moon’s Far Side.
Samples obtained by China’s Chang’e-6 mission are revealing a great deal about the Moon’s far side. The study…
Great Barrier Reef plea launched by Australian activists in Korea
Subway signs, bus billboards, and even a blimp have been deployed by activists in Korea as the fight…
Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket’s epic Flight 13 test launch (video)
The 13th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket went pretty well — and provided some amazing visuals, too.…
A Fiber Frozen at -196°C Unlocks a New Way To Store Light
Artist impression of a frozen optical fiber core in a glass capillary, which guides and couples light and…
These Moths Smell Flowers Through Their Wings, Study Finds
Smell is a complicated thing for insects. Research has shown that, despite limited neural capabilities, insects depend on…