Stranger Things! Skies in Birmingham mysteriously turned pink. It’s not auroras
Birmingham, UK, witnessed a surreal spectacle when the night sky transformed into a vibrant pink haze during Storm…
Boxing Day tsunami: When Earth released energy equal to 23,000 atomic bombs in 2004
Exactly 21 years ago today, December 26, 2004, one of history’s deadliest natural disasters unfolded when a massive…
A day inside India’s first private rocket factory
The blast of air conditioning hit me instantly as I stepped in. The floors were squeaky clean. The…
Earth in danger zone? 10 asteroids to come close to Earth in 72 hours
At least 10 asteroids are set to make close approaches to Earth over a three-day window between December…
Theia, the planet at the origin of the Moon, may have formed close to the Sun
If the Moon is the natural satellite of the Earth, this has not always been the case. Indeed,…
Earth’s earliest life 3.3 billion years ago revealed by faint biosignatures
MSU researcher Katie Maloney contributed samples of rare, exceptionally well-preserved seaweed fossils (e.g., macroscopic algae) from Yukon Territory,…
Astronomers reveal flat ‘Diamond Ring’ in Cygnus X is a burst bubble remnant
Multi-wavelength overview of the Diamond Ring. Credit: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2025). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202556159 An international team led by…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was Earth’s first real-life defense test
Artist’s depiction of an asteroid floating in space. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), Martin Kornmesser (ESA),…
100 billion stars using 7 million CPU cores
Head-on (left) and side-view (right) snapshots of a galactic disk of gas. These snapshots of gas distribution after…
New monitor now operational in the Large Hadron Collider
The installed Beam Gas Curtain on the LHC. Credit: CERN / Maximilien Brice A novel beam diagnostic instrument…
Isro conducts No-GPS Mars drone challenge. Watch how drones crash, misfire
In a bold step toward future planetary exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) recently conducted the IRoC-U…
Cosmic ray puzzle resolved as scientists link ‘knee’ formation to black holes
LHAASO experiment. Credit: LHAASO Collaboration Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on…