In a study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, researchers have quantified the significant loss of continental crust to the mantle during the...
A discovery in Kenya has revealed that Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, two distinct hominin species, coexisted 1.5 million years ago, according to reports....
A research paper published in the Scientific Reports journal has detailed the discovery of embalming practices by an aristocratic French family between the 16th...
Astronomers have been perplexed by the existence of supermassive black holes detected during the universe’s earliest phases, just a few hundred million years after...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will deploy the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission on December 4, 2024, using its Polar Satellite Launch...
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has begun deploying its scientific instruments during its journey to Jupiter. The probe, launched on October 14, 2023 aboard a...
A study published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science has reported the discovery of terrestrial micro-organisms in a sample returned from asteroid Ryugu by Japan’s...
Seagrass meadows, which serve as critical marine ecosystems, have been mapped more accurately using satellite-tagged green turtles compared to conventional satellite imagery, according to...
A study published in Nature has provided new insights into the environment during the time when dinosaurs began to dominate the Earth. The analysis,...
A major milestone in spaceflight was reached by SpaceX on Wednesday (November 27) with the successful launch of 24 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon...
China’s Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft has ended its mission after delivering essential supplies to the Tiangong space station. According to the China Manned Space...
New research has uncovered that the Ninetyeast Ridge, a 5,000-kilometre-long underwater mountain range in the Indian Ocean, was shaped by a moving hotspot rather...
Magnetic vortices descending from Jupiter’s ionosphere into its deep atmosphere are believed to trigger the formation of ultraviolet-absorbing anticyclonic storms, according to a study...
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and open science by NASA has been reported to significantly advance disaster preparedness, response and recovery efforts. According...
An explosion occurred during a test of the second-stage engine for Japan’s Epsilon S rocket on November 26, according to officials. The engine failure,...
A recent study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has identified regions globally experiencing extreme heatwaves surpassing climate model predictions. These...
In a study published in the Science journal, researchers successfully tested the hearing of baleen whales for the first time. The controversial research, conducted...
