Science

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…

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…

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 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,…

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…

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….