Science

If you have ever heard that Earth will soon start having 25-hour days, it might be right. The idea itself is not wrong. Scientists do expect Earth’s rotation to keep slowing. What often gets lost is the pace. These changes unfold so slowly that they slip past daily life without leaving a mark. No clocks…

Whether it be with naked-eye viewing, through a pair of binoculars, or with a beginner’s telescope, a certain amount of planning can make way for viewing enthusiasts to fully enjoy the spectacular events that take place in the sky in 2026. Be it eclipses, aligned planets, or an eight-year supermoon, there are plenty of spectacular…

Photographs taken from directly above the Pacific Ocean have shown large areas of red light emitted against the backdrop of the surrounding environment, enough to rival the scale of a large city. These images, taken by pilots and circulated on the internet, raise questions about whether this phenomenon could be a product of the atmosphere,…

Radio waves from Earth have been moving through space for more than a century. They did not start as part of any grand plan to reach the stars. They began quietly, as a new way for humans to speak across oceans. Since then, those signals have continued outward, spreading slowly into space at the speed…

Astronomers noticed something odd while reviewing radio data from distant space. Three bright signals appeared close together. At first, it looked like a coincidence. It was not. Each signal came from the centre of a different galaxy. All three galaxies were interacting. The result stayed the same. Each galaxy contained a supermassive black hole that…

Planetary systems begin in chaos. In their primitive form, many rocky and icy objects are careening through space, smashing into each other, breaking apart, and accumulating to form planets, moons, asteroids, and comets. For many decades, planetary scientists assumed this “history of violence” ended abruptly after a relatively quick passage after planets achieved stable orbits….

Representational AI photo Doctors in China have grafted a woman’s torn-off ear onto her foot to keep it alive, before later reattaching it to her head.The woman lost her ear in a workplace accident in April that also caused severe injuries to her scalp, neck and face. According to medical news platform Yixue Jie, also…

Every year, the southwest monsoon event changes India’s river systems. The changes include turning one of India’s rivers red. The effect is associated with increased rainfall. The changing colours of India’s rivers are closely linked with the monsoon. The monsoon is associated with changes in India’s climate. The changes in India’s rivers are linked with…

The cave is low and dark, and it is dug into limestone on a little island in the Baltic Sea where the wind blows salt from all directions. For thousands of years, humans used this spot to be safe while they hunted seals and fished in the ocean. The trash they left behind was normal….

A world in warming, under most circumstances, tipping toward deep cooling does seem counterintuitive; yet, Earth’s geological record is replete with such episodes when rising greenhouse gases were followed by abrupt climatic reversals. Today, scientists increasingly look to the oceans for an explanation, where the quiet work of microscopic organisms regulates the exchange of carbon…