Science

When most people think of fossils, they imagine delicate bones carefully uncovered with brushes and small tools. However, a recent discovery in Patagonia, Argentina, challenged that perception. In the Río Negro province, paleontologists unearthed the remains of a colossal dinosaur, a newly identified titanosaur so massive that its fossilised bones actually cracked the road during…

On the night of 6 November 2025, sky-watchers will be treated to one of the most striking celestial events of the year. The November supermoon, often called the Beaver Moon, will be the closest full moon of 2025, appearing noticeably larger and brighter than any other moon this year. This extraordinary alignment occurs when the…

By Whether or not you believe in horoscopes, you probably know your zodiac sign. But the stars that once defined those signs have shifted over time, meaning your real sign might not be what you think.The 12 zodiac signs were originally based on constellations behind the sun as seen from Earth. Ancient astronomers used these…

CHENNAI/BENGALURU: Isro Sunday launched the 4,410kg CMS-03 or the Gsat-7R, a communication satellite that will enhance telecommunication coverage across the strategic Indian Ocean Region (IOR) for the Indian Navy.The launch of the heaviest communication satellite from Indian soil onboard LVM3-M5 from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, marked the fifth…

There’s something beautifully democratic about a supermoon. No tickets, no telescopes, no Elon Musk subscriptions required. Just step outside, tilt your head, and for one night, the sky rewards you for remembering you’re on a spinning rock.This November, Earth gets its closest lunar rendezvous of the year — the supermoon of November 5–6, 2025, when…

The year is 1838. A young German real estate agent, Thomas Hutter, is tasked with traveling to far-off Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Orlok regarding a house for sale. While journeying through the Carpathian Mountains, he is warned multiple times about Orlok, but he remains undeterred. Upon reaching the castle, the count — pale,…

If you ever wanted a courtroom drama where the jury consists of paleontologists, the defendant is a fossil, and the expert witness is a CT scanner, then welcome to the greatest dino trial since Jurassic Park made velociraptors the size of Great Danes. The 40-year mystery of the “tiny tyrant” has finally reached a verdict.For…

Sleep is often seen as a universal human need. But research suggests that women not only sleep differently from men but also need more of it.DW spoke with women in various regions of the world, who all shared stories of needing more rest than they were getting and told us of the toll of what’s…

Move over, Crayola, the Neanderthals were colouring outside the lines long before we were. Archaeologists led by Francesco d’Errico from the University of Bordeaux, along with an international team of researchers, have unearthed what might be the world’s oldest “crayon” — a 42,000-year-old yellow ochre stick found at Neanderthal sites in Crimea and Ukraine. The…

The year 2025 has brought us a rare cosmic visitor. 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected — after ʻOumuamua in 2017 and Comet Borisov in 2019. Discovered on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS survey telescope, this object is on a hyperbolic orbit, meaning it came in from outside our Sun’s…