Mysterious giant stone jars that may have been used for burial rituals have been unearthed across four new sites in Assam, India. The 65 newly discovered giant stone jars vary in shape and decoration, with some tall and cylindrical, and others partly or fully buried in the ground.
Is there gravity in space? Yes, there is! In fact, on the International Space Station (ISS), which orbits Earth at an altitude of around 220 miles (354 km), the force of gravity is still about 90 percent of what it is here on Earth. So how can the International Space Station be called “zero gravity”?
There is no denying humans are singularly responsible for causing so much pollution on Earth. However, from the time they started exploring space, the problem of space debris has also emerged as a major concern. Over the decades, satellites have been launched into Earth’s orbit to offer GPS service, spying, and security surveillance. However, they ...
Can you imagine glass found in a desert? For centuries, locals and tourists have wondered how glass chunks were created in regions of the Atacama Desert. A new theory is that the glassy stretches were created by a comet that exploded in the region around 12,000 years ago. The airburst over the Atacama Desert theory ...
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have revealed the closest pair of supermassive black holes to Earth ever observed. The two objects also have a much smaller separation than any other previously spotted pair of supermassive black holes and will eventually merge into one giant black hole. Located in the ...
Everyone knows that goldfish have a “three-second memory,” don’t they? However, this seems to be a case of bad PR, as it turns out that goldfish can recall things for months or even longer. Goldfish are very intelligent and can be taught tricks that require cognitive ability or be taught to remember sequences that lead ...
Earth is very water-rich compared to other rocky planets in the Solar System, with oceans covering more than 70 percent of its surface. Scientists have long puzzled over where all that water came from. Curtin University researchers have helped unravel the enduring mystery of the origins of the Earth’s water, finding the Sun to be ...
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