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What’s the giant hole in the Sun bigger than 60 Earths? How will it affect the planet?

A gigantic gap has appeared near the Sun’s equator and it is emitting powerful streams of radiation towards the Earth. Scientists say this is out of the ordinary. Here’s why

Why NASA has cut contact with all its Mars missions

NASA has been incommunicado with all its robotic missions on and in orbit of Mars for more than a week now. This is because of solar conjunction, the period when Earth and the Red Planet, are on opposing sides of the Sun. The phenomenon occurs roughly every two years

It has horns! What is the volcanic 'Devil comet' that is approaching Earth very soon?

A comet, three times the size of Mount Everest, may come very close to Earth in March 2024. 12P/Pons-Brooks is the *brightest comet of the Neptune's family. It earned the nickname 'Devil' in July this year when astronomers observed horns surrounding its nucleus

A Jurrasic World: Do dinosaurs still exist?

A recent study argues that dinosaurs might actually exist right now, although on a different planet. Researchers say that we might even be able to discover them by investigating materials that were present in the dinosaur era but are not present in the modern Earth

What are the huge mysterious blobs near Earth’s core?

Researchers have proposed that the two mysterious blobs found deep near the Earth's centre could be the remnants of a protoplanet called Theia. It had a massive impact on Earth billions of years ago and also produced our Moon

Mars-sized early planet that crashed into Earth, created the Moon, has been stuck deep inside the planet

A Chinese research team studied massive masses of material buried beneath the African continent and the Pacific Ocean and found that Theia, the planet that crashed into Earth billions of years ago, and created the Moon, may be stuck inside Earth

In Graphics | What happens during a partial lunar eclipse?

A partial lunar eclipse will be visible across India and other parts of the world on the intervening night of 28 and 29 October. Let’s understand how it occurs and why the Moon appears a distinct reddish colour, also known as the ‘blood Moon’

Leaky Situation: Earth's core may be leaking helium very slowly, studies are underway to find out why

The earth's core is leaking on of the rarest natural resources we have — helium. Extracted from natural gas deposits within the Earth's crust, the dwindling reservoirs are becoming a growing concern

The Missing Continent: What we know about Zealandia, the eighth continent discovered after 375 years

A team of seismologists and geologists have updated the map of Zealandia, also known as Te Riu-a-Māui in the Māori. According to scientists, there are actually eight continents and the newest one is the smallest, thinnest, and youngest on the entire planet

Earth outside ‘safe operating space’ for humanity, says new study. Are we in danger?

The study by 29 international researchers in the journal Science Advances showed that human behaviour has caused six of the nine ‘planetary boundaries’ needed for a safe, stable planet to be breached. Experts say this is a flashing red alarm for humanity