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Samples obtained by Chinese spacecraft show moon's ancient volcanism

Volcanism on the moon, Earth and other planetary bodies involves the eruption of molten rock from the mantle - the layer just under the outer crust - onto the surface.

18 November 2024, 09:07 IST

Samples obtained by Chinese spacecraft show moon's ancient volcanism

Samples obtained by Chinese spacecraft show moon's ancient volcanism

Samples obtained by Chinese spacecraft show moon's ancient volcanism

18 November 2024, 09:07 IST

Sea cucumbers: The moppers of the ocean floor

Sea cucumbers, as part of their scavenger diet, devour coral disease-causing bacteria and the decaying ‘food’ that the bacteria thrived on. As a result, corals growing around them were relatively disease-free and healthy.

16 November 2024, 01:23 IST

Sea cucumbers: The moppers of the ocean floor

Sea cucumbers: The moppers of the ocean floor

Sea cucumbers: The moppers of the ocean floor

16 November 2024, 01:23 IST

Sunspots and solar flares created by the sun’s magnetism can affect the Earth’s surface

Hale’s discovery of solar magnetism about 50 years after the Carrington event, along with records showing that auroras had an 11-year cycle similar to that of the sun, formed the basis of our modern understanding of the 'solar-terrestrial relationship.'

14 November 2024, 04:56 IST

Sunspots and solar flares created by the sun’s magnetism can affect the Earth’s surface

Sunspots and solar flares created by the sun’s magnetism can affect the Earth’s surface

Sunspots and solar flares created by the sun’s magnetism can affect the Earth’s surface

14 November 2024, 04:56 IST

Iron reached Spain way before previously thought—via meteors

The presence of iron in a bracelet and a gold-decorated sphere, which are parts of the Treasure of Villena, has baffled archaelogists and scientists for long since iron was not was not used here until much later.

12 November 2024, 06:51 IST

Iron reached Spain way before previously thought—via meteors

Iron reached Spain way before previously thought—via meteors

Iron reached Spain way before previously thought—via meteors

12 November 2024, 06:51 IST

India powerhouse of science, spirituality for thousands of years: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha

The event, based on the theme "Vedon Mein Vigyan", was held at the Shri Ranbir Campus of Central Sanskrit University in Jammu.

10 November 2024, 12:23 IST

India powerhouse of science, spirituality for thousands of years: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha

India powerhouse of science, spirituality for thousands of years: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha

India powerhouse of science, spirituality for thousands of years: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha

10 November 2024, 12:23 IST

Could we ever decipher alien languages? Uncovering how AI communicates may be key

Language is ephemeral, it leaves no examinable trace in the fossil records. Unlike bones, we can’t dig up ancient languages to study how they developed over time.

09 November 2024, 08:56 IST

Could we ever decipher alien languages? Uncovering how AI communicates may be key

Could we ever decipher alien languages? Uncovering how AI communicates may be key

Could we ever decipher alien languages? Uncovering how AI communicates may be key

09 November 2024, 08:56 IST

Two black holes are giving the cosmos a fright

Black holes are the bottomless pits of gravity decreed by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity more than a century ago. Astronomers now know that there are millions of them just in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, the gravestones of stars that imploded and collapsed beyond limit.

09 November 2024, 05:26 IST

Two black holes are giving the cosmos a fright

Two black holes are giving the cosmos a fright

Two black holes are giving the cosmos a fright

09 November 2024, 05:26 IST

What DNA tells about people of a buried city

Since Pompeii and another nearby city, Herculaneum were dug up in the 18th century, the two lost habitats attracted researchers.

08 November 2024, 19:20 IST

What DNA tells about people of a buried city

What DNA tells about people of a buried city

What DNA tells about people of a buried city

08 November 2024, 19:20 IST

Artificial livers to grow in the International Space Station

Experiments completed thus far indicate that the unique conditions of low Earth orbit, within 1,200 miles from Earth, will help the liver tissues to self-assemble with enhanced functionality, compared to Earth-based methods, they said.

07 November 2024, 08:56 IST

Artificial livers to grow in the International Space Station

Artificial livers to grow in the International Space Station

Artificial livers to grow in the International Space Station

07 November 2024, 08:56 IST

Webb telescope reveals rapid growth of primordial black hole

Black holes are extremely dense objects with gravity so strong that not even light can escape. With their immense gravitational pull, they grow in mass by sucking in material such as gas, dust and stars unfortunate enough to stray nearby.

06 November 2024, 07:45 IST

Webb telescope reveals rapid growth of primordial black hole

Webb telescope reveals rapid growth of primordial black hole

Webb telescope reveals rapid growth of primordial black hole

06 November 2024, 07:45 IST