Category: Science

A rocket launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX last week from California may have punched a hole in the Earth’s ionosphere, a new analysis suggests. The assessment points out that the Falcon 9 rocket launched on 19 July from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, likely punched a hole in the ionosphere – a layer around...

An unknown source has been sending radio signals to Earth since at least 1988, scientists say. Researchers do not know what object is sending the radio waves to Earth. The nature of waves is such that they do not conform to any models that attempt to explain them. For 35 years, the source sent out...

Olympus Mons, located at the northwest edge of the Tharsis Montes region on Mars, was appropriately named. Based on readings obtained by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), this mountain is the tallest in the Solar System, standing 21.9 km (13.6 mi) tall – about two and...

We’ve heard the tale of an asteroid crashing on Earth nearly 65 million years ago and wiping out the dinosaurs since our childhood. But did you know that it is backed up by a hypothesis? According to the Alvarez hypothesis, this extinction was caused by a massive asteroid that crashed on Earth. Scientists have also...

A rocket launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX last week from California may have punched a hole in Earth’s ionosphere, a new analysis suggests. The assessment said the Falcon 9 rocket, launched on July 19 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, likely punched a hole in the ionosphere, a layer around Earth consisting of the...

Astronomers estimate that SPT2215 has a mass about 700 trillion times that of the Sun (Image: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/M. Calzadill) Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster and that’s the mostrelaxed‘ one they have seen before. This galaxy cluster, called SPT-CL J2215-3537 (SPT2215 for short), is the most distant ever observed that has not been...

For the first time, astronomers have discovered a white dwarf with two distinct faces, one of hydrogen and the other of helium. The discovery raises new theories about the evolution of the white dwarf and the role of magnetic fields in the formation of celestial bodies. Credit: K. Miller, Caltech/IPAC unusual white dwarf the star...

If you’ve been hitting the gym hard but just don’t feel like you’re building the superhero physique you’re aiming for despite your best efforts, it may seem unlikely that just an extra five or ten minutes each day can completely transform the look of your chest, back and arms. But given that we only offer...

Summary: New findings suggest that Parkinson’s disease can progress quietly for more than a decade before symptoms appear. The study found that motor circuits in the brain can maintain function even when active dopamine secretion is drastically reduced, a phenomenon that is contrary to popular belief. Dopamine is considered crucial for movement, and its reduction...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what were believed to be legendary “dark stars” that could solve one of the universe’s greatest mysteries. A team of astronomers led by the University of Texas (UT) at Austin has identified three potential “dark stars” that formed about 320 million years after the Big Bang, making them...