The sun's corona, or its outer atmosphere, is hundreds of times hotter than its surface, and it's still not clear exactly what that should be the case.
The Wollemi pine was thought to have gone extinct 2 million years ago until it was rediscovered by a group of hikers in 1994. Now, scientists have decoded its genome to understand how it's survived — almost unchanged — since the time of the dinosaurs.
An amateur astrophysicist couldn’t believe his luck when he discovered a meteor crater on a Dublin beach and was interviewed by a TV news crew about the “cos...
US NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Russian Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, members of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition ...
US News: Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a captivating image of Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), offering insights into the mysterious realm of newly b
India News: New research led by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) planetary scientist, Shuai Li, has led to a discovery that may help explain the origin
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio will speak to media about his record-breaking mission aboard the International Space Station during an Earth-to-space call at 12:15 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 19. The virtual news conference is the final opportunity to hear from Rubio …
Each year, exposure to airborne particulate matter known as PM2.5 (particles with a diameter smaller than 2.5 micrometers) leads to millions of premature deaths worldwide.
Roma Agrawal speaks to Michele Dougherty about JUICE, a mission hoping to discover the conditions needed for life on the icy moons of Jupiter. 🚀#space #astr...
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: IE Context: Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered methane and carbon dioxide on the exoplanet K2-18 b. K2-18 b is located in the “Goldilocks zone” around the cool dwarf star K2-18, where it receive…
Following the calving of the A-81 iceberg at the end of January 2023, the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica is moving faster than before. It is currently moving approximately 4 meters (13 feet) a day towards the sea, whereas before the calving it moved at an aver…
A powerful solar storm is expected to strike the Earth on September 17, after a CME was seen headed towards our planet. Know how intense it can be, the risks associated, and the chances to see an aurora.