2024 has been an extraordinary year for scientific breakthroughs, with “new discoveries” pushing the boundaries of what we know about our planet, its life forms, and the cosmos. From the tiniest frogs to ancient explosions, here are the most remarkable record-setting achievements that shaped the year. New Discoveries 1. “The Read more…
NASA is closely monitoring the trajectory of Asteroid 2011 MW1, a colossal 380-foot space rock hurtling towards Earth at an alarming speed of 28,946 km per hour. Expected to make its closest approach on July 25, the asteroid will pass at a distance of approximately 4.43 million miles from our Read more…
DART Mission : Maybe this is the 1st step of humankind to avert the judgment day from space. NASA slammed a spacecraft – DART Mission into an asteroid and celebrated. That’s because it was a deliberate course of action. On September 26th at around 7:15 p.m EDT, the DART Mission Read more…
Reptile Evolution : 250 million years ago, mother nature decided to wipe her slate clean for the Triassic reptiles that ruled the era. The big mass extinction paved way for some lucky creatures that survived the global-scale catastrophe to accelerate their rate of evolution and create a whole new ecology. Read more…
Asteroid Impact : There has been a never-ending debate about what caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs some 66 million years ago that annihilated more than 75% of total life on Earth. There were many theses laid out by scientists for years. Among those, a giant asteroid impact and volcanic Read more…