Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, has long been considered one of the most promising locations for finding life in our solar system. It boasts a subsurface ocean that may contain the necessary ingredients for life: liquid water, energy, and chemical building blocks. Yet, with NASA’s Europa Clipper mission on the Read more…
In a remarkable discovery that has sent ripples through the world of paleontology, researchers have unveiled the colossal ancient whale species known as Perucetus colossus, potentially rewriting the records of Earth’s most massive creatures. This prehistoric leviathan, believed to have roamed the oceans millions of years ago, is now a Read more…
New research into the ancient world of Megalodon sharks, the largest predators to have ever roamed the oceans, suggests that their ability to maintain a warm body temperature could have played a crucial role in their evolution as formidable megapredators. This groundbreaking study sheds light on the potential physiological adaptations Read more…
What is the biggest thing you have ever known? Well, whatever it is that flashes in your mind, this monster makes ‘it’ look like a tiny cell of a micro-organism. TON 618, the biggest black hole ever discovered by humans. During a radio survey conducted in Bologna, Italy in 1970, Read more…
The sea cucumber is a fascinating creature that inhabits the ocean floor, and it has a unique defense mechanism that has recently been discovered by researchers. Just like a lizard detaching its tail when threatened this defense mechanism involves shooting sticky tubes out of its butt, and it has left Read more…
Dark Lightning : Dark Lightning, first reported in the year 1994, NASA described this invisible burst of energy as the most energetic radiation produced naturally on the planet. This intense burst of gamma radiation, known as terrestrial gamma-ray flashes or dark lightning takes birth in powerful lightning storms. According to Read more…
Ankylosaurs : Among big teeth, claws, spikes, and colossal mass, the tail club was one of the deadliest weapons of the dinosaurs that ruled the earth millions of years ago. Evolution had gifted armored dinosaurs like Ankylosaurs with nature’s sledgehammer, a bony mass at the end of the tail that Read more…
Clam : What happens when curiosity meets science? Well, it’s hard to say as it isn’t a one-time phenomenon. Oceans are hoards of secrets waiting to be discovered. And recently scientists have discovered a clam species that was thought to be extinct for more than 40,000 years. In 2018, off 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…
Whale Shark : Our world’s oceans are the hoard of mysteries, home to the world’s small creatures to the largest species our planet has ever seen. And researchers are trying to solve as many mysteries as possible. Whale Shark, the largest fish existing is one of those mysteries scientists are Read more…