James Webb Telescope gives a glimpse of how stars are born

New images by the James Webb Space Telescope will help space scientists better understand what happened during the first million years of the …

Churn under sea: Can increase in seafloor spreading speed up global warming

Seafloor spreading, caused by an upwelling of magma, has led to episodes of global warming in the geologic past; the spread rate has slowed down …

Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR alone not a solution’

Technology can deny work to a population or it can liberate them. Outcome depends on how we organise technology use

Africa has ambitious goals for 2063: plans for outer space hold the key to success

The outer space programme seeks to enable Africa to obtain maximum benefits from space science, technology and applications

Climate change and us: What really shaped human evolution last 2 million years

Climatic shifts determined where food was available, driving migration and adaptations, according to the study

Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution

RNA viruses can cause deadly diseases. But they also play a vital role in ecosystems because they can infect a wide array of organisms, including …

Want to delete your social media, but can’t bring yourself to do it? Here are some ways to take that step

A 2021 meta-analysis found a small positive association between depressive symptoms and social media use

Is eVTOL a boon or bane? It depends on how we put it to use

The electric aircraft has low maintenance and operating costs and can be extremely beneficial for emergency situations

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Hindu-Arabic numerals are important to the history of computing because they use the number zero and a base-ten decimal system

The April 8 eclipse provides a rare opportunity to witness the sun’s superhot corona

Corona means crown; During the eclipse, it becomes visible and streaming plasma leaving sun appears in amazing patterns  

NASA to shut down SOFIA telescope that found water on Moon

SOFIA also discovered the first molecule formed in the Universe 

Neptune’s summer temperature drops dramatically. What may have caused this?

Scientists had expected the planet to slowly grow warmer, not colder

What to read and watch: Tortoise Under the Earth and other new releases

Two new books and two documentaries that caught our attention this week

What is the best mask for COVID-19? A mechanical engineer explains the science after 2 years of testing masks in his lab

What’s the difference between N95, surgical and cloth mask materials?

Power and perils of artificial hand

Considering artificial intelligence through the ideas of Adam Smith

The Human Genome Project pieced together only 92% of the DNA — now scientists have finally filled in the remaining 8%

Efforts continue to create diverse genomic references that fully represent the human population and life on Earth

NASA‘s capsule returns with asteroid Bennu samples

It is likely to provide fresh insights into the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago and possibly how life started

Spending time in space can harm the human body — but scientists are working to mitigate these risks

Space radiation can harm the nervous and cardiovascular systems including heart and arteries

Cryptozoology is not a quest for animals but for monsters: Peter Dendle

Professor of English and expert on folklore at Penn State Mont Alto tells Down To Earth that cryptozoology is not going anywhere as there is a …

India becomes first nation to soft land on south side of moon

India has now joined an exclusive club of countries that have managed a soft landing on the Moon

Explorers of the moon

Five orbiters and one rover are currently active on the moon. Overall, countries have made 47 attempts at soft landing on the moon of which only …

Caroline Herschel was the first female astronomer, but she still lacks name recognition two centuries later

Her story reflects not only the priorities of astronomy but also how credit is assigned in the field

Looking back toward cosmic dawn — astronomers confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen

The early universe was filled with a fog made up of hydrogen atoms until the first stars and galaxies burned it away

Hiroshima Day 2023: The global footprint of nuclear fallout

Nearly 8 decades since the nuclear age started, people around the world, not to mention the flora and fauna, have all been exposed to radioactive …

Understanding solar flares: How explosions on Sun’s surface can lead to radio blackouts

An X-class solar flare on July 2, 2023 led to radio blackout on parts of the US, Pacific Ocean