This tiny mammal survived the dinosaur apocalypse and changed life on Earth
Mammals once shared the planet with dinosaurs until a catastrophic event 66 million years ago wiped out about 75% of all life on Earth. Even so, some species managed to…
3. 7-billion-year-old rocks reveal how Earth and the Moon were born
Scientists studying tiny feldspar crystals inside Australia’s oldest volcanic rocks have uncovered new clues about the early history of Earth’s interior, the formation of continents, and the origins of the…
A pivotal year beyond Earth: Scientific missions set to redefine space exploration in 2026 | India News
One may easily regard oneself as no more than a speck compared to the universe. Thirteen and eight-tenths billion years after the Big Bang, the universe has expanded to such…
How Earth endured a planet-wide inferno: The secret water vault under our feet
Around 4.6 billion years ago, Earth looked nothing like the calm, blue world we see today. Repeated and powerful impacts from space kept the planet’s surface and interior in a…
Ghost particles slip through Earth and spark a hidden atomic reaction
Neutrinos are among the most puzzling particles known to science and are often called ‘ghost particles’ because they so rarely interact with matter. Trillions pass through each person every second…
Scientists are turning Earth into a giant detector for hidden forces shaping our Universe
By placing ultra-sensitive quantum spin sensors in orbit, SQUIRE gains orders-of-magnitude improvements in detecting exotic physics signals. This approach lays the groundwork for a global and interplanetary sensing system that…
Massive hidden structures deep inside Earth may explain how life began
For many years, researchers have puzzled over two enormous and unusual features hidden deep inside Earth. Their size, shape and behavior are so extreme that traditional ideas about how the…
Earth is slowly peeling its continents from below, fueling ocean volcanoes
Earth scientists have uncovered a slow and surprising process beneath our planet’s surface that helps fuel volcanic activity in the oceans. Researchers from the University of Southampton found that fragments…
MIT finds traces of a lost world deep within planet Earth
Researchers from MIT and collaborating institutions have uncovered exceptionally rare traces of “proto Earth,” the ancient precursor to our planet that existed about 4.5 billion years ago. This primitive world…
The billion-year reign of fungi that predated plants and made Earth livable
New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study,…