The chemical element helium was discovered on the Sun before Earth via spectral analysis in 1868.
Geological layers in Australia contain traces of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, formed 180 million years ago.
Mysterious ‘black sails’ in the sea off Chile are penguin flocks. They swim together, creating dark patches.
Ancient pottery in Japan, dated to 14,500 years ago, points to early Jomon technology.
Greenland’s ice sheet contains air bubbles preserving climate data from 100,000 years ago.
Black holes in space swallow everything, even light! Astrophysicists suggest the absorbed material turns into energy and is emitted as jets.
In 2019, scientists discovered a new species of shark in the ocean that glows in the dark. Called the “pocket shark,” it’s only 14 cm long and uses light to hunt. This discovery shows the oce...
The geological layers of the Grand Canyon display 2 billion years of Earth’s history, studied through stratigraphy.
The largest solar power plant in the world is in India, with a capacity of 2.25 GW. It spans 50 km² and powers 1.5 million homes. The panels are so vast they’re visible from space!
Climate studies show that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world.
The Hubble Space Telescope detected galaxies 13 billion light-years from Earth.
Climate models predict a 20% increase in hurricane frequency by 2100 due to climate change.
Archaeological digs in Iraq revealed clay tablets with cuneiform writing from 5,000 years ago.
The Earth’s core reaches a temperature of 6,000°C, comparable to the Sun’s surface, due to radioactive decay.
Climate models indicate that sea levels could rise by 1 meter by 2100 due to glacier melting.
Gravitational waves, predicted by Einstein, were first detected in 2015 using LIGO.
Japan invented a maglev train that reaches 603 km/h—the fastest train in the world! It floats above the tracks using magnets. Passengers say riding it feels like flying at low altitude.
The Quilon River in India appears only once every 10 years and flows for a few days! Geologists discovered its water drains into underground cavities due to tectonic movements.
Mount Etna erupts about 0.1 cubic kilometers of lava per century, measured by geologists.
A rare ‘sapphire hawk’ in Colombia hunts at sunset. Its wings shimmer blue like a gemstone.
Ice cores from the Arctic show that CO₂ levels never exceeded 300 ppm before the industrial era.