Geological layers in Australia contain traces of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, formed 180 million years ago.

The Hubble Space Telescope detected galaxies 13 billion light-years from Earth.

Black holes in space swallow everything, even light! Astrophysicists suggest the absorbed material turns into energy and is emitted as jets.

Quantum mechanics predicts that electrons exist in probabilistic clouds around an atomic nucleus.

The largest bird nest in the world is in South Africa—a weaver bird nest housing up to 500 birds. It looks like a giant haystack the size of a house and weighs up to 1 ton! The birds build it ove...

The star Betelgeuse in the Orion constellation loses mass through powerful stellar winds at a rate of 10⁻⁶ solar masses per year.

The world’s largest flower, rafflesia, smells like rotting meat. Found in Indonesia’s jungles, it weighs up to 10 kg, and its stench attracts flies for pollination. Locals call it the “corpse...

Ancient pottery in Japan, dated to 14,500 years ago, points to early Jomon technology.

The chemical bond between hydrogen and oxygen in water (H₂O) forms through covalent bonds.

The largest wind turbine farm in the world is in China’s Gansu province. Its 7,000 turbines power 5 million homes. The turbine field stretches 100 km and is visible from space!

The Voyager 1 spacecraft left the heliosphere in 2012, becoming the first human-made object in interstellar space.

Ancient bone needles in Russia, dated to 30,000 years ago, indicate early clothing sewing.

Gravitational waves, predicted by Einstein, were first detected in 2015 using LIGO.

A rare ‘crystal dolphin’ in the Caribbean Sea shines in the sun. Its skin shimmers like glass.

The longest hot air balloon flight lasted 20 days in 1991. Two Americans flew 8,700 km from Japan to Canada, crossing the Pacific Ocean. They nearly crashed due to a storm but set a record that sti...

Mangrove trees in India’s Gujarat state bend as if dancing! Biologists found this is an adaptation to tides, allowing roots to anchor better in the soil.

A small town in Norway uses mirrors on mountains to reflect sunlight in winter. This helps residents endure the polar night.

The largest tree in the world by volume, Árbol del Tule in Mexico, has a 14-meter diameter. This 2,000-year-old cypress is considered sacred by locals. Its canopy can shelter 500 people!

A tiny spider in Peru weaves webs shaped like larger spiders to scare off predators. This ‘puppet’ is made from leaves and dead insects.

The Waiora River in New Zealand appears to flow upward! Geologists explain this as an optical illusion caused by the terrain’s relief.