An illustration of a satellite falling into the ocean after an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. A similar fate is expected to befall the Soviet probe Cosmos 482, which could fall to Earth tonight. (Image credit: Getty Images) The ill-fated…
Houston, Texas, is the fastest sinking city in the United States (Photo Credit: RyanJLane via Getty Images) New satellite data shows that every major city in the United States is partially submerged, affecting 34 million people. However, some of these…
(Image credit: CFHT Gwyn Smith) How to tell a galaxy from a simple star cluster? It's pretty simple, isn't it? A galaxy is a huge collection of millions or billions of stars, while star clusters consist of only a few…
(Image credit: Paper Boat Creative/Getty Images) A Japanese researcher has demonstrated how the human body can function like a computer to process information and solve complex problems. This significant breakthrough was made possible because human tissues have properties that are…
Jellyfish Lake is a salt lake in Palau that gets its name from the millions of translucent creatures that live there. (Photo by Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images) Jellyfish Lake is a saltwater body of water on Eil Malk Island in Palau…
With her health deteriorating, farmer Kalpana Suryavanshi is constantly worried about how fast she is ageing. (Photo: Sanket Jain) Every day, 48-year-old Kalpana Suryavanshi looks in the mirror and whispers: “I look older than my age.” Eight years ago, she…