If 3I/ATLAS isn’t an alien probe, why is it silent on radio signals but rich in methane from another star system?If 3I/ATLAS isn’t an alien probe, its discovery may be even more important. Scientists detected no radio signals from the interstellar come...
05 Jun, 2026, 12.56 AM IST
Think it's hot now? World headed for repeated heat record shocks, warns UNNew United Nations climate projections reveal Earth will likely surpass the safe climate threshold repeatedly in the next five years. The h...
28 May, 2026, 11.50 AM IST
Delhi launches new hydrogen buses that run 250 km in one refill, promise zero emissions, but there's a catchDelhi’s new hydrogen-powered buses can travel nearly 250 km on a single refill, but experts told TOI the technology still faces major hurdl...
21 May, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
These mid-cap stocks with ‘Strong Buy’ & ‘Buy’ recos can rally over 25%, according to analystsGiven the latest news flow from the Gulf region, the probability is high that we might once again see the bulls attempting a comeback. As u...
20 May, 2026, 10.41 PM IST
‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...
13 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
Scientists thought this ancient ice sheet was stable until buried fossils revealed a lost forest beneath AntarcticaScientists discovered fossils revealing Antarctica was once a swampy temperate rainforest. This ancient forest existed around 90 million ye...
11 May, 2026, 05.34 PM IST
Comet 3I/ATLAS gushed a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than CO₂ at warming Earth’s atmosphere as it passed the SunInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, the third of its kind, is revealing its composition as it heads back into deep space. Scientists detected incr...
18 Apr, 2026, 09.36 AM IST
What Can Antarctic Ice Tell Us About Climate History?Antarctic ice cores offer a direct window into Earth's past atmosphere, revealing greenhouse gas levels from millennia ago. These frozen ti...
16 Apr, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
What happens when comets get close to sun? New findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet reveals truthNASA's James Webb Space Telescope studied interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Observations showed high carbon dioxide levels in the comet's coma. ...
27 Aug, 2025, 02.30 PM IST
NASA finds frozen dunes on Mars that could provide important insights about life on the Red planetNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a photo of frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere. Taken in September 2022, the photo s...
16 Jan, 2025, 01.13 PM IST
Winter wonderland on Mars? Here's what high resolution images show on the Red PlanetMars has a breathtaking winter wonderland near its south pole, where carbon dioxide ice forms dynamic patterns of dust and frost.
26 Dec, 2024, 08.26 PM IST
- CO2 in oceans sets off an ice age every 100,000 years
London, Oct 30 (IANS) Oceans may be responsible for making the Earth move in and out of ice ages every 100,000 years, finds a study.
30 Oct, 2016, 01.52 PM IST
- Oxygen declining from Earth's atmosphere faster now
New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Driven by burning of fossil fuels, which consumes oxygen and produces carbon dioxide, the rate of oxygen decline fro...
04 Oct, 2016, 05.47 PM IST
East Antarctic ice melt could spell doomThe East Antarctic ice sheet is a 'sleeping giant' and the world is on track for massive sea level rises resulting from its melting due to ...
14 Mar, 2016, 09.12 AM IST
Antarctic ice sheet a 'sleeping giant': ExpertResearch showed that if carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere continue increasing as predicted, the giant East Antarctic ice sheet will m...
13 Mar, 2016, 03.08 PM IST
Scientists create new super-low density type of iceThe advance will help remove pipe-blocking clathrates from natural gas and thereby improve the energy efficiency of extraction, researchers...
14 Dec, 2014, 03.57 PM IST
- Carbon 'burp' from ocean started global warming
Scientists have claimed that a huge carbon "burp" from deep ocean kick-started global warming at end of the last Ice Age some 18,000 years ...
28 May, 2010, 12.11 PM IST