In the 1750s, well diggers broke into a buried Roman Villa near Herculaneum: What looked like charcoal turned out to be ancient booksEighteenth-century workers in Herculaneum unearthed a unique Roman library preserved by the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. These carbonized papyr...
18 May, 2026, 03.35 PM IST
Bermuda Triangle mystery takes dramatic turn as scientists reveal what’s really hidden deep beneath the Atlantic OceanBermuda Triangle mystery solved: Scientists have uncovered a geological secret beneath Bermuda. A massive, lighter rock layer, formed durin...
15 May, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
A construction site buried by Mount Vesuvius may have finally explained why Roman concrete lasted for thousands of yearsAncient Roman concrete's remarkable durability, long attributed to luck, is now understood as a result of a sophisticated "hot mixing" proc...
11 May, 2026, 05.22 PM IST
Inside the Discovery of a Rare “Living Fossil” From the Age of DinosaursA remarkable fossil discovery in Inner Mongolia reveals Weichangiops squamosus, an ancient crustacean. This find, over 100 million years ol...
06 Apr, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
Video: Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano erupts for the first time in over 10000 years, sending massive ash plumes toward Oman and YemenHayli Gubbi: Ethiopia's dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano has erupted after 10,000 years. Towering ash columns drifted across the Red Sea. This e...
24 Nov, 2025, 01.56 PM IST
'Ghost island' emerges after underwater volcanic eruption, then quickly vanishes; details insideA fleeting 'ghost island' emerged in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan's coast in January 2023, born from the Kumani Bank underwater mud volca...
29 Jul, 2025, 03.54 PM IST
Antarctica hides massive secrets under its vast ice shelves, scientists are just finding out the detailsScientists have made remarkable discoveries beneath Antarctica's million-year-old ice, revealing ancient landscapes, subglacial lakes teemi...
12 May, 2025, 04.00 PM IST
Life, water on Mars? Morning frost detected on red planet. What does this mean?A significant discovery has been made as early morning frost was found on Mars. The discovery came by chance -- no one expected to find fro...
11 Jun, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
Volcanoes on Venus! Radar shows fresh lava flows, planet may have more volcanoes than thoughtRadar footage has revealed that the surface of the planet Venus shows some fresh lava flows indicating that there are active volcanoes on t...
29 May, 2024, 09.32 PM IST
Scientists found "spooky golden egg" at the bottom of Pacific OceanScientists have discovered a mysterious object, dubbed the "spooky golden egg," at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Using remote-controlled...
03 Sep, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
New 1.6-metre-tall Moai discovered in Chilean Island. See detailsThe newly discovered moai on Easter Island has been described as a 1.6-meter statue that is "full-bodied with recognizable features but no ...
03 Mar, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts California, leaves residents ‘powerless’Confirmed reports by the US Geological Survey stated that the quake hit at a depth of 10 miles at 2.34 am near Eureka, in California's Humb...
20 Dec, 2022, 08.10 PM IST
How world's biggest volcanoes formed unveiledThe study found that the volcanoes formed along twin tracks due to a shift in the Pacific plate's direction three million years ago.
04 May, 2017, 02.25 PM IST
NASA's rover discovery ignites curiosity on Mars volcanic historyNASA's Curiosity has been exploring sedimentary rocks within Gale Crater since landing in August 2012.
24 Jun, 2016, 04.12 PM IST
Pluto may have giant icy volcanoes: NASAThe two cryovolcano candidates are large features measuring tens of kilometres across and several kilometres high, NASA said.
10 Nov, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
Moon's most unusual volcano more massive than thoughtLead author and Durham University PhD student Jack Wilson said he was surprised by the gigantic scale of the explosion.
19 Mar, 2015, 05.17 PM IST
Massive extinct volcano discovered beneath Pacific OceanScientists, at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), on a seafloor mapping mission found a new seamount near the Johnson Atoll in the Paci...
07 Sep, 2014, 01.39 PM IST