Workers dredging Georgia's Savannah River found cannons that had vanished since the Revolutionary War; more than 200 years later, 19 were pulled from the waterWorkers dredging Georgia's Savannah River found cannons that had vanished since the Revolutionary War; more than 200 years later, 19 were p...
20 Sep, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
A Scottish schoolyard hid ancient Egyptian artifacts for decades; when archaeologists finally investigated, they uncovered objects dating back more than 2,500 yearsA Scottish schoolboy digging for potatoes in 1952 unexpectedly uncovered an ancient Egyptian statue head at Melville House in Fife. More di...
20 Sep, 2026, 01.35 AM IST
A dusty painting sat unnoticed in a French attic for years; when experts examined it, the forgotten artwork was identified as a lost Caravaggio worth over $100 millionCaravaggio painting: A dusty painting found in a French attic was identified as a lost Caravaggio. This artwork, depicting Judith beheading...
19 Sep, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
In 2019, a Florida resident spotted a car in a pond on Google Earth; police recovered the remains of a man missing for 22 yearsIn 1997, William Moldt vanished without a trace, leaving his family in distress for twenty-two years. A serendipitous discovery by a former...
19 Sep, 2026, 02.00 PM IST
In 2005, a programmer spotted strange rectangles on Google Earth; ceramic shards proved they marked a buried Roman villa in ItalyA programmer found a Roman villa by examining satellite maps of his hometown. He noticed unusual patterns which led to a significant archae...
19 Sep, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
55 million light-years away, scientists spot something unusual: A strange galactic collision may have left this spiral galaxy with a centre that spins sidewaysThe Hubble telescope captured images of spiral galaxy NGC 4698. Its central bulge is tilted at an unusual angle to the main disk. Astronome...
19 Sep, 2026, 12.40 AM IST
NASA satellite discovers a new crater on the moon that's bigger than the Colosseum — rare impact went unnoticed for 2 years, occurs once every 132 yearsScientists have discovered a massive crater on the Moon that formed after an asteroid or comet fragment struck the lunar surface in 2024. M...
19 Sep, 2026, 12.35 AM IST
King Charles’ alma mater students uncover possible 10th-century church, live without electricity and pump water from 1,000-year-old wellStudents from King Charles’ alma mater, Gordonstoun, have uncovered the remains of a possible 10th-century church on the remote Scottish is...
18 Sep, 2026, 11.33 PM IST
Astronomers have found a 'baby' planet and named it Elias 2-24 b. The Jupiter-size world is less than 1 million years oldAstronomers have made an exciting discovery with Elias 2-24 b, recognised as the youngest planet identified to date. This gas giant is stil...
18 Sep, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
A tiny 1,700-year-old piece of ‘The Odyssey’ was hiding in a library book at Utrecht University— researchers reveal its surprising storyA Greek literature professor researching ancient manuscripts at Utrecht University discovered a tiny parchment fragment containing part of ...
18 Sep, 2026, 12.47 AM IST
OIL CMD Ranjit Rath outlines the company's growth prioritiesOIL is eyeing higher domestic oil and gas production, accelerated exploration including deep and ultra-deepwater opportunities, strengtheni...
17 Sep, 2026, 08.34 PM IST
An Ohio plant takes 190,000 tons of unwanted food a year instead of sending it to landfill; what comes out is pipeline-ready renewable natural gasIn St. Bernard, Ohio, a groundbreaking facility is turning food waste into renewable natural gas through anaerobic digestion. This efficien...
17 Sep, 2026, 02.00 PM IST
Scientists found 84 strange objects hiding inside six galaxies. Their unusual X-ray emissions could change what we know about the universeScientists have discovered 84 unusual “hypersoft X-ray sources” across six galaxies using archival data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observato...
16 Sep, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
In 1908, a cowboy checking flood damage spotted giant bones in a New Mexico arroyo; the site later helped overturn accepted ideas about America’s earliest inhabitantsGeorge McJunkin’s remarkable discovery of ancient bison bones and spear points in New Mexico provided compelling evidence for the existence...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.11 AM IST
38 people buried for 600 years make this Peru tomb the ‘discovery of the decade’ and reveal a hidden world of Chimú power, wealth and ancient ritualsA remarkable find at Chan Chan in Peru reveals an ancient burial platform that has been sealed for 600 years. This untouched tomb houses th...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.53 PM IST
In 1992, an English metal detectorist searched a field for a lost hammer; moments later, he uncovered a Roman hoard containing thousands of ancient objectsToday, the Hoxne Hoard remains one of Britain's most extraordinary Roman archaeological discoveries, and its unlikely origin continues to c...
15 Sep, 2026, 05.20 AM IST
Marie Curie's inspiring quote about science: 'My experiments proved that the radiation of...' explains why patience, precision, evidence and experiment can lead to major discoveriesMarie Curie quote today: Marie Curie's words highlight scientific discovery through patient observation and testing. Her experiments proved...
14 Sep, 2026, 09.59 PM IST