The Moon is making your days longer, and most people have no ideaOur planet's days are getting longer. The Moon's gravity slows Earth's spin, a process ongoing for billions of years. Now, melting polar ic...
22 May, 2026, 03.31 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
Scientists Found Something Strange Under Australia, And It Looks Unnervingly FamiliarHidden below the vast expanse of the Northern Territory lies a mysterious geological phenomenon that is both intriguing and baffling, and h...
14 Apr, 2026, 06.38 PM IST
Is there a mega earthquake going to happen soon? Here's when scientists may make it publicThe megaquake warning that Japan issued last week sparked a new debate among US seismologists about when and how to alert West Coast reside...
19 Aug, 2024, 08.21 PM IST
103 earthquakes in 80 days in Texas! Are oil and gas extractions responsible for this? Details hereJustin Rubinstein, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California, has said Texas has experienced a total of 103 ...
31 Jul, 2024, 02.29 AM IST
How will carbon emission slow down Earth's movement and increase length of day? How will it impact time computing?NASA scientists have found that carbon emission-induced climate change may increase the ice melting in the polar region of Greenland and th...
17 Jul, 2024, 07.16 PM IST
Geophysicist's book 'The Next Supercontinent' envisions North America and Asia colliding in distant futureRoss Mitchell takes readers on a captivating journey through remote and occasionally perilous lands in search of evidence of ancient superc...
23 Jul, 2023, 11.18 PM IST
Strong likelihood of big earthquake in Himalayan region, need to prepare better: ScientistsSenior geophysicist of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Ajay Paul said the Himalayas have come into existence as a result of a collisio...
09 Nov, 2022, 09.44 PM IST
China looks at an Indian to save itself from natural disastersGeophysicist Paramesh Banerjee will be the first Indian to head a Chinese scientific institution though many Indians scientists already wor...
09 Jul, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
58 offers made to IIT Roorkee students during graveyard session of placementsA total of 240 companies, including 4 PSU companies, have registered this year offering a host of job profiles.
01 Dec, 2017, 11.18 PM IST
Is planet Earth on 'quake mode' again? Experts watch closelyExperts find it difficult to draw a quick conclusion as predicting the quakes more accurately in time and space still remains a task for th...
17 Apr, 2016, 04.52 PM IST
Earth's magnetic field much older than previously thoughtEarth's magnetic field is at least four billion years old, much older than the previous estimate of 3.45 billion years, scientists have fou...
31 Jul, 2015, 01.41 PM IST
India working with 27 countries on earthquake early-warning systemThe warning could be the issued some seconds before the earthquake strikes. India is also planning to launch a satellite to track the chang...
15 Jul, 2015, 11.30 PM IST
Is this the 'Big Himalayan Quake' we feared?As the dust settles on the debris and the bodies counted, the big question facing geophysicists is whether this is the Big One or is there ...
26 Apr, 2015, 12.15 PM IST
North Pole shifts due to global warmingThe North Pole has shifted east because of ice sheet loss caused by rising temperatures, a new study published in Geophysical Research Lett...
15 May, 2013, 11.01 PM IST
- Japan quake ranks 5th largest since 1900
The massive earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan today ranks as the fifth largest in the world since 1900, scientists said.
12 Mar, 2011, 12.42 AM IST
- Decision on fuel prices hike on Jan 17: Deora
A decision on fuel price hike will be taken on January 17, Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said on Monday.
14 Jan, 2008, 02.37 PM IST