Scientists Thought This Ancient Ocean Floor Was Destroyed Forever: Until Hidden Rocks Revealed a Lost Piece of Earth’s Earliest CrustScientists have unearthed evidence of Earth's ancient oceanic crust, older than four billion years, hidden within modern continental rocks ...
12 May, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
Why This Strange Underwater “Lost City” Has Scientists Talking About Alien LifeScientists have found a vibrant 'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic Ocean, thriving without sunlight. This discovery suggests life can exist i...
11 May, 2026, 03.18 AM IST
Moon lava tubes are emerging as one of the strongest shelter ideas for future astronautsScientists are increasingly interested in lunar lava tubes. These underground formations offer natural protection from radiation and extrem...
07 May, 2026, 04.38 PM IST
Is the Moon shrinking? Scientists explore what would happen if Earth’s natural satellite disappearedMoon shrinking: Earth's Moon is gradually shrinking as its interior cools, a process now believed to be occurring faster than previously th...
04 Mar, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
The Search for an Exomoon: Have We Finally Found One?Astronomers are actively searching for exomoons, the elusive counterparts to our Solar System's moons, with promising candidates like the o...
25 Feb, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
What’s Causing Cracks on the Moon’s Surface?Once thought dormant, the Moon is now revealed to be a dynamic world. Cooling and contracting, its crust fractures, creating cliffs and gen...
23 Feb, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
Moon is rusting and Earth might be the reason: Scientists stunned by haematite discovery at lunar polesScientists have detected haematite, or rust, on the Moon's surface, particularly near the poles, a surprising discovery given the scarcity ...
25 Sep, 2025, 10.11 AM IST
How the Moon’s slow drift is impacting our days and unveiling ancient secretsThe duration of our days is being impacted by the Moon's gradual drift away from Earth, according to recent studies. The history of the Moo...
24 Jul, 2024, 03.04 AM IST
NASA mission reveals asteroid's unusual double moon, scientists baffledNASA sScientists suggest that the Dinkinesh asteroid fractured, causing pieces to separate and form a disk of material. And some of this ma...
02 Jun, 2024, 09.53 PM IST
Chandrayaan-1 may have found how water appeared on the MoonThe researchers found that these electrons are breaking down rocks and minerals on the Moon, potentially aiding in the formation of water. ...
15 Sep, 2023, 01.52 PM IST
- Chandrayaan-1 helps scientists confirm water ice on Moon
Washington, Aug 21 (IANS) Using data from a NASA instrument aboard the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, a team of scientists has confirmed there i...
21 Aug, 2018, 08.57 PM IST
- Saturn moon Enceladus may have tipped over, finds Cassini
Washington, May 31 (IANS) Saturn's icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus may have tipped over in the distant past possibly due to a collision w...
31 May, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
Earth, Moon formed from similar materials: studyAnomalies in the elements provided "fingerprints" to recreate the formation process, helping to establish "genetic ties" between planetary ...
27 Jan, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
Moon may have formed from collision of tiny 'moonlets'The study also claims that the Moon we see now is not Earth's first moon, but rather the last in a series of moons that orbited our planet.
10 Jan, 2017, 06.16 PM IST
Moon gets a 'makeover' every 81,000 years: StudyCrater counts and radiometric ages from returned samples help derive age estimates for unsampled units on the Moon and other Solar System o...
13 Oct, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
Unique volcanic process found on MoonA giant mound near the Moon's south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface.
18 Oct, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
China's lunar probe observes stars, explores moonThese findings will help scientists to understand the terrain, geological structure, material composition and soil formation of the Moon.
18 Jan, 2014, 05.24 PM IST