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In 2021, scientists found an unborn dinosaur frozen inside a museum egg for 70 million years, and the fossil revealed its final moments before hatch dayA remarkably preserved 70-million-year-old dinosaur embryo, nicknamed Baby Yingliang, has been discovered in China. Its curled posture, mir...
Scientists Have Found Vast “Hidden Oceans” Deep Beneath the PacificAstonishing scientific findings reveal vast water deposits trapped deep within Earth's mantle, hundreds of kilometers below the Pacific Oce...
Scientists Link Mysterious Seismic Waves to Earth’s Deepest Mantle TextureNew research reveals that the sudden speed-up of seismic waves in Earth's deep D″ layer is caused by the texture of minerals, not just thei...
Central California’s Paso Robles jolted by 4.1 magnitude earthquakeA 4.1 magnitude earthquake jolted California's Central Coast on Tuesday morning, November 18, 2025. Centered near Templeton in San Luis Obi...
Mount Rainier earthquake swarm explained; what’s behind the volcano’s biggest tremors in 15 years?Mount Rainier experienced a significant earthquake swarm, the largest since 2009, with hundreds of small quakes detected near the summit. E...
Greenland Landslide: Earth shook for 9 days after melting glacier causes massive landslide, 650-foot mega tsunamiGreenland Landslide: A massive landslide in Greenland in September 2023 triggered a 200-meter-high tsunami, resulting in a mysterious nine-...
What is a meteotsunami? What happened when it hit shores of Lake Michigan?Contrary to meteotsunamis, regular tsunamis are triggered by seismic activities and can get far larger and wreak havoc creating damage and ...
Mega earthquake in USA? 10,000 US residents at risk from underwater fault line in the PacificHuman lives are currently at stake as reports suggest that an underwater fault line in the Pacific Ocean can create a megaquake along the w...
Google brings Android earthquake alerts to IndiaAccording to Google, the system uses sensors in Android smartphones to detect and estimate earthquakes. Then it provides people with an ear...
What caused Morocco's earthquake? A geologist studying the Atlas mountains explainsThe recent earthquake, which was caused by a geological phenomenon known as a "reverse fault," suggests that stress from the plates pushing...
Chandrayaan-3: RAMBHA, ILSA to help ISRO understand moon betterThe Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar expedition, launched on February 22 is carrying six payloads that would help ISRO understand the lun...
Geophysical scientists from Hyderabad to study land subsidence issue in JoshimathJoshimath, the gateway to famous pilgrimage sites like Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib and international skiing destination Auli, is facing a m...
2017 North Korean nuke test equal to '17 Hiroshimas': ISRO studyResearchers led by K. M. Sreejith of the Space Applications Centre, ISRO in Ahmedabad, Gujarat noted that North Korea withdrew from the Tre...
North Korea's latest nuclear test 10 times stronger than Hiroshima bombThe nuclear test on September 3, 2017 took place under Mt Mantap at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the country's north, rocking the ar...
New artificial intelligence system can predict earthquakesResearchers used steel blocks to closely mimic the physical forces at work in a real earthquake, and also records the seismic signals and s...
New software helps detect illicit nuclear weapon testsWhen North Korea conducted its recent nuclear weapon test, the blast had been detected by a global seismic sensing network operated by the ...
Take up 'microzonation' of cities in high seismic zones: Parliamentary panelThe recommendation also assumes significance in light of the large-scale casualty witnessed in the Nepal quake, with close to 8,000 people ...
NGRI scientists to study Nepal earthquakeThe information and knowledge obtained through the analyses would be helpful in understanding the earthquake dynamics and identify the eart...
- Decoding mighty Brahmaputra’s DNA
Everything about the Brahmaputra is so grand it seems inevitable that the river’s fury would be larger than life. Experts say the river is ...
- Ash from volcanic eruption in Mount Merapi may hit Indian region
Seismic activity in Indonesia's Mount Merapi may cause a major volcanic eruption, with ash from it hitting the Indian region similar to wha...