Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are set for a lavish Thanksgiving feast, a far cry from earlier, simpler meals. This year’s menu boasts turkey, clams, oysters, crab, and quail, sent up in September. This culinary comfort aims to replicate home-cooked meals, providing a vital sense of humanity for the crew orbiting Earth.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is the focus of the eighth official UN and IAWN planetary-defence exercise, running from November 27, 2025, to January 27, 2026. This live, coordinated global campaign allows experts to refine tracking methods and strengthen readiness against future Near-Earth Object threats, despite the comet posing no danger to Earth.
The total solar eclipse on August 2, 2027, will be a spectacular, yet localized, event. While parts of Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe will witness totality, most of the world will see only a partial eclipse or no change at all. The Moon’s shadow is too narrow to darken the entire planet simultaneously.
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A newly discovered, faint radio emission, the Hectometric Continuum, emerges only after sunset and pulses through Earth’s upper atmosphere for several hours. This natural radiation, undetectable from the ground, originates from plasma interactions within the magnetosphere and has surprised scientists due to its nighttime-only appearance and sensitivity to calm space weather.
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India has added seven new names to the Martian geological map. Prominent Kerala locations like Periyar, Bekal, Varkala, Thumba, and Valiamala now represent features on Mars. Renowned geologist MS Krishnan is also honoured with a crater and plain designation. These recognitions highlight India’s growing contribution to planetary science and international space research.
NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected ‘mini-lightning’ on Mars for the first time, capturing faint crackles from dust-driven electrical discharges during storms. These tiny, centimetre-scale sparks, unlike Earth’s lightning, were recorded by the rover’s microphone, offering compelling evidence of atmospheric electrical activity on the Red Planet. Researchers are eager for further confirmation.
Researchers are using Hollywood films in brain-scanning studies, revealing that viewers’ brains synchronize during emotionally charged scenes. This approach captures genuine, immersive reactions, offering insights into empathy, anxiety, and how the brain constructs and predicts the world. The findings hold potential for personalized mental health treatments and understanding narrative impact.
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Many men eventually discover a seam-like line on their scrotum and wonder whether it’s a scar, or something abnormal. In fact, it’s completely normal and medically known as the scrotal raphe, a developmental remnant from early fetal life. Health experts explain how, during embryonic development, genital tissue fuses under the influence of hormones, leaving this
NASA’s James Webb Telescope has unveiled stunning new details of the Red Spider Nebula, NGC 6537. The image reveals the nebula’s central star, previously faint, now glowing red due to hot dust. Scientists are also seeing the full extent of the nebula’s ‘legs’ and a fast-moving jet carving its intricate structure, offering fresh insights into
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Scientists are observing a new ocean forming in Africa’s Afar region, a unique geological hotspot. Early magnetic surveys from 1968, combined with recent data from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, reveal how continental crust is breaking apart and transforming into oceanic crust. These findings offer a rare, real-time glimpse into the birth of
