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Artwork of K2-18b, a faraway world that may be home to life
Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet
LONDON — Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b has detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms.This is the second, and more promising, time chemicals associated with life have been detected in the planet's atmosphere by Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).But the team and independent astronomers stress that more data is needed to confirm these results.The lead researcher, Prof Nikku Madhusudhan, told me at his lab at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy that he hopes to obtain the clinching evidence soon."This is the strongest evidence yet there is possibly life out there. I can...
April 17, 2025

Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet

The digital scan shows the bow sitting upright on the sea floor
Titanic scan reveals ground-breaking details of ship's final hours
LONDON — A detailed analysis of a full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the doomed liner's final hours.The exact 3D replica shows the violence of how the ship ripped in two as it sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912 — 1,500 people lost their lives in the disaster.The scan provides a new view of a boiler room, confirming eye-witness accounts that engineers worked right to the end to keep the ship's lights on.And a computer simulation also suggests that punctures in the hull the size of A4 pieces of paper led to the ship's demise."Titanic is the last surviving eyewitness to the disaster, and she still has stories to tell," said Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst.The scan has been studied for a new documentary by National Geographic...
April 09, 2025

Titanic scan reveals ground-breaking details of ship's final hours

Triumphant — Suni Williams exits the capsule
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally return to Earth 
MIAMI — After nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth.Their SpaceX capsule made a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere before four parachutes opened to take them to a gentle splashdown off the coast of Florida.A pod of dolphins circled the craft.After a recovery ship lifted it out of the water, the astronauts beamed and waved as they were helped out of the hatch, along with fellow crew members astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov."The crew's doing great," Steve Stich, manager, Nasa's Commercial Crew Program, said at a news conference.It brings to an end a mission that was supposed to last for just eight days.It was dramatically extended after the spacecraft Wilmore...
March 19, 2025

Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally return to Earth 

The buildings contain various elements of European architecture, including gabled roofs, pilasters and columns
Indian town’s abandoned European-style mansions are a throwback to its opulent past
SIDHPUR, India — The dusty highway leading to Sidhpur, in western India’s Gujarat state, winds through arid landscapes past roadside eateries and herds of lumbering camel, offering little hint of what the historic town holds.In the heart of Sidhpur lies a street lined with stately three- and four-story mansions, known as “havelis,” in a fading palette of rainbow pastel shades, from teal and baby pink to pistachio green. Known locally as Paris Galli, or Paris Street, it transports visitors to a European city with grand Neoclassical architecture and a harmonious melange of Art Deco, Baroque and hybrid Indian styles.Sidhpur is less than three hours’ drive from Gujarat’s capital Ahmedabad, but it remains under the radar of travelers and architecture enthusiasts. On the day of my...
March 11, 2025

Indian town’s abandoned European-style mansions are a throwback to its opulent past

Intuitive Machines's Athena spacecraft blasted off from Earth on 26 February
Private spacecraft lands on Moon — but may be on its side
WASHINGTON — A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole but fears the machine is not upright.The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the "correct attitude", Intuitive Machines chief executive said in a press conference.The company hopes the scientific instruments on board can still be deployed, including a hopping robot designed to explore a nearby crater and the first lunar mobile communications antenna.It is the second time an Intuitive Machines spacecraft has landed in an irregular position on the Moon.The company is partnering with US space agency Nasa to look for evidence of water and ice on the lunar surface, as Nasa aims to send humans back to the Moon.Athena landed shortly after 1730GMT (1230EST)...
March 07, 2025

Private spacecraft lands on Moon — but may be on its side

An aerial view of Iron Age graves in Mayiladumparai in Tamil Nadu
Did Iron Age 'begin' in India? Tamil Nadu dig sparks debate
CHENNAI — For over 20 years, archaeologists in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu have been unearthing clues to the region's ancient past.Their digs have uncovered early scripts that rewrite literacy timelines, mapped maritime trade routes connecting India to the world and revealed advanced urban settlements — reinforcing the state's role as a cradle of early civilization and global commerce.Now they've also uncovered something even older — evidence of what could be the earliest making and use of iron. Present-day Turkey is one of the earliest known regions where iron was mined, extracted and forged on a significant scale around the 13th Century BC.Archaeologists have discovered iron objects at six sites in Tamil Nadu, dating back to 2,953–3,345 BCE, or between...
February 27, 2025

Did Iron Age 'begin' in India? Tamil Nadu dig sparks debate

The entrance to the tomb of King Thutmose II, who ruled three-and-a-half thousand years ago
First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's
CAIRO — Egyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun's was uncovered over a century ago.King Thutmose II's tomb was the last undiscovered royal tomb of the 18th Egyptian dynasty.A British-Egyptian team has located it in the Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis near the city of Luxor. Researchers had thought the burial chambers of the 18th dynasty pharaohs were more than 2km away, closer to the Valley of the Kings.The crew found it in an area associated with the resting places of royal women, but when they got into the burial chamber they found it decorated - the sign of a pharaoh."Part of the ceiling was still intact: a blue-painted ceiling with yellow stars on it. And blue-painted ceilings with yellow stars are only found in kings'...
February 20, 2025

First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's

A 3D illustration of Earth with a slice cut out revealing the layers including the core
Earth's inner core may have changed shape, say scientists
LONDON — The inner core of Earth may have changed shape in the past 20 years, according to a group of scientists.The inner core is usually thought to be shaped like a ball, but its edges may actually have deformed by 100m or more in height in places, according to Prof John Vidale who led the research.Earth's core is the beating heart of our planet as it produces a magnetic field that protects life from burning up in the Sun's radiation.The inner core spins independently from the liquid outer core and from the rest of the planet. Without this motion, Earth would die and become more like barren Mars which lost its magnetic field billions of years ago.The change in shape could be happening where the edge of the solid inner core touches the extremely hot liquid metal outer core.The...
February 11, 2025

Earth's inner core may have changed shape, say scientists

A vein of sodium carbonate appears like needles, falsely colored in purple to show detail, within the clay-rich rock of the Bennu sample. Each needle is less than 1 micrometer wide
Asteroid sample reveals ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin’ 
WASHINGTON — Researchers have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in unprecedented samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, adding evidence to the idea that asteroids likely delivered the building blocks of life to our planet early in its history.The samples are also providing a window into understanding what kind of chemical and biological processes were already underway as space rocks chaotically ricocheted around during the early days of the solar system.Preliminary analyses of the rock and dust samples released within the past year have shown that the asteroid contained water as well as carbon, nitrogen and other organic matter, but the chemical composition of the organic material was largely unknown.Now, new research has revealed the asteroid...
January 30, 2025

Asteroid sample reveals ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin’ 

Portugal saw a 26% increase in visitors in 2024
1.4 billion people traveled internationally in 2024 as tourism returns to pre-pandemic highs
MADRID — Feel like airport security lines keep getting longer, or that you’re booking hotel reservations way further in advance than you used to?It’s true. The UN’s World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has just released its 2024 year-in-review data, confirming that the tourism industry has bounced back from the pandemic.About 1.4 billion people traveled internationally last year, which is 99% of the number who did the same in 2019, the last full year before Covid-19 hit the world.That amounted to $1.9 trillion being spent in the tourism industry, meaning each tourist spent more than $1,000 per person on average.But where did people go?Overall, Europe was the most-visited continent with 747 million tourists in 2024, according to the UNWTO.That number was especially impressive...
January 23, 2025

1.4 billion people traveled internationally in 2024 as tourism returns to pre-pandemic highs

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