Scientists have revealed that the Earth's rotation is slowing down, making days longer by 1.8 milliseconds for every century, according to a new study, also suggesting that there will be 25 hour days in the future.
Thunderstorms and extreme rainfall will be six times more frequent in the Mississippi Delta, according to climate scientists. These massive downpours, which flooded Louisiana, Houston, and West Virginia earlier this year, is reportedly three times more likely to occur in the United States within the century.
Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and off the Antarctic coast has shrunk from the 1981-2010 average to a record low after losing 3.84 million-square-kilometers of ice cover, equivalent to an area the size of India.
Dream of taking a trip to the moon? A privately funded space flight company known as Moon Express plans to take you on vacation on Earth's natural satellite. However, one trip can cost US $10,000 per seat.
According to a Virginia-based study, the taste of milk is affected by exposure to certain light. The study found that riboflavin, a key nutrient in milk, oxidizes when exposed to fluorescent light, reducing nutritional content besides making the taste go "stale." The researchers have suggested the use of light-blocking pigments in milk packaging to avoid a change in taste.
During this time of the year, some wispy, glowing blue clouds appear over the Antarctic region, shining in the night skies. These high altitude clouds are apparently caused by meteorite debris and methane, a powerful greenhouse gas found in the atmosphere.
A massive crack on the Antarctic ice shelf has opened up a new section estimated to be at 300 feet. The Larsen C Ice Shelf has been slowly deteriorating and breaking up. It will eventually break a massive chunk of iceberg the size of Delaware before it all collapses and disappears completely.
In December last year, four new super heavy elements were revealed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), which were temporarily named ununtrium (113), ununpentium (115), ununseptium (117), and ununoctium (118). These elements have been given official names to complete the periodic table of elements.
ESA received a budget of 10.3 billion euros to go ahead with the second phase of the ExoMars rover mission in 2020 and to continue its projects at the ISS.
Scientists are studying the smallest ever asteroid called 2015 TC25, which measures just six feet across. This tiny space rock apparently originates from a bigger asteroid estimated to be the size of Los Angeles.
