Be prepared in case an asteroid hits, expert says
Dec 03, 2019 08:54 am UTC| Science
Over time, many asteroids have been spotted by NASA to be coming in close, but nothing has happened all the way. However, an expert says that the Earth may very well be in danger of an asteroid hit anytime soon. Express...
Mars: we may have solved the mystery of how its landslides form
Dec 03, 2019 03:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Some landslides on Mars seem to defy an important law of physics. Long, runout landslides are formed by huge volumes of rock and soil moving downslope, largely due to the force of gravity. But their power is hard to...
Dec 01, 2019 03:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
About 15,000 light years away, in a distant spiral arm of the Milky Way, there is a black hole about 70 times as heavy as the Sun. This is very surprising for astronomers like me. The black hole seems too big to be the...
Our place in the universe will change dramatically in the next 50 years – here's how
Dec 01, 2019 03:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
In 1900, so the story goes, prominent physicist Lord Kelvin addressed the British Association for the Advancement of Science with these words: There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. How wrong he was. The...
Interstellar object spotted approaching Earth, NASA says
Nov 29, 2019 09:35 am UTC| Science
In the midst of news of asteroids approaching our orbit, it seems that there is another sighting of something approaching the Earth. NASA reports that an interstellar object is coming towards Earth at a very rapid...
Experts reveal the possibility of discovering aliens in 2020
Nov 29, 2019 09:34 am UTC| Science
For decades, many have always wondered about the possibility of life beyond Earth. Now, leading experts say that there is a big chance that we may discover aliens next year. Given the many incidents or unsolved...
Black holes discovered to actually be bigger than expected, astronomers say
Nov 29, 2019 05:33 am UTC| Science
Black holes are known to be what potentially consumes everything in the universe. A recent discovery was made regarding the actual size of black holes as scientists found that it is a lot bigger than we generally believe...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects