Articles by Immanuel Jotham

Did Big Bang actually happen? Harvard scientists to test this model

Cosmic inflation has so far not had any way to conclusively prove, or more importantly disprove, so other explanations as to how the universe came to be still do exist.

Sep 24, 2018

Universe

NASA's balloon observes rare electric blue clouds

Waves of clouds crashing into each other like on a beach 50 miles in the sky is a truly a spectacular sight to behold.

Sep 23, 2018

Nasa

NASA explains why earth's spin axis is drifting

This wobbling of the spin axis is called polar motion and its wobbling has, over the 20 century drifted it by about 10 cm per year, that translates to about 10 meters of drift in a century.

Sep 22, 2018

Nasa

HMS Endeavour off the coast of New Holland, by Samuel Atkins -1794

Captain James Cook's long-lost ship the HMS Endeavour finally found

Captain Cook was one of the most prolific and well-known mariners to have ever existed and his vessel might have finally been found.

Sep 20, 2018

Supernovas are among the most powerful events in the universe, yet it cannot hold a candle to Vacuum Decay

Our universe could already be dying with no chance of recovery: False vacuum theory

There is no way to prepare for something like this and there will be sign of it actually happening--once the process starts, there is no way to stop it.

Sep 19, 2018

Universe Space

This artist's concept shows a pulsar, which is like a lighthouse, as its light appears in regular pulses as it rotates. Pulsars are dense remnants of exploded stars, and are part of a class of objects called neutron stars.

Strongest material in the universe could be found in dead stars

Nuclear pasta should be about 100 trillion times the density of water and to make a dent in it, a force of about 10 billion times of what is needed to break steel would be necessary, say researchers.

Sep 19, 2018

Space Universe

Theory of Earth as one self-aware organism now upgraded to 'Gaia 2.0'

The duo believes that the evolution of technology with humanity could actually add a whole new layer of "self-awareness" to the way this planet regulated itself—the essence of Gaia theory.

Sep 17, 2018

300-endangered-turtles-killed-after-being-caught-in-fishermans-net

New study claims every piece of plastic in the ocean can potentially kill a turtle

"Even one little thin, filmy piece of plastic can...result in death," said the researcher.

Sep 15, 2018

The updated BFR design flying around the Moon

Trip to moon mission announcement: SpaceX unveils new design update for BFR

The new design for the BFR includes three symmetric wings, making it look like a more traditional spacecraft.

Sep 15, 2018

Spacex

FORS2, an instrument mounted on ESO's Very Large Telescope captured the spiral galaxy NGC 3981 in all its glory. The image, captured during the ESO Cosmic Gems Programme, showcases the beauty of the southern skies when conditions don't allow scientific ob

ESO releases beautiful picture of distant galaxy in stunning detail

The image shows spiral galaxy NGC 3981 "suspended in the inky blackness of space".

Sep 13, 2018

US conducted secret experiments on people in Georgia?

'A whole range of experiments involving Georgians had lethal finales,' said the minister, and documents show 24 people of a group of 30 died on the same day.

Sep 13, 2018

Antarctica has the most highly detailed map of any part of the world

Antarctica has been mapped perfectly and in stunning detail for the first time ever

Up until now, we've had a better map of Mars than we've had of Antarctica and now it is the highest-resolution terrain map by far of any continent.

Sep 10, 2018

The test launch of the space suit and balloons

New Russian technology could carry tourists to the edge of space

There will be no space planes or rockets, so this could be the cheapest way to get to space and back.

Sep 6, 2018

Space

Animation of the growth of the crack in the Larsen C ice shelf, from 2006 to 2017, as recorded by NASA/USGS Landsat satellites.

No one knows why trillion-ton Antarctic iceberg makes a full turn- headed for crash

Around July this year, one year after breaking from the shelf, the iceberg began to move. It was not readily seen as that part of the world remains under darkness in winter.

Sep 6, 2018

The world's largest concrete 3D printer constructs a 500-square-foot barracks hut at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in mid-August in Champaign, Illinois.

US Marines constructs World's first continuous 3D-printed concrete barracks

The prototype barracks took 40 hours, but if there was a robot to do the mixing and refilling of concrete, the build can be achieved in about a day, easily.

Sep 3, 2018

Climate Change: Crop destroying worms will make situation worse

On average, the impacts from insects add up to about a 2.5 percent reduction in crop yield for every degree Celsius increase in temperature.

Aug 31, 2018

X-ray tomography of fossils with adult wasps inside

Ancient parasitic wasps found in fossil fly pupae

Scientists have, for the first time ever, have found evidence of this behaviour from millions of years ago, offering a view into the grizzly practice and how it has evolved over time.

Aug 30, 2018

Donald Trump pulls US out of Paris climate agreement

New study says why organic Arctic pollutants show remarkable decline

Strict regulations have once again proven to be effective at curtailing chemical pollution, first it was the recovering ozone and now the POP levels in the Arctic

Aug 29, 2018

Like a coat of paint this camo can change colour and keep people, objects and even vehicles hidden, say its makers

Russia to create military-grade camouflage for hiding soldiers and tanks in battlefield

A coating is applied to the surface that needs camouflage like paint and it comes in at about a few hundred grams per square metre.

Aug 23, 2018

The team found that they could accurately track a marker moving through a fake tumour put together using animal tissue

MIT created 'Nano Sensors' to track tumors, dispense drug

ReMix can be used to pinpoint the exact location of ingestible implants inside the body, it makes use of low-power wireless signals to look through the body.

Aug 22, 2018

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