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The research team studied projections from 27 global climate models and identified areas of the world where aridity will substantially change. (Photo: AFP)

Quarter of world could become desert if global warming increases by just 2ºC

Study finds, weather change would see more than quarter of world's land surface, home to more than 1.5 billion people, becoming more arid.

02 Jan 2018 8:37 PM

According to scientists, the Red Planet was covered in water until around three billion years ago, much like Earth. (Photo: Pixabay)

Find out why life on Mars is impossible

According to Oxford scientists, Mars was made uninhabitable when its surface water was absorbed into the planet’s crust.

21 Dec 2017 4:13 PM

This is because it would be extremely unlikely that life formed quickly on Earth but did not arise anywhere else. (Photo: Pixabay)

Alien life is common in universe: study

The existence of the rocks the scientists analysed is also rather remarkable.

19 Dec 2017 2:11 PM

Researchers want to discover how to maintain bone and muscle health during spaceflight and learn what preventive exercises could help. (Photo: Pixabay)

Space radiation can cause bone loss in astronauts: study

As NASA prepares for deep space travel, astronauts will also face increased, prolonged exposure to space radiation.

17 Dec 2017 4:41 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Year ender 2017: 6 of this year's biggest conspiracy theories

Some may shock, while others may leave you scratching your head.

15 Dec 2017 5:28 PM

Many geological features indicate the planet had an active hydrological cycle about 3-4 billion years ago. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mars atmosphere well protected from solar wind: study

The findings show that a stronger solar wind mainly accelerates particles already escaping the planet's gravity.

10 Dec 2017 8:00 AM

Evidence of more massive accretion onto the Earth than previously thought after the Moon's formation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Moon-sized body likely delivered gold to Earth: NASA

The team determined the total amount of material delivered to Earth may have been 2-5 times greater than previously thought.

06 Dec 2017 2:53 PM

Self-taught rocket scientist plans to prove that earth is flat

Hughes is a 61-year-old limo driver who’s spent the last few years building a steam-powered rocket out of salvage parts in his garage.

26 Nov 2017 9:35 AM

Origin of gold is one of the most intriguing mysteries for mankind since ancient times. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystery about origin of gold unveiled

The focus of the research has been the region of the Deseado Massif at the Argentinean Patagonia,

23 Nov 2017 9:43 AM

Although fluctuations in rotation are small and may only change the length of a day by one millisecond. (Photo: Pixabay)

Number of big earthquakes may increase in 2018: study

Researchers found that there had been periods of around five years when Earths rotation slowed/

20 Nov 2017 3:21 PM

New catalyst developed to recycle carbon dioxide and methane

It is hoped the new catalyst will help make the technology more widely available across industry.

19 Nov 2017 8:20 AM

The visualisation shows spring coming earlier and autumn lasting longer in the Northern Hemisphere.

20 years of changing seasons on earth packed into 2½ minutes

It took three months to complete the visualisation, using satellite imagery.

18 Nov 2017 6:03 PM

Arctic sea ice cover is declining at a rate of 13.2 percent per decade, relative to the 1981-2010 average.

Study finds climate change going from bad to worse

According to experts Earth's average surface temperature last year was a record 1.1 degree Celsius above preindustrial era.

18 Nov 2017 7:55 AM

Metal carried by dinosaur-killing asteroid could kill cancer cells, cure disease

The precious metal platinum is already used in more than 50 per cent of cancer chemotherapies.

06 Nov 2017 4:20 PM

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago released climate-altering sulphur, cooling the Earth far more than thought. (Photo: Pixabay)

Dinosaur-killing asteroid cooled Earth more than thought

The research makes a more refined estimate of how much sulphur and carbon dioxide gas were ejected into Earths atmosphere after the event.

01 Nov 2017 5:35 PM

Winters on Mars shaping red planet’s landscape

In some cases, blocks sublimated so rapidly that they burrowed beneath the subsurface and were swallowed up by the sand in under 60 seconds.

31 Oct 2017 1:20 AM

Researchers from Princeton University in the US confirmed that the widely separated pair about 350 light years from Earth are in fact a binary pair. They also observed Kronos' strikingly unusual chemical abundance pattern. (Image: NASA)

Scientists discover sun-like twin stars 350 light years from Earth

The twin star was named after Kronos' lesser-known brother Krios. Their official designations are HD 240430 and HD 240429.

14 Oct 2017 8:41 AM

Mars study offers clues to origin of life on Earth

This study by NASA may finally clue us in about the origin of life on Earth.

07 Oct 2017 8:49 PM

When one looks up at the Moon, dark surfaces of volcanic basalt can be easily seen to fill large impact basins. Those seas of basalt, known as maria, erupted while the interior of the Moon was still hot and generating magmatic plumes that sometimes breached the lunar surface and flowed for hundreds of kilometers.

Moon once had an atmosphere: NASA study

A NASA study has found that the Moon had an atmosphere about three to four billion years ago.

06 Oct 2017 12:51 PM

Meteorites splashing into warm ponds sparked life on Earth

Between 3.7 and 4.5 billion years ago, the Earth was being bombarded by meteors, at a rate about eight to 11 times higher than today.

03 Oct 2017 1:24 PM

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