InSight

It has been 11 years since 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai on this very day. Lives were lost, families shattered as terrorists attacked Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai Chabad House, The Oberoi Trident, the iconic The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, The Nariman House, Metro Cinema, and a lane behind the Times of India building and St. Xavier's College as well as Mazagaon. Over years eyewitnesses, journalists and…

The most comprehensive genetic assessment to date of the vaquita, the world's rarest marine mammal, is offering a glimmer of hope that this small tropical porpoise native to Mexico's Gulf of California may avoid extinction despite its population dwindling to about 10.Researchers said on Thursday genome data from 20 vaquitas showed that while the species possesses low genetic diversity — differences in the DNA among the various individuals — the number of potentially harmful mutations that could endanger its survival…

Greta Bauer. Credit: University of Western Ontario For the first time, the Canadian census gave a picture of how many cisgender men and women, transgender and non-binary people live in Canada. …

Learning more about Mars history, and how the planet formed and evolved throughout time, has been a goal for astronomers for decades. Now, though, a new discovery could give us insight into the Red Planet’s brutal and violent history. If what the scientists posit turns out to be true, future expeditions on the planet could prove more about Mars’ violent history. Rocks could tell us more about Mars’ violent history The Jezero Crater on Mars, one place where olivine-rich bedrock has been discovered. Image…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new picture of Britons living in the EU post-Brexit flags the "deep transformation" that has come with the removal of freedom of movement. This…

NASA’s InSight lander has recorded the two strongest quakes detected so far on Mars, with both measuring over magnitude 4. These seismic events rolled in from the far side of the Red Planet, and one also clocked the record for longest marsquake.InSight’s instruments have detected over 950 Martian seismic events since the first was recorded in April 2019, giving scientists an unprecedented look at the planet’s interior, from crust to core. But the new detections mark several firsts in the program.An event designated S0976a…

Lead author Alta Howells (left), co-author Alysia Cox (standing right) and co-author James Leong (seated) take a gas sample for H2 analysis, review field notes and analyze aqueous chemistry on a spectrophotometer in Oman for this study. Credit: Kirt Robinson In Oman, on the Persian Gulf, there is a large slab of ancient seafloor—including ultramafic rocks from Earth's upper mantle—called the Samail Ophiolite. These unique…

NASA's InSight Mars lander has recently shared an incredible sight. On April 10, it captured the stunning view of a sunrise on the Red Planet. InSight is NASA's first mission to study the interior of Mars — its crust, mantle, and core — in depth. It has been on the Red Planet since late 2018.InSight, which is short for "Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport", is a stationary Mars lander that studies quakes on the planet and its interior. The lander touched down in the Elysium…

A seismometer placed by NASA's InSight lander on Mars has detected the two biggest marsquakes to date. According to a new study, the seismic events were of magnitude 4.2 and magnitude 4.1. Both these quakes were five times stronger than the previous largest seismic event recorded. Researchers now hope to learn more about the interior layers of Mars after studying the seismic data of these two events. Mars has been of vital interest as scientists plan to colonise the planet. And these events could give insights into…