Grenades have fascinated humans for millennia. The ancient Egyptians decorated their jewelry with garnets, and the Greeks called them “lamp stones” because they believed they could help them see in the dark. Recently, crystallized garnet particles have highlighted a fascinating geological link between Australia and Antarctica, uncovering an ancient Antarctic mountain range now under ice. … Read more
There is rarely a mountain as majestic as the Himalayas, which rise so high into the sky that people feel like a dot standing in front of them. But it is a lesser known fact that the Himalayas are not only scenic but also a field considered important for the study of geology. A 2023 … Read more
Flying over 15 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 is the first man-made object to move through interstellar space. Traveling at about 60,000 kilometers per hour relative to the Sun, Voyager 1 is currently the farthest human object. It is a technological marvel that has been zooming around the orbits of the planets for almost … Read more
The dark abyss of space is seemingly endless to explore. There are countless celestial bodies floating in this dark ocean of space. For centuries, scientists and astronomers have classified various objects into lists and categories. This time, however, a team of researchers has discovered an object at the center of the Milky Way that does … Read more