IN 2100 THE WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS CITIES WILL BE IN AFRICA

In the 7000s BC, the largest human settlement was located in the ancient Near East. Cities have continued to grow over the ce...

HUBBLE VIEW OF MESSIER’S SPHERE OF 100 BILLION STARS

The NASA recently unveiled a view of Messier’s sphere of stars.
This huge ball of stars – around 100 billion in total ...

NOAA UPGRADES WEATHER AND CLIMATE SUPER COMPUTER SYSTEM

NOAA has completed the upgrade to weather and climate supercomputer system. Increased computing power will enable a significa...

JAMSTEC EXPEDITION 400 TO PERFORM SCIENTIFIC DRILLING IN NORTHEAST BAFFIN BAY

As part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), JOIDES Resolution research cruise IODP Expedition 400 is set to ...

NASA’S CURIOSITY EXPLORES THE JAU AT THE FOOTHILLS OF MOUNT SHARP

NASA’s Curiosity rover is about to notch its 11th year on Mars by doing what it does best: studying the Red Planet’s surf...

JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE UNVEILS CLOSE-UP ON BIRTH OF SUN-LIKE STARS

From our cosmic backyard in the solar system to distant galaxies near the dawn of time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope h...

EXPLOSION OF THE TOBA VOLCANO – WHEN HUMANS NEARLY VANISHED

There was once a huge and tall volcano known as Mount Toba located on the modern island of Sumatra, at 80 km south of Medan. ...

HUNGA TONGA SUBMARINE VOLCANO – THE LARGEST ERUPTION OF THE 21st CENTURY

The eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano (HTHH) located 60 kilometres northwest of Tongatapu on 15 January 202...

NOVARUPTA – LARGEST ERUPTION OF THE 20th CENTURY

The largest eruption of the 20th century occurred in 1912 in Alaska, from June 6 to June 8, to form Novarupta. It was so powe...