Scientists studying the comet 3I/ATLAS have determined that this interstellar visitor is remarkably ancient – formed an estimated 10 to 12 billion years ago in a primordial planetary system – and has a composition unlike anything in our solar system. An evaluation of the chemical make-up of 3I/ATLAS – only the third interstellar object ever...
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June 23, 2026June 23, 2026Science & Tech
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS found to be up to 12 billion years old
Scientists studying the comet 3I/ATLAS have determined that this interstellar visitor is remarkably ancient – formed an estimated 10 to 12 billion years ago in a primordial planetary system – and has a composition unlike anything in our solar system. An evaluation of the chemical make-up of 3I/ATLAS – only the third interstellar object ever...
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June 23, 2026June 23, 2026Science & Tech
The strange link between AI hallucination and creativity
In the prologue to his 1989 book The Emperor’s New Mind, the Nobel laureate Roger Penrose narrates a story. At a grand public ceremony, an ultimate supercomputer is switched on for the first time before a packed auditorium. It is the most powerful machine ever built, designed to answer any question put to it. The...
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June 23, 2026June 23, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
UN body that regulates ocean floor prepares for election amid debate over deep-sea mining
A United Nations (UN) body that regulates deep international waters is preparing to elect its next leader, a crucial position as it faces pressure to either ban, approve or place a moratorium on seabed mining. The upcoming election comes as the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) ended a two-week session on July 26 without reaching...
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June 23, 2026June 23, 2026Science & Tech
Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says
Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called ”God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor, said he died Monday “peacefully at home following a short illness.” Higgs predicted the...
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June 23, 2026June 23, 2026Science & Tech
François Englert of Higgs boson fame passes away at 93
The Belgian physicist and Nobel laureate François Englert passed away on June 18 aged 93. Englert’s contributions changed the way physicists understood the fundamental nature of the universe. Englert’s parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants. He survived the Holocaust by moving between orphanages and foster homes to evade Nazi persecution. He spent most of his professional life...
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June 23, 2026June 23, 2026Science & Tech
Bengaluru to host BRICS heads of space agencies meet on June 23-24
The BRICS Heads of Space Agencies (HOSA) 2026 meet is being hosted in Bengaluru. India, as Chair of BRICS for 2026, is hosting HOSA on June 23 and 24. Heads and senior representatives of the space agencies of the 11 BRICS member countries — Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South...
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June 23, 2026June 23, 2026Science & Tech
An industrial risk the Qatar blast shares with accidents in India | Explained
The story so far: An explosion at the Barzan gas facility in Ras Laffan, Qatar, claimed the lives of 12 Indian workers and one Pakistani worker on June 21. While local authorities have just begun their investigation, QatarEnergy, the country’s national energy company that maintains the gas facility, said the blast occurred when workers were...
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June 23, 2026June 23, 2026Science & Tech
A Trojan horse has breached the IITs
For a few decades now, a project called the ‘Indian Knowledge System’ (IKS) has sought to integrate traditional Indian wisdom into modern educational curricula. There is a legitimate quest to reclaim India’s indigenous intellectual history and to elevate an informal cultural aspiration into a part of education — but the IKS of today is not...
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June 22, 2026June 22, 2026Science & Tech
Laser strums atoms trillions of times in search for better computers
The world is constantly looking for faster and more efficient computers. Since the technologies of today have nearly maximised the use of electric currents for this purpose, scientists are looking beyond. One critical area that may fit our needs is called strain engineering: it uses mechanical pressure at the atomic level to alter a material’s...
