As bristling with volcanoes as a porcupine with quills, Jupiter‘s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System. At any given time, around 150 of the 400 or so active volcanoes on Io are erupting. It’s constantly spewing out lava and gas; a veritable factory of volcanic excretions. And, thanks to […]
A man died by suicide after entering a plane engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. A witness told the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf there was a “hellish noise” and smoke. The incident is the second well-documented case of a death involving a plane engine this year. A man died after entering a plane’s engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol […]
Scientists may have identified a molecule that played a key role in robbing Venus of its water and turned this planet into the arid, hellish world we see today. Venus is often called “Earth’s twin” because both planets are around the same size and density; they are also both rocky planets located in the inner […]
Residents in Greece were witnesses to a hellish-looking dust storm this week. The dust originated from the Sahara desert in North Africa and was blown across the Mediterranean Sea by strong winds. By Tuesday, Athens and other Greek cities were blanketed in an orange-red and potentially dangerous haze. Though the dust storm had begun to […]
There are many words that could be used to describe WASP-76b — hellish, scorching, turbulent, chaotic, and even violent. This is a planet outside the solar system that sits so close to its star it gets hot enough to vaporize lead. So, as you can imagine, until now, “glorious” wasn’t one of those words. This […]
GENEVA, Jan 25 (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization called for a ceasefire and a “true solution” to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in an emotional plea to the global health body’s governing body on Thursday where he described conditions in Gaza as “hellish”. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who lived through war as […]