A rather unusual situation arose at the famed Dhandayudhapani Swamy Temple in Tamil Nadu’s Palani after a youth played a song featuring actor-politician Vijay over the temple’s public address system. After the video of the youth playing the song surfaced on social media, the administration of the temple lodged a formal police complaint. Vijay will … Read more
Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy’s most reliable rules on its head; it orbits a small, faint red star known as LHS 1903. LHS 1903 is a cool M-dwarf star, smaller and far less luminous than our sun. Using a combination of space- and ground-based telescopes, scientists identified … Read more
February 12, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm ‘Inside-out’ planetary system perplexes astronomers Four worlds around a small, dim star are challenging theories of planet formation By Jacek Krywko edited by Lee Billings An artist’s impression of the four known planets around the star LHS 1903. The sizes and orbits of the … Read more
New infrared observations reveal the rare interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS dramatically brightening during its farewell tour of the solar system. NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) space telescope captured views in December 2025 of the comet releasing a surge of gas, dust and complex molecules two … Read more
Jeffrey Epstein won a $80 million lottery ticket in 2008. A mail in the latest tranche of documents linked to the late convicted child sex offender included a mention of Epstein’s win. “Zorro Trust (belonging to Epstein), won an $80 million lottery ticket in N Mexico,” the document detailed. It can be accessed in the … Read more
New Delhi Crowds relax on the beach, during hot weather on Summer bank holiday, in Brighton, Britain, on August 25, 2025. (REUTERS) Climate scientists have proposed a new accountability mechanism for countries as overshoot of 1.5°C warming over pre-industrial levels becomes imminent. The accountability regime involves a carbon debt based approach where it is assessed … Read more
To Hold a Mountain review Directors: Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić Star rating: ★★★★ The Sundance Film Festival always surprises with its glorious documentary programming, and this year was no different. I mostly look forward to the non-fiction features to illuminate, shock, and humble me in some manner, and this year, one of those entries … Read more