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What’s causing the walls of the iconic Jaisalmer Fort to crumble?
The historic Sonar Fort, or more popularly known as Jaisalmer Fort, in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, suffered a significant wall collapse due to heavy rainfall in the region over the past week. The collapse occurred on the Shiv Road side of the fort. As per reports, no one was injured, but can’t say the same for the
Shrinking Moon Causing Moonquakes and Faults Near Lunar South Pole
As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this strategic part of the Moon. The study presents evidence that moonquakes and faults generated as the Moon’s interior gradually cools and shrinks are also found
What is causing these massive, mysterious explosions in space?
Published January 11, 2024In September 2022 astronomers with mouths agape observed a sudden flash of incredibly bright blue light as it was captured by a telescope in Southern California. The event was roughly 10 billion times more powerful than the sun, erupting in a galaxy one billion light-years awayAfter pointing many different telescopes at the
At risk of causing dissent, ConcernedApe refuses to pick his favorite Stardew Valley NPC
Like asking a parent to pick their favorite child I think it’s a fair assessment to say that Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, also known as ConcernedApe, is one of the most beloved figures in game development. He’s hard-working, wholesome, and engages with the fans of his game in really meaningful ways. A perfect example of…
Warm Waters Are Causing The Earth To Dim
New research tracking the albedo of our planet—its ability to reflect sunlight—has revealed that a complex interplay of periodical weather patterns in the Pacific Ocean affects our overall cloud cover, especially in the sky west of the Americas. This in turn has a large impact on the amount of light absorbed rather than reflected from…
The US continues to smash pandemic records as Omicron infection rates soar across the country. The seven-day average for COVID cases on January 9 was 677,243—almost triple that of the previous high of 250,512 on January 12, 2021. That peak came soon after the Delta variant was discovered, but months before it was widespread across…
Windows 11 is causing performance issues for some AMD Ryzen processors
Windows 11 is officially out, but if you’ve got an AMD Ryzen processor, you might want to hold off on updating for a bit: the company is reporting that its chips might have issues with the new OS that could cause performance drops of up to 15 percent in some cases. AMD and Microsoft have…