Beneath the tranquil waves of the Indian Ocean lies a peculiarity that has puzzled scientists for decades: a vast circular depression where Earth’s gravitational pull is notably weaker. Known as the Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL), this “gravity hole” is effectively Earth’s most significant gravitational anomaly, spanning roughly 3 million square kilometers. New light, however, has been cast on this enigma by a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. Leveraging the immense computational power of supercomputers, they ran a series of simulations, rewinding Earth’s geological clock by 140 million years. The results, recently detailed in … Continue reading The Mysterious ‘Gravity Hole’ in the Indian Ocean: What Scientists Just Uncovered!