Around 6,000 years before the Bronze Age cart wheel was invented, a group of textile makers in the Middle East may have designed the world’s first
At just 7.8 million light-years away, the newly discovered dwarf galaxy dw1322m2053 is remarkable for its isolation and lack of star-forming activity. If that wasn’t
Earth’s waters are filled with billions of fish, coming in all manner of glorious colors, shapes, and sizes – but which is the smallest fish
A team of astronomers believe they have found a black hole in the early universe gobbling down matter at a rate of 40 times greater
A beautifully decorated coffin and burial chamber loaded with goods have started to unveil the story of an ancient Egyptian priestess who lived nearly 4,000
Science is no stranger to discovering species, losing them, and then rediscovering them again, but what’s less common is to realize that the animal you
Almost 60,000 years ago, a massive underwater avalanche took place just off the coast of Northwest Africa. Initially, about 1.5 cubic kilometers (0.36 cubic miles)
For the first time, amber fragments have been recovered from Antarctica, or, to be more specific, from an offshore sedimentary basin. The fossils mean we
Lovers of all things colorful and sparkly are in for a treat with an unusual variety of ammonite that’s set to go to auction later
Voyager 2’s visit to Uranus in 1986 occurred just after the planet was slammed by an exceptionally powerful solar outburst. The heightened solar wind compressed
The US government is preparing to “pull back the curtain” on UFOs in yet another public hearing this week. Transparency is the name of the
Some animals need more help than others, and wild species can be rescued and returned to the wild after being nursed back to health. In
There is a lot that we do not know about the Sun but something quite shocking to most people is that we have never seen
Japan has a problem – there aren’t enough truck drivers to meet demand. The solution? A stretch of highway connecting Tokyo and Osaka transformed into
One of the weirdest sea slugs known to science has been discovered at a staggering depth, swimming around right down in the Midnight Zone between
At the bottom of Buffalo Ford Lake at Yellowstone National Park, researchers have found interesting clues about the natural history of the area. Before the
Immense glaciers once covered the entire Earth, reaching even the equator, geologists have confirmed. The discovery that this also applied in the center of continents,
