French archaeologists digging in the commune of Île-Rousse on the Mediterranean island of Corsica have unearthed more than 40 tombs that have been dated to the mid-first millennium AD. The skeletal remains of these individuals were interred in an ancient Corsica...
More than 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age ended, vast sheets of ice receded, scarring and causing massive cracks to appear on the bridge between North and South America. At that time, the land bridge was known to have...
After being buried in ash for more than 1,900 years, new victims of the devastating eruption in the Pompeii area have been discovered, including two pregnant women and their newborn or late-term fetuses. Experts suggest that the new discovery could be...
Dinosaurs have lived on Earth for over 235 million years. That means they’ve also been dying for just as long. And when they die – whether we’re talking about a Parasaurolophus or a hummingbird – dinosaurs often take up a classic death pose....
Ramesses I was born Pa-ra-mes-su to a noble military family from the Nile Delta. His father was a troop commander named Seti and his uncle was Khaemwaset, an army officer married to Tamwajesy, matron of the Harem of Amun. He was...
Three taikonauts rode aboard the Shenzhou 15 mission on their way to China’s new Tiangong space station. Xinhua News Agency The International Space Station (ISS) is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit. On Nov. 29, 2022,...
AN SPACEFLIGHT The James Webb Space Telescope began sending its first images back to Earth in the summer of 2022. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via Flickr, CC BY NASA had a banner year in 2022, with many successful missions in what...
The AstroRad vest floats in zero gravity on the International Space Station. NASA Radiation exposure has always been a huge concern for astronauts working in space. “Astronauts are exposed to ionizing radiation with effective doses in the range from 50 to...
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) This beautiful image of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was taken early on January 20 from Armenia. ZTF passes closest to Earth on February 1. Dmitry Kolesnikov (Flickr) Friday, January 27 Cetus the Whale stands above the southwestern horizon...
As the Earth orbits the Sun, the Sun appears to move through the ancient constellations of the zodiac. Tauʻolunga/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA I was born a Capricorn (please don’t judge me), but the Sun was in the middle of Sagittarius when...
