The ancient tomb near Nafūn in Oman’s central Al Wusta province has been dated by archaeologists to between 6,600 and 7,000 years old.…
Space Shuttle Discovery, as seen from the International Space Station, during flight STS-120. NASA In 1972, Apollo 17 carried the last batch of astronauts…
A plume of gas nearly the size of our solar system erupts from Betelgeuse’s surface in this artist’s illustration of real observations gathered…
Egyptian archaeologists discovered the wooden boat nearly 5,000 years ago by pharaoh Khufu in ‘perfect integrity’. According to Express, the Giza Pyramid Complex is…
It seems like everyone has Mars on the mind these days. NASA wants to send humans to the red planet by 2030, and…
Spacecraft have explored both the nearside (left) and farside of the Moon. Humans, however, have landed only on the nearside — the half that…
As archaeologists in Spain were researching a rock formation known as the Sleeping Giant, they noticed something curious. From a distance, they identified…
A total eclipse that travelled the full width of Australia in 1922 offered astronomers the chance to confirm Einstein’s theory of general relativity…
The object, an ultra-long period magnetar, had been theoretical until now. An artist’s impression of what the object might look like if…
Black birds with orange beaks are a fascinating and diverse group of bird species that can be found in various parts of the…
The discovery of the world’s earliest pyramids on the Kola Peninsula may confirm the existence of an ancient civilisation on Russian territory. The civilization likely…
Astronomers are hot on the search for new exoplanets — planets that lie beyond our solar system — which might show potential for…