Egypt’s “Two Brothers” mummies’ 4,000-year-old enigma has been resolved through DNA sequencing
The Two Brothers Egyptian mummies (dated from circa 1880 BC) exhibited at the Manchester Museum are considered among the oldest and best-known of all human remains in the establishment’s Egyptology…
The Sumerians, 7000 years ago, built a sophisticated spaceport, launched spaceships, and journeyed through space.
The surprising declaration was made by the Iraqi Transport Minister Kazim Finjan in 2016 when he was on a business trip to Dhi Qar. He asserts that the…
The Earth’s interior is just as hot as the sun’s surface. How Did It Survive for Billions of Years That Way?
How has the inside of the Earth stayed as hot as the Sun’s surface for billions of years? The Earth’s layered structure, which includes moving plates, is heated…
Amazing Video Flies Over the Martian Dunes
Mars may be a cold, dry, dead world, but it’s still part of nature. As part of nature, it displays a sort of haunted beauty as only non-living…
Artemis II Orion Heat Shield Installed: A Key Step Towards NASA’s Moon Mission
On June 25, 2023, the heat shield was successfully installed on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This crucial component, measuring 16.5 feet…
Voyage to the Sun: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 16th Close Approach
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe accomplished a milestone on June 27, 2023 – its 16th orbit of the Sun. This included a close approach to the Sun (known as perihelion)…
Did the Pulsar Timing Array Actually Detect Colliding Primordial Black Holes?
The universe is filled with gravitational waves. We know this thanks to the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), which recently announced the first observations of…
Perfectly Preserved Baby Woolly Mammoth ‘Mummy’ Found By Gold Miners in Canada – The First Such Discovery in North America
Miners of the Klondike gold fields probably didn’t expect to make such a rare and precious discovery. Indeed, it’s pure gold! This is the first perfectly preserved woolly…
Untouched and Undisturbed 4,400-Year-Old Egyptian High Priest’s Tomb Found
Archaeologists in Egypt have made a new tomb discovery — the final resting place of a high priest, untouched for 4,400 years, decorated with hieroglyphics. The secretary-general of…
Skeletal Remains of a 100-Million-Year-Old Marine Reptile Discovered May ‘Unlock’ Prehistoric Research
Th𝚎 sk𝚎l𝚎t𝚘n 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚐i𝚊nt 100-milli𝚘n-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘l𝚍 m𝚊𝚛in𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚙til𝚎 h𝚊s 𝚋𝚎𝚎n 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 in A𝚞st𝚛𝚊li𝚊, 𝚛𝚊isin𝚐 h𝚘𝚙𝚎s 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚎s𝚎𝚊𝚛ch𝚎𝚛s t𝚘 𝚞nc𝚘v𝚎𝚛 im𝚙𝚘𝚛t𝚊nt 𝚎vi𝚍𝚎nc𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚛𝚎hist𝚘𝚛ic li𝚏𝚎. Th𝚎 𝚛𝚎m𝚊ins 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎…