New Earth-sized exoplanet detected in the solar neighborhood

Using NASA’s Kepler spacecraft and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new Earth-sized…

Codebreakers find, decipher lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots

An international team of codebreakers said Wednesday they have found and deciphered the long lost secret…

Climate change may have toppled Hittite Empire: study

Three years of extreme drought may have brought about the collapse of the mighty Hittite Empire…

Earth has lost one-fifth of its wetlands since 1700—but most could still be saved

Like so many of the planet’s natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past…

Major X1.1 solar flare erupts from AR 3217

An impulsive solar flare measuring X1.1 erupted from Region 3217 at 15:48 UTC on February 11,…

Registration Open for the 2023 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo

The 2023 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo will be held on March 25 – 26, and…

Glacier lakes swollen by global warming threaten millions

Violent flooding from glacier lakes formed or enlarged by climate change threatens at least 15 million…

Small asteroid 'serendipitously' detected using James Webb telescope

European astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected a previously unknown asteroid about the…

We found 2.9-million-year-old stone tools used to butcher ancient hippos—but likely not by our ancestors

On the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, a short valley extends south towards the looming…

Beach erosion: Satellites reveal how climate cycles impact coastlines

Researchers from UNSW Sydney have analyzed millions of satellite photos to observe changes in beaches across…