The excitement is not empty hype. The past two years have been extraordinary for Egyptology: archaeologists confirmed the tomb of pharaoh Thutmose II, the first royal tomb found since Tutankhamun’s in ...

Damage discovered hours before departure On November 5, 2025, the Shenzhou 20 crew stood hours away from undocking to return home after a six month mission. Routine final inspections, however, ...

Exoplanet science has moved fast since the first confirmed discoveries in the 1990s. Astronomers have since identified more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system, ranging from scorching gas ...

In a study published in May 2026, paleontologists identified a new species of giant marine reptile that lived in the oceans covering present day Texas 80 million years ago. Named Tylosaurus rex, the ...

Prem Patel, a researcher at UMass Chan Medical School, led the investigation using data from more than 14,000 volunteers in the national All of Us research program. Each participant wore a Fitbit that ...

The moon carries the provisional designation S/2025 U 1. It orbits about 35,000 miles, or 56,000 kilometers, from Uranus’s center. That places it between two small moons named Ophelia and Bianca. Its ...

After Earth impact was ruled out, astronomers continued to examine whether 2024 YR4 might strike the Moon during its 2032 close approach. For a time, the estimated lunar impact probability rose to ...

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The practical takeaway is simple. If a product you own is recalled, stop using it and return it, and in general keep an eye out for changes in a product’s smell, color or texture, which can hint at ...

A 2026 study from the University of Lausanne, based on rock samples spanning 500,000 years, offers a fresh explanation. Rather than forming fresh magma just before an eruption, Etna appears to be fed ...

Warmer oceans hold more heat, and more heat means more fuel, so research increasingly links the warming seas to stronger storms and to these sudden bursts of intensification. Bavi’s own strengthening ...

Paleontologists have recovered the southernmost fossils of Purgatorius, the earliest known relative of all primates. The discovery occurred in Colorado's Denver Basin. The project pushes the known ...