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For The First Time in a Decade, Watch Mercury Cross the Sun’s Face
Next week’s transit of Mercury is one of the major astronomical events of the year
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A Brief History of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Connection to Cuba
For over 50 years, conspiracy theorists have linked JFK’s assassin to Fidel Castro’s Cuba
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Marines Are Investigating the Identity of a Flag Raiser in the Iconic Iwo Jima Photo
Amateur historians have called into question the identity of a soldier in Joe Rosenthal’s 1945 Pulitzer prize-winning image
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Mountaineers Have Discovered the Bodies of Alex Lowe and David Bridges
The climbers died in an avalanche on Shishapangma in 1999
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A Historic Cathedral in New York City Goes up in Flames
The Cathedral of St. Sava caught fire just hours after the Orthodox congregation celebrated Easter
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Boiling Water Could Explain Mysterious Dark Streaks on Mars
Researchers simulate some of the Red Planet’s unique features in an Earth-bound chamber
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Between Bleaching and Boats, Florida’s Coral Reefs Are Struggling to Survive
The reefs are crumbling in acidifying waters and buried from dredging, according to new reports
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Five Things to Know About Megacities
Urbanization is happening fast—here’s what to know about the world’s largest cities
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The First Delivery Drone in the United States Lands a Spot at the Smithsonian
The Flirtey F3.0 hexacopter touches ground at the National Air and Space Museum
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Nepal Celebrates Two Years Free From Rhino Poaching
Increased education and a law enforcement crackdown has helped the tiny nation keep its rhinos safe for 730 days in a row
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Deep-Sea Researchers Spot a Mysterious Jellyfish Near The Mariana Trench
The glowing jellyfish was previously unknown to science
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Eerie Footage of Over 100 Tons of Burning Ivory
The Kenyan government burned tusks from over 6,000 elephants to reduce stockpiles of ivory and raise awareness of poaching
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“New” 2,000-Year-Old Geoglyph Spotted in Peru
There’s always more to learn about the mysterious Nazca lines
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Meteors Will Streak the Skies This Week Thanks to Halley’s Comet
Don’t miss this annual show
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A “Merbot” Retrieved Artifacts From Louis XIV’s Sunken Flagship
The humanoid diving robot could help researchers explore fragile wrecks from the surface of the sea
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Scientists Use “The Moth Radio Hour” to Create Brain Atlas
Using a functional MRI, scientists created a visual dictionary to show how areas of the brain process language
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Spanish Ditch Diggers Unearth 1,300 Pounds of Roman Coins
Workers near Seville, Spain, found a hoard of 19 amphora filled with mint-condition coins from the third and fourth centuries
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James Monroe’s House Was Way Bigger Than Historians Thought
It turns out that Highland was more “castle” than “cabin”
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