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One of the World’s Oldest “Crayons” Colors in Details of the Mesolithic World
An interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and physicists came together to discover the purpose of the ancient bit of sharpened red ochre
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Astronomers Get Best Look Yet at the Surface of a Red Giant Star
The image shows convection cells on the star are huge, confirming some theories about star evolution
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Amateur Astronomer Finds Long-Lost NASA Satellite
The hobbyist was in search of the lost Zuma satellite when he spotted IMAGE, which went offline in 2005
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Researchers Uncover Ancient Greek Island’s Complex Plumbing System
Excavations show the settlement of Dhaskalio at the pilgrimage site Keros was a sophisticated urban center
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Archaeologists Could Be Close to Finding the Tomb of King Tut’s Wife
After Tut’s death, Ankhesenamun might have wed the Pharaoh Ay, and there’s a possibility she’s buried near him in the Valley of the Monkeys
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Behold Hubble’s Best Image of a Distant Galaxy Yet
The galaxy is roughly 13.3 billion light years away, and formed just 500 million years after the universe began
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World’s Largest Underwater Cave System Discovered in Mexico
The 215-mile sunken freshwater labyrinth is a trove of ancient Maya artifacts
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World’s Fifth-Largest Diamond Found in Lesotho
The 910-carat gem is a D-color, type-IIa stone, meaning it is completely colorless and has no visible impurities
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Take a Breathtaking Trip Through the Orion Nebula in NASA’s New Video
Combining visible and infrared imagery, the new video takes viewers deep into the star nursery
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York Minister’s Massive Medieval Stained-Glass Window Restored to Its Former Glory
Conservators spent some 92,400 hours cleaning and protecting the great east window’s 311 panels
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Researchers Are Trying to Figure Out How to Play This Ancient Roman Board Game
Found in a grave in Slovakia in 2006, it is one of Europe’s best-preserved ancient gaming boards
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Rare Scraps of Paper Unearthed in the Sludge of Famed Pirate Ship
The 300-year-old fragments found in Blackbeard’s flagship show someone on board was likely literate and interested in sea stories
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Wisdom the Oldest Known Albatross Is Expecting (Again)
The Laysan albatross is now 67 years old and is thought to have raised 30 to 35 chicks in her lifetime
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Cache of Newly Digitized Travel Photographs Will Transport You to 1900s California
Travelers William and Grace McCarthy really got around, and in nearly 3,000 photos, they captured a unique view of San Francisco, Tahoe and Yosemite
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30,000 Shards of Historic Stained Glass Found in Westminster Abbey’s Attic
The glass and other trash was excavated from depressions in the vaulted ceiling and are being made into new windows for the Abbey
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Archaeologists Find Gate to Headquarters of Famed “Ironclad” Sixth Legion in Northern Israel
Inscriptions on the find imply the gate could be part of a dedication or it could list the names of the legion’s commanders or war heroes
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After Mysteriously Disappearing in WWI, Australia’s First Submarine Finally Found
The craft disappeared during in heavy haze early in the war
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Listen to Alan Turing’s First Computer-Generated Christmas Carols
In 1951, the BBC played two carols from Turing’s computer, which have now been recreated by New Zealand researchers
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England Has Its Own Pod of Dolphins
Researchers discover that the group of 28 animals are actually local residents, not just visitors
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Dinosaurs Were Around Before Saturn Had Rings
Data from the Cassini space probe suggests that the rings may be as young as 150 million years old
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