October 31, 2022

85 Years After It Was Abandoned, Explorers Find a Historic Cache of Camera Gear

In 1937, legendary aerial photographer and cartographer Bradford Washburn abandoned hundreds of pounds of camera gear, surveying equipment, and supplies

‘Potentially Hazardous’ Monster Asteroid Is The Largest Seen in Years

Astronomers peering into the twilight sky have found three previously unknown near-Earth asteroids. One of which is the largest potentially

Scientists Just Discovered an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time

Marking the passage of time in a world of ticking clocks and swinging pendulums is a simple case of counting

Ancient Snail From 99 Million Years Ago Discovered With Hairs Growing on Shell

A snail preserved in amber with an intact fringe of tiny delicate bristles along its shell is helping biologists better

Ancient Traces of a Giant Ocean Have Just Been Discovered on Mars

You’ll no doubt be familiar with the dry, dusty appearance of Mars as it looks today – but scientists have

The Last Maya City Reveals a Trove of Buried Secrets And Spanish Bullets

Ceramics, human burial grounds, and bullets from Spanish guns are among artifacts that have been uncovered by archaeologists in Guatemala

Destroyed Observatory Issues Final Asteroid Warning After Fatal Collapse

After collapsing into pieces in December 2020, the mighty Arecibo Observatory has a final parting gift for humanity – and

Haunting Audio Reveals The Spooky Sound of Earth’s Magnetic Field

The European Space Agency (ESA) this week released 5 minutes of haunting, crackling audio – revealing what Earth’s magnetic field