Throughout the ancient Mediterranean, few luxury items were as prized, rare, and expensive as Tyrian purple, a dye used in the clothing and furniture of the wealthy elite. Now, archaeologists in northern Israel have made a discovery that may be…
Data from NASA's STEREO mission showing the solar wind in action. The researchers reduced the brightness of stars and dust in the collected data to make the solar wind stand out more clearly. (Image credit: NASA/SwRI/Craig DeForest) Continuous emissions of…
An image from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. (Image credit: National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope) The weather on our planet can be unpredictable, but it’s not the only type of atmospheric conditions we have to cope…
Baby Galapagos Tortoises Shown to Public for the First Time – YouTube See more Four endangered turtle hatchlings are eagerly on display at the Philadelphia Zoo, becoming the first offspring of their 100-year-old mother, Momma. Mommy, a western Galapagos tortoise…
Illustration of the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall. Our entire galaxy sits on one of these tiny strands. (Image credit: Robert Lee (created with Canva)) The largest structure in the Universe, the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, was already difficult to analyze…
Ingrida Domarkienė (pictured above) and her team at Vilnius University in Lithuania conduct research into ancient DNA. (Photo courtesy of Indrė Mažeikienė, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University) Ingrida Domarkene explores ancient DNA, combining fragments of genetic material from modern humans…