Updated May 7 at 10:23 a.m. ET New Mexico has 4,291 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), as of May 7, according to the state’s health department, as well as 169 deaths. New Mexico…
Combatants wore protective gear that included fencing masks, steel gauntlets and padded jackets called gambesons. Hefty Bronze Age swords are an impressive sight, but scholars have long wondered if these swords were primarily ornamental or if they were used regularly…
A newfound black hole may be the closest black hole to Earth, and you can spot its cosmic home in the night sky without a telescope. The black hole, which is lurking 1,000 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation…
Physicist Edward Witten proposed using a fleet of laser-launched probes, like Breakthrough Starshot, to hunt the mysteries gravity source known as “Planet 9.” There’s something heavy in the outer reaches of our solar system. At least, it seems that way.…
The moon looks clearer than ever in this epic composite image Shadows creep down the banks of every crater on the near-side of the moon, highlighting the pockmarked face of Earth’s gravitationally-bound buddy with a clarity never before seen. According…
A man in Brazil learned he had three kidneys after receiving a CT scan for low-back pain. Above, the CT scan showing the man’s three kidneys: A normal-appearing kidney on the man’s left side, and two kidneys fused at the…