An open cluster known as Messier 37 has been studied using astro-photometry. As a result of this research, it was discovered that Messier 37 hosts a large and evolved planetary nebula. A paper detailing the study was published on the preprint repository arXiv.org on August 12. In the process of …

The ancient Greek goddess Artemis was many things to many people. A huntress, virgin, midwife, twin, independent woman, protector, plague-bearer… the list goes on and on. Read more Section:  News Myths & Legends Europe Read Later  Source: Ancient Origins

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA—According to a statement released by North Carolina State University, Steven Churchill of Duke University and Ann Ross of North Carolina State University and their colleagues collected measurements of the skulls of 13 Neanderthals, 233 prehistoric Homo sapiens, and 83 modern humans to see if they could detect …

James Webb is a wonder of engineering and science. It is the most sophisticated telescope we have ever built, changing the way we see the universe. It has produced some of the most spectacular images of the universe, revealing galaxies that we did not know even existed. It also produced …

Asteroids capable of destroying entire cities or even causing extinction events are a certain possibility, and we will know in just over a month whether we can defend ourselves against the said possibility. Sixty-five million years ago, a massive asteroid impacted a region just off the present-day coast of Yucatan. …

Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 4 minuti Un imponente edificio del primo periodo islamico, costruito tra l’VIII e il IX secolo, impiantato su una precedente costruzione romano-bizantina, è stata identificato nel sud di Israele, nel sito di Rahat, nel Negev settentrionale, già protagonista di numerosi recenti rinvenimenti tra cui due …

History is filled with bizarre, and often degrading, jobs that we can’t imagine doing today. Read more Section:  News Weird Facts Read Later  Source: Ancient Origins

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA—According to a statement released by Louisiana State University, professor emeritus Brooks Ellwood and his colleagues have radiocarbon dated microscopic bits of charred mammal bone known as osteons and the ashes of burned reeds and cane plants found in the layers of sediment cores taken from the two …

HUMBERSIDE, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that remains of what may be a medieval ale house have been unearthed in East Yorkshire. Archaeologist Emma Samuel said that a large number of pottery beakers and jugs have been uncovered at the site, along with carefully butchered sheep and cattle bones. “From their design, …

Launching an Orion spacecraft to the Moon will be accomplished using a Space Launch System megarocket as part of the Artemis 1 mission. Artemis, NASA’s first mission to the Moon, is ready to launch. In an uncrewed test flight around the Moon next week, NASA approved the Artemis 1 mission …