Grains of dust revise Solar System history0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2020
Scientists study the chemical composition of meteorites.
Scientists study the chemical composition of meteorites.
A trio of researchers, two with the University of Salford, the third with English Heritage, has built a small-scale model of Stonehenge to test the acoustical properties of the ancient monument. In their paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Trevor Cox, Bruno Fazenda and Susan Greaney describe their efforts to recreate the acoustic properties of Stonehenge back when it was new, and what they learned.
In a comprehensive search of a patch of the Southern sky, not even a hint of alien technology has been detected at low radio frequencies.
About 3000 years ago, thousands of warriors fought on the banks of the Tollense river in northern Germany. They wielded weapons of wood, stone, and bronze to deadly effect: Over the past decade, archaeologists have unearthed the skeletal remains of hundreds of people buried in marshy soil. It’s one of the largest prehistoric conflicts ever discovered.
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Perhaps not, some say.
Several missions this year are seeking out life on the red planet. But would we recognise extraterrestrials if we found them?
Mission proposals include analysis of sun’s atmosphere and its unseen polar regions
Researchers have made a discovery that could potentially lead to the development of a new treatment for the most common childhood cancer: acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
A new study has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that are as large as an adult human.
For decades, spelunkers have flocked to the flooded caverns of the Czech Republic’s Hranice Abyss, which stretches farther below ground than any other freshwater cave system.