Mercury’s metallic core makes up more than 80 percent of planet’s diameter. No other inner solar system planet compares.
Why does Mercury have such a large core?Mercury’s metallic core makes up more than 80 percent of planet’s diameter. No other inner solar system planet compares. The solar…
ROMAN LEAD SARCOPHAGUS ACCIDENTALLY FOUND IN GRANADA
Roman Lead Sarcophagus Accidentally Found In Granada When archaeologists began exploring underneath a building in Granada, in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia, they weren’t expecting to find…
10 FACTS ABOUT SUMMER TANAGERS
Summer tanagers, scientifically known as Piranga rubra, are members of the Cardinalidae family, which also includes cardinals, grosbeaks, and buntings. These medium-sized songbirds are a colorful and welcome sight…
The largest and most distant incoming comet discovered in modern times, this icy world from the Oort Cloud will swing around the Sun in 2031.
Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, shown in this artist’s impression, is 10 times larger than most comets and 1,000 times as massive.NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva Astronomers searching through six years of images…
15 TYPES OF WHITE BIRDS
When you think of a white bird, what comes to mind? A swan, a heron, or a crane? These are just a few of the white birds that…
Astronomers just measured the largest flare ever from Proxima Centauri, humanity’s closest neighboring star. These flares could be bad news for life trying to develop on a planet orbiting the star.
Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the solar system and is home to a potentially habitable planet.Hubble/European Space Agency/WikimediaCommons, CC BY-SAThe Sun isn’t the only star to…
The 10 Most Colourful Birds in the World
What Are the Most Colourful Birds? Colours play an important role in our lives, and we all react differently to different colours. Our choice of clothes, the way…
BRITISH-FRENCH INTERCONECTOR BRINGS CRASHED WW2 PLANE BACK TO LIGHT
Lost WW2 Aircraft lifted from the sea after more than 75 years Specialist divers and archeologists finished an operation this week to recover the wreckage of a 1943 Fairey…
Jupiter’s icy moon is a great candidate for habitability. But life’s best chance to exist is beneath the crust.
Jupiter fills the sky as seen from Europa’s surface in this artist’s concept, which shows the moon’s rough, white-and-red terrain in the foreground and the Sun in the…
Initially a cosmic curiosity, the night sky was eventually decoded by ancient peoples, making astronomy one of (if not the) oldest science.
Why astronomy is considered the oldest scienceInitially a cosmic curiosity, the night sky was eventually decoded by ancient peoples, making astronomy one of (if not the) oldest science….
In Mexico Ruins, a 1,600-year-old elongated skull with stone-encrusted teeth was discovered
Archaeologists who found the 1,600-year-old skeleton near Mexico’s ancient Teotihuacan said the woman was 35-40 when she died with an intentionally deformed skull and teeth encrusted with mineral…
10 smallest birds in the world
Birds vary enormously in size and shape. The ostrich can grow up to 9ft tall. But what about at the other end of the spectrum? Here are the…