People, not glaciers, transported rocks to Stonehenge, study confirms
A new analysis of mineral grains has refuted the “glacial transport theory” that suggests Stonehenge’s bluestones and Altar Stone were delivered to Salisbury Plain by
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Astronomers discover a gigantic, wobbling black hole jet that ‘changes the way we think about the galaxy’
Combining observations from several powerful telescopes, astronomers have detected a gargantuan, ‘wobbling’ black hole outburst that’s as wide as an entire galaxy.
‘Earthquake on a chip’ uses ‘phonon’ lasers to make mobile devices more efficient
A new technology that generates tiny, earthquake-like effects could shake up the wireless device industry with smaller, less power-hungry devices. scientists say.
In President’s Trump’s tangled science policies, experts see a unifying thread
Heading into the second year of Trump 2.0, when it comes to science, some argue Trump has no consistent ideology for decision-making. Others argue the
Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
A self-described “little farm girl” in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West’s complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of
How Greenland sharks defy aging
When it comes to bucking the biological ails of aging, humans could learn something from Greenland sharks.
It masquerades as malignant. But this bone-covered tumor is benign
Scientists have described a novel, yet benign bone-covered growth’s characteristics for doctors, so patients don’t receive unnecessary chemotherapy.
Some of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal Indigenous people in Brazil were hunting whales 5,000 years ago
The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.
‘A real revolution’: The James Webb telescope is upending our understanding of the biggest, oldest black holes in the universe
For years, the James Webb Space Telescope has been spotting enormous black holes in the early universe that defy all expectations. Now, astronomers are finally
Chocolate Hills: The color-changing mounds in the Philippines that inspired legends of mud-slinging giants
The Chocolate Hills are 1,776 mounds on Bohol Island in the Philippines where grassy cover turns brown during the dry season.
NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2026
The Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial is seen during a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at
Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes
Nearly three years ago, a particle from space slammed into the Mediterranean Sea and lit up the partially complete Cubic Kilometer Neutrino Telescope (KM3NET) detector
An ocean the size of the Arctic once covered half of Mars, new images hint
Mars may have been a “blue planet” with an ocean the size of today’s Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.
Arctic blast probably won’t cause trees to explode in the cold — but here’s what happens if and when they do go boom
An incoming Arctic blast will send temperatures plunging and trigger a massive and long-lasting winter storm. But will it make trees explode?