Mary, Queen of Scots’ Secret Letters Found and Decrypted
One of the ciphered letters, F38, identified by Lasry and his team. George Lasry, Norbert Biermann and Satoshi Tomokiyo In 1587, after enduring 19 years of imprisonment for allegedly helping…
Massachusetts woman finds frozen shark washed up on Cape Cod beach
A dead, partially frozen shark washed ashore a Cape Cod beach this past weekend amid record-breaking cold temperatures in the Northeast. “Def not what I was expecting to find on…
Scientists Hunt Down Mysterious ‘Invisible Galaxy’ From Early Universe
The “invisible galaxy” was revealed through ALMA telescope observations. Marika Giuliette et al. How do you describe a galaxy that doesn’t want to be seen? You break out a cosmic…
Webb Space Telescope ‘unexpectedly’ finds its smallest asteroid yet
The James Webb Space Telescope accidentally found an asteroid, and NASA says it’s likely the smallest observed to date by the observatory. International astronomers detected an asteroid roughly the size…
An Overlooked Threat From Climate Change Puts Millions at Risk Right Now
Glacial outburst flooding from Lake Palcacocha in Peru threatens the downstream city of Huaraz. Eric Mack Rising sea levels and the potential impacts to huge coastal populations worldwide rank near…
Neanderthals Dined on Cooked Crabs, Bucking Primitive Stereotypes
The researchers compared claws to identify the crabs eaten by Neanderthals and work out how big the crabs were. Mariana Nabais/Catherine Dupont/Joao Zilhao It’s past time to retire the primitive,…
Climate Crisis Greatly Impacts Mental Health in Hard-Hit Bangladesh
A rickshaw several passengers through the flooded streets of Dhaka after heavy monsoon rain in October 2022. Climate change is known to make monsoons more erratic and dangerous. Sazzad Hossain/SOPA…
Einstein’s Mind-Bending Theory Helps Scientists Analyze a Dead Star
This 2020 NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, its image distorted by the effects of gravitational lensing. As such, it appears as a long arc to the…
Distant Galaxy Dubbed the ‘Sparkler’ Mirrors Early Milky Way
This image shows an artist’s impression of our Milky Way galaxy in its youth, with five small satellite galaxies in the process of being accreted into it. James Josephides/Swinburne University…
Here’s Where Elon Musk’s Tesla Is After 5 Years in Space
SpaceX streamed video of the Tesla Roadster in space after the launch. SpaceX Time sure flies when you’re floating through the cold, inhospitable environs of space. It’s been five years…