1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (236+ words) Earth’s continents are expected to merge into another supercontinent in about 250 million years, potentially creating conditions too extreme for humans and most other land mammals. Scientists have proposed several possible configurations, including Novopangaea, Aurica, Amasia and Pangaea Ultima. Each would…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (261+ words) Deep in the Peruvian Amazon flows the Shanay-Timpishka, an unusual river with an average water temperature of about 86°C and peaks approaching 98°C, Spanish outlet Ecoticias reported. With no active volcanoes nearby, the source of the heat was long considered…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (442+ words) Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown network of Iron Age mine chambers beneath the mountain near Hallstatt in Austria, according to the website “Heritage Daily.” The system extends at least 300 meters, and the individual chambers are about 25 meters wide and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (290+ words) More than 6,000 exoplanets have been confirmed in the Milky Way, including terrestrial worlds that may be composed mainly of rock and metal. The NASA Exoplanet Archive listed 6,366 confirmed planets as of September 11, 2026, along with thousands of additional candidates awaiting verification....

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (751+ words) Mercury formed about 4.5 billion years ago from clouds of gas and dust. The early history of the Solar System was marked by numerous collisions between celestial bodies. The planets were already hot when they formed, while these impacts generated additional…...

4+ day, 45+ min ago   (895+ words) The first glimpse inside a newly discovered ancient tomb is both exciting and daunting. An international research team recently experienced this moment during fieldwork in the Theban Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the modern Egyptian city of Luxor,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (973+ words) The study was led by Professor Adam Brumm of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE) at Griffith University, with the participation of Associate Professors Karrie Matheson and Michelle Langley. By combining archaeological data with biochemical research, the team…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (641+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old ring bearing the name of Pontius Pilate, potentially solving a long-standing mystery, the website Popular Mechanics reports. Among the ruins of the abandoned palace and fortress of Herodium, in the remains of a former courtyard,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (580+ words) At first, the ring appeared to be just one of the hundreds of unremarkable artifacts from the site. It dates to the 1st century BCE and depicts a calyx krater—a vessel used in antiquity for mixing wine and water. Surrounding…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (310+ words) OpenAI says an unreleased artificial intelligence system has solved the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. According to the company, the model produced a proof in 88 hours. OpenAI has published both a research…...