Archaeologists Discover Huge Lost Civilization in Guatemala
A new survey revealed nearly 1,000 Maya settlements, with pyramids and ballcourts, that date back more than 2,000 years.
NASA's InSight Lander May Have Just Sent Us Its Last Photo of Mars
"If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will—but I’ll be signing off here soon," NASA said in a tweet from the lander's perspective.
Decades of Jupiter Observations Have Revealed Something Strange
40 years of observing the biggest planet in the solar system has revealed "things we never anticipated," a new study says.
Wind Power on Mars Can Power Human Habitats, Scientists Discover
What will power humanity's future Mars bases? The red planet's wind is strong enough to do the job in some locations, a new study says.
A 2,500-Year-Old Puzzle from Ancient India Has Finally Been Solved
An ancient text has stumped researchers for thousands of years—and now, someone has cracked it.
Scientists Found 168 More Ancient Figures Etched Into the Peruvian Desert
The nearly 200 previously unknown geoglyphs include depictions of humans, birds, orcas, cats, and snakes.
Nuclear Fusion Ignition Has Been Achieved, US Government Announces
Ignition—when fusion produces more energy than it consumes—is a "significant step closer to the possibility of zero-carbon abundant fusion energy."
NASA Recorded the Sound of Being Caught Inside a 400-Foot-Tall Martian Dust Devil
NASA's Perseverance rover captured the first audio recording of dust devil on Mars, revealing amazing new insights about these whirlwinds.
The Oldest Known Narrative Scene in Human History Is a Guy Holding His Dick
Humans have been telling NSFW stories forever, it turns out.
Scientists Discover Mountain Is Really an Ancient Cosmic Observatory
Mount Tlaloc and its ruins are “an observatory that aligns with the rising sun on one day of the year," which is the beginning of the Aztec new year.
Rare Antimatter From Distant Space Reaches Earth and Can Help Find Dark Matter, Scientists Discover
Antimatter can travel thousands of light years to Earth, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider found, opening an avenue for detecting dark matter.
Government Scientists Have Made a Huge Fusion Energy Breakthrough: Reports
Reports say U.S. scientists are about to announce the first net energy gain from a fusion reaction in another step toward limitless clean energy.