New trick could reveal text on 2,000-year-old scrolls charred by eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Using X-ray technologies and custom-made software, researchers were able to read text they wrote on a fake ancient scrol...
Scientists finally figured out the temperature of T. rex's blood — and it was as hot as ours
Tooth analysis has revealed that the king of the dinosaurs was as warm-blooded as a human or an elephant
Roman Space Telescope starts waking up as NASA powers on instruments for the 1st time
NASA has begun flipping on the instruments aboard the Roman Space Telescope to prepare the observatory for its scientifi...
The universe's most extreme dead stars can form from vampire white dwarfs — and scientists finally know how
Some vampire white dwarfs that feed on companion stars can transform into neutron stars, but like a cosmic Goldilocks, c...
Was there a 'before' the Big Bang? Jim Al-Khalili on the mind-bogglingness of time
In this excerpt from "On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick," author and theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalil...
Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The research has raised questions about what it means to alter the way laborato...
Massive Black Holes May Have Started as Little Red Dots
A new simulation suggests little red dots, unusually compact objects seen in photos from space, might be one stage in th...
Scientists Fuse Human Neurons Into the Brains of Mice
The studies may help reveal the causes of brain disease in people and point the way to treatments. But researchers alrea...
Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids'
Scientists have devised a new way to incorporate human brain tissue into living mice, opening the door to new research.
On this day in space! Sept. 16, 1949: A US launch of a V-2 rocket explodes, killing its monkey passenger Albert III
On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Here's how it happened and wh...
'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage
Researchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stil...
Colossal cosmic cloud revealed in insane new image from the James Webb Space Telescope | Space photo of the day for Sept. 16, 2026
James Webb Space Telescope spies colossal cosmic cloud | Space photo of the day for Sept. 16, 2026