Browsing: Science

Name: Babylonian Map of the World (“Imago Mundi” in Latin)What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient worldWhere it…

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in influencing how we use the web looks set to increase inexorably, especially with OpenAI — the company behind ChatGPT…

When Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution in the mid-19th century, he figured this fundamental process took place very slowly over geological timescales, taking millions…

Astronomers exploring the faraway universe with the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s most powerful telescope, have found a class of galaxies that challenges even the most…

A man doing home construction in Germany has discovered a rare boulder with a 12th-century carving — a “picture stone” that may depict a Christian bishop…

On 15 January 2022, the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai erupted, unleashing a powerful tsunami that destroyed homes and caused four deaths throughout Tonga. Another lasting…

What it is: exoplanet 2M1207bWhere it is: about 170 light-years away in the constellation CentaurusWhen it was shared: Sept. 10, 2004Why it’s so special: A few…

​​Antarctica, which is nearly four times the size of the United States, is almost entirely covered by a miles-thick layer of ice.But the South Pole hasn’t…

Using information from inside the rocks on Earth’s surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet over the last 1.8 billion years.It is the…

A nearby galaxy is shining with star formation in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.The spiral galaxy Messier 33 (M33), also known as the…