In a cave nestled high in the Calabrian mountains, ancient bones have revealed a shocking genetic discovery: a child born from a father-daughter union over 3,700 years ago. The rare finding, backed by DNA analysis, is the earliest confirmed case of this kind in prehistoric Europe. The discovery comes from Grotta della Monaca, a burial
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) say they may have found an answer to a puzzle that has lingered for nearly four decades involving the radiation belts surrounding Uranus. When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Uranus in 1986, it made a surprising discovery. Instruments detected an electron radiation belt far stronger than scientists had
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Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond. It was moving at around 68 kilometres per second, just over double Earth’s speed around the Sun. Imagine if it had been something much bigger and faster: A black hole travelling at more like 3,000 km per
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Feb. 7, 2026. This mission marked a return to flight for the Falcon 9 rocket following a brief stand down as a result of a mishap during the Starlink 17-32 mission on Feb. 2, 2026.
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan booster is offloaded from the company’s R/S RocketShip barge at a dock at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This will be the first Vulcan rocket to launch from the West Coast. Image: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance is staging rockets at launch complexes on both the West Coast
Newly discovered fossil imprints of ancient microbial colonies suggest that researchers need to broaden their search for the oldest life to deeper and more unstable areas. The wrinkled fossil structures, found in the Central High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, are imprinted on turbidites, which are deposits laid down by underwater landslides. The researchers were surprised
The Falcon 9 rocket can resume launching, the Federal Aviation Administration said, clearing the way for a Saturday liftoff at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The two-stage rocket built by SpaceX will target liftoff between 9:05 a.m. and 1:05 p.m. Saturday from Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base. The first-stage booster, making its 13th flight, will
From nut-cracking monkeys to tree-bending apes, primates come in an astonishing range of shapes, sizes and strength styles. Some rely on brute mass, others on explosive power, iron grips or slow, relentless muscle. Here’s our pick of the primates you wouldn’t want to meet in a pillow fight… Strongest primates in the world Gorilla Getty
A jet of charged particles moving at almost the speed of light, made from the remnants of a star that was brutally ripped apart by a supermassive black hole, has been found to be one of the most luminous, energetic events astronomers have ever witnessed in the universe. The jet, triggered by what astronomers refer