An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...

Still in its original galaxy, a rare holdout from the second generation of stars sheds new light on the origins of the ...

St. Johns County Parks and Recreation and the Ancient City Astronomy Club are partnering to host a free “Night Under the ...

It's a new window into the first star explosions.

Discovered in the Pictor II dwarf galaxy, star PicII-503 has an extreme deficiency in iron—less than 1/40,000th of the sun.

The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about ...

As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to gas giant Jupiter, a team of astronomers has concluded it may be even older than we thought. By analysing its chemical composition, they ...

In Colorado, the best adventures do not always shout for attention. Sometimes they wait in stone, sunbaked and silent, tucked ...

A joint archaeological mission by the University of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) has ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from ...

Astronomers have discovered one of the most chemically primitive stars ever identified — an ancient stellar relic that preserves the chemical imprint ...

Stretching across two-thirds of our planet, Asia harbors secrets that span millions of years of human history. From the ...