Special techniques used to study ripples in the universe may have helped researchers solve an ancient mystery. According to a new paper in Horological Magazine. These techniques allowed the researchers to tell how many holes were in one of the broken rings of the Antikythera Mechanism, the ancient computer shown in Indiana Jones and the … Read more
If you’ve ever wanted to take a walk in deep space, this might be as close as you’ll ever get. In this stunning animation, NASA lets the viewer wander through the trunks of the ‘Pillars of Creation’ in a nebula 6,500 light years from Earth. This is the most detailed and comprehensive video ever made … Read more
A stunning new place has been discovered, hidden deep beneath the ocean waves of the Arctic Circle. Off the coast of Svalbard, Norway, more than 3,000 meters (9,842 feet) below, a field of hydrothermal vents unfolds along Knipovich Ridge, an underwater mountain range previously thought to be quite inconspicuous. Instead, like underfloor heating, volcanic activity … Read more