2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (601+ words) Robert J. Madden, at Colorado State University, is the author of the new paper. He said: Historians have traditionally treated dice and probability as Old World innovations. What the archaeological record shows is that ancient Native American groups were deliberately making…...

1+ day, 32+ min ago  (795+ words) The researchers of the new study said in late March 2026 that ice in permanently shadowed moon craters exists only in low concentrations or small, isolated deposits. The researchers used data from NASA's Shadow Cam instrument on the Korea Pathfinder Lunar…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (983+ words) By Luke Parry, University of Oxford; Frankie Dunn, University of Oxford, and Gaorong Li, University of Oxford Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonized almost all environments on Earth, from hostile hydrothermal vents in the deep sea to…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (301+ words) Tonight, find the stars Kochab and Pherkad in the Little Dipper. Have you noticed it's not easy to find the Little Dipper? That's because it's fainter and looks less like a dipper than the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper appears…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (584+ words) The researchers tested a prototype of the walking robot, named ANYmal. It could go to Mars or the moon. It could carry compact scientific instruments. And it could investigate interesting targets one-by-one and more quickly than current rovers can, according…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (501+ words) Bull sharks form specific social bonds instead of mixing randomly. That's according to new research from more than six years at the Shark Reef Marine Reserve in Fiji. Researchers observed 184 bull sharks and discovered they actively choose companions and maintain…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (634+ words) NOIRLab published this original story on April 2, 2026. Edits by Earth Sky. [The discoveries] offer a powerful preview of the observatory's transformative impact on solar system science. The submission to Minor Planet Center comprises approximately 1 million observations " taken over the span…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (182+ words) Earth Sky Messier objects are fuzzy patches in the night sky Star-hop from Orion to Sirius: See them before they go! Join now to receive free daily science news delivered straight to your email. Do not sell or share my…...

6+ day, 56+ min ago  (760+ words) NASA published this original story on March 26, 2026. Edits by Earth Sky. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that the spinning of a small comet slowed and then reversed its direction of rotation. This offers a dramatic example…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (987+ words) Scientists have discovered the oldest known ancient dog at an archaeological site in Turkey. It lived 15, 800 years ago. They identified the dog's DNA, pushing the record back 5, 000 years. In addition, they identified an ancient dog " 15, 000-years-old " at another site in…...