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The Ancient City of Mohenjo-Daro, a "Lost" Archaeological Enigma, Could Be Centuries Older Than Previously Thought
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (731+ words) A century ago, when the ancient ruins of the lost city of Mohenjo-Daro were rediscovered, archaeologists hadn't anticipated that their discovery would reveal evidence of a thriving hub of the ancient world, which had remained hidden for nearly 3, 700 years. Part…...
Tracking Debris & Weapons of Mass Destruction: U. S. Naval Research Lab Just Launched Three "Advanced Experimental Payloads" into Space
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (590+ words) The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has announced the successful launch of three "advanced experimental payloads" into space aboard the "Department of War (Do W) Space Test Program"s (STP) Satellite-7 mission. According to an NRL statement, the STPSat-7 spacecraft…...
NASA's Artemis II Astronauts Spot Mysterious New Lunar Features During Historic Mission
21+ hour, 52+ min ago (450+ words) At first, [the astronauts] descriptions didnt quite match what we were seeing on our screens." If you enjoy the news and perspectives offered by The Debrief, make sure that you arent missing our stories by making us one of your…...
Stunning Artemis II Images Reveal Moon's Mysterious Far Side and Ancient Lunar Phenomena in Sharpest Resolution Ever Seen
23+ hour, 19+ min ago (726+ words) This week, NASA's intrepid Artemis II astronauts made history with their record-breaking journey around the Moon, in a crewed mission that carried humans farther into space than any have ever traveled. What the astronauts saw while circling the Moon offered…...
There are All Kinds of Neat, Fun, Weird Things Waiting for Us to Find: Astronomers Discover Giant Hydrogen "Halos" Surrounding Ancient Galaxies
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (704+ words) An international team of astronomers using the data from the Hobby'Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) to peer back 10 to 12 million years in time to the universe's "Cosmic Noon' has discovered tens of thousands of giant hydrogen halos surrounding several…...
New Research Reveals the Superpower Behind How Blind 'Echolocators' Navigate Using Sound
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (416+ words) Scientists have long recognized that the human mind and body can adapt when a sense or other asset is missing, a phenomenon that has puzzled scientists for some time. However, a new study by Haydee Garcia-Lazaro and Santani Teng from…...
Missing for 2000 Years, the "Lost" Verses from This Ancient Greek Philosopher's Writings Have Finally Been Discovered
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (476+ words) For more than two thousand years, the work of the Greek philosopher Empedocles has survived only in fragments. His ideas were preserved as quotations in the works of later writers, often shaped by the interpretations of Plato, Aristotle, and Plutarch....
A Titanic Cosmic Blast, Advanced Metallurgy in Ancient Egypt, and the Consciousness-Time Connection
2+ day, 8+ min ago (124+ words) The Debrief A Titanic Cosmic Blast, Advanced Metallurgy in Ancient Egypt, and the Consciousness-Time Connection This week in stories we're covering at The Debrief, a gravitational wave discovery has revealed an explosive "forbidden range" of stellar destruction so powerful that…...
Roman Sanctuary Found Beneath Frankfurt Could Transform What We Know About Religion on Rome's Frontier
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1078+ words) Several years ago," construction crews laying the foundation for a new school in Frankfurt unexpectedly uncovered the remains of a vast sacred district at the center of ancient Nida, a Roman settlement that once prospered along the empire's northern frontier....
One of the Most Important Challenges in Astronomy: Scientists Unravel the Epic, Violent, Multi-Billion-Year Story of Water on the Moon
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (571+ words) After decades of disagreements among the scientific community, an international research team has determined that the water on the Moon likely accumulated over billions of years, rather than during a single, violent event, such as a cometary collision. Although the…...