The gigantic bubble was created by multiple supernova explosions, and researchers finally know what its magnetic field may look like. The strange dimming of Golf animals could point to a small companion surrounded by a huge dusty disk. In 2013, South Carolinians made the unexpected discovery of a Colonial-era cemetery holding the remains of enslaved people.

Now, a genetic analysis of some of these individuals reveals their origins. A radar system less powerful than a household microwave oven produced some of the best pictures of the moon ever captured. A lucky group of whale watchers recently watched a gray whale calf being birthed off the coast of California. It could be the first time that this incredible phenomenon has ever been caught on camera.

Scientists have used facial reconstruction techniques to show what the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II looked like in his prime. New results from the James Webb Space Telescope challenge prevailing models of the early universe. A new time-lapse image shows two major sunspot groups moving across the surface of the sun in December 2022, when the number of solar splotches also skyrocketed to an eight-year high. What is the rarest mineral on Earth? Does reality exist when we’re not looking? Binary black holes may be more common than astronomers realized, according to new research.