Earth generates a mysterious magnetic wave every 7 years

ESA’s Swarm satellite mission has discovered a mysterious magnetic wave that "oscillates every seven years and propagates ...

"Wet lava ball" exoplanet may have an atmosphere, new evidence shows

A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA ...
UN Environment Programme

Seventh UN Environment Assembly commits to multilateral solutions for a more resilient planet

The seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) concluded today with Member States delivering 11 resolutions, ...

What the Seven Ancient Wonders would look like now

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

Archaeologists Made a Real-Life ‘Indiana Jones’ Discovery at a True Wonder of the World

Discovery Channel’s popular show “Expedition Unknown” was on site to document the discovery of 12 human skeletons and ...

How Earth's mantle locked away vast amounts of water in early magma ocean

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...
Archaeology

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Hecatomnus’ tomb, Milas, Turkey Marble statues from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the massive tomb built for Mausolus, governor of the southwestern Anatolian province ...
Archaeology

Secrets of the Seven Wonders

How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments The canonical Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were renowned for their size or splendor and—in all cases—the ...