‘Cosmic Cannibalism’: Astronomers Capture Dying Star’s Last Act As It Destroys All Its Planets
When white dwarfs go berserk, their planets endure the ensuing mayhem. After consuming planetary and cometary debris, the evidence appears in and around the dying star’s atmosphere…
James Webb Telescope: NASA Is All Set To Reveal Deepest Image Ever Taken Of Universe
Six months have pᴀssed since a European rocket took the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit. Since then, the ultra-complex telescope has successfully deployed its vast sunshield,…
Ancient DNA Yields Surprising Findings On World’s Earliest Seafarers
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New genetic research from remote islands in the Pacific offers fresh insights into the ancestry and culture of the world’s earliest seafarers, including family structure, social customs, and the ancestral populations of the people living there today. The work, described in the journal Science, reveals five previously undocumented migrations into a […]
Male-Female Roles 7,000 Years Ago Were Less Traditional Than Previously Thought – New Study Reveals
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – New archaeological research into grave goods and skeletal material from the oldest grave field in the Netherlands shows that male-female roles 7,000 years ago were less traditional than was thought. The research was conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Archol, the National Museum of Antiquities and Leiden […]
Could Neanderthals Meditate? Scientists Investigate
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives and modern humans share 99.7% of their DNA. These intriguing beings were widespread across Europe and Western Asia for a long time, about 400,000 years ago, and they died out in Europe about 40,000 years ago. Archaeological excavations and examinations of bones, caves and […]
Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamond Batteries That Could Last For Thousands Of Years
We have an unquenchable energy need. When we need to run anything that cannot be plugged in, electricity will have to come from a battery, and the…
NASA Spots A ‘Mystery’ Double Crater Of Unknown Rocket On The Moon
NASA has located the impact location of an unidentified “out-of-control” rocket that crashed into the far side of the moon recently. Images captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance…
Underwater Jars Reveal Roman Period Winemaking Practices
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Winemaking practices in coastal Italy during the Roman period involved using native grapes for making wine in jars waterproofed with imported tar pitch, according to a new study. The authors – Louise Chᴀssouant of Avignon University and colleagues – examined three Roman period amphorae—wine jars—from a seabed deposit near the […]
Neolithic Farmers Invented Methods To Fight Pests 8,000 Years Ago
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – As early as the Neolithic period, pests posed a threat to agricultural yields, as shown by the remains of mice and insects found in prehistoric wells by a Basel-led archaeological research team. However, there are also indications that people knew how to defend against these pests – for example, by […]
Long-Lost Burial Site Of Viking King Harald Bluetooth Discovered By Satellites?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have tried to find the burial site of legendary Viking King Harald Bluetooth for decades. Using satellite remote sensing tools, researchers say they have now confirmed that a large Viking Age burial mound could hold the remains of the King Bluetooth, whose name was the inspiration for Bluetooth wireless […]