Astronomers have found five rare, carbon-rich ancient stars in a nearby galaxy, showing that the earliest chemical history of the universe was not limited to the Milky Way. Some stars are more than points of light in the sky. They are time capsules....

Signals from historical nuclear tests have uncovered new evidence of fluid movement occurring deep within Earth’s outer core. Data derived from historic underground nuclear detonations has provided researchers with a rare, high-resolution look into the...

Scientists explore brine beneath Saxony‑Anhalt plains for valuable minerals, turning old gas pipelines into a new resource. Deep beneath the flat farmlands of Saxony‑Anhalt in northern Germany, a brine that once serviced natural‑gas wells is now...

A daring deep‑sea salvage in the Barents Sea pierced a WWII war grave 800 ft down, retrieving Stalin’s long‑lost wartime cargo. On September 16, 1981, a gold bar was lifted from the wreck of HMS Edinburgh, a British cruiser that had rested on its side...

Over 200 skeletons uncovered at a Ghent site reveal a lost medieval neighborhood wiped out by an emperor 500 years ago. During construction on Spaanskasteelplein in Ghent, archaeologists uncovered a buried medieval quarter that once lay beneath the...