Cool Finds
Monster Fatberg Goes On Display at London Museum
The mass clogged the sewer under Whitechapel last year with 820 feet of solid grease, fat and dirty diapers
New Horizons Snaps Farthest Image Ever Taken From Earth
Drifting 3.79 billion miles from home, the NASA probe took pictures of two Kuiper Belt objects
Unknown Language Discovered in Malaysia
About 280 people north of the Malay Peninsula speak the language, which is called Jedek
New Museum in Southern France Will House More Than a Thousand Works by Pablo Picasso
The Musée Jacqueline et Pablo Picas, which is expected to open in 2021, will include a trove of works inherited by the artist's stepdaughter
Tomb of 5th Dynasty Priestess Found in Egypt
The 4,400-year-old burial chamber includes well-preserved wall paintings, including an image of a monkey dancing in front of an orchestra
Astronomers Spot Signs of Planets Outside the Milky Way
Researchers estimate that more than a trillion planets may lurk beyond our galaxy's bounds
Dinosaur and Ancient Mammal Stomping Ground Found in NASA Parking Lot
The slab is covered in 70 foot prints and is one of the best collections of animal traces yet found
One of the World's Oldest "Crayons" Colors in Details of the Mesolithic World
An interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and physicists came together to discover the purpose of the ancient bit of sharpened red ochre
Astronomers Get Best Look Yet at the Surface of a Red Giant Star
The image shows convection cells on the star are huge, confirming some theories about star evolution
Amateur Astronomer Finds Long-Lost NASA Satellite
The hobbyist was in search of the lost Zuma satellite when he spotted IMAGE, which went offline in 2005
Researchers Uncover Ancient Greek Island's Complex Plumbing System
Excavations show the settlement of Dhaskalio at the pilgrimage site Keros was a sophisticated urban center
Archaeologists Could Be Close to Finding the Tomb of King Tut's Wife
After Tut's death, Ankhesenamun might have wed the Pharaoh Ay, and there's a possibility she's buried near him in the Valley of the Monkeys
Behold Hubble's Best Image of a Distant Galaxy Yet
The galaxy is roughly 13.3 billion light years away, and formed just 500 million years after the universe began
World's Largest Underwater Cave System Discovered in Mexico
The 215-mile sunken freshwater labyrinth is a trove of ancient Maya artifacts
World's Fifth-Largest Diamond Found in Lesotho
The 910-carat gem is a D-color, type-IIa stone, meaning it is completely colorless and has no visible impurities
Take a Breathtaking Trip Through the Orion Nebula in NASA's New Video
Combining visible and infrared imagery, the new video takes viewers deep into the star nursery
York Minister's Massive Medieval Stained-Glass Window Restored to Its Former Glory
Conservators spent some 92,400 hours cleaning and protecting the great east window's 311 panels
Researchers Are Trying to Figure Out How to Play This Ancient Roman Board Game
Found in a grave in Slovakia in 2006, it is one of Europe's best-preserved ancient gaming boards
Rare Scraps of Paper Unearthed in the Sludge of Famed Pirate Ship
The 300-year-old fragments found in Blackbeard's flagship show someone on board was likely literate and interested in sea stories
Wisdom the Oldest Known Albatross Is Expecting (Again)
The Laysan albatross is now 67 years old and is thought to have raised 30 to 35 chicks in her lifetime
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