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A landscape contractor hit his shovel on something unexpected in his backyard—a 150-pound limestone bust that might be connected to a famous artist. Now the couple is on a mission to solve an 80-year-old mystery.
A mysterious golden sphere found on the Alaskan seafloor in 2023 stumped scientists for nearly three years. Advanced DNA testing finally revealed it was part of a giant deep-sea anemone, showing how ocean exploration continues unlocking nature's secrets.
Scientists have finally solved the puzzle of a mysterious golden blob discovered two miles deep in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska. The strange object turned out to be something left behind by a rare deep-sea creature.
In Kodinhi, Kerala, twins are born at rates scientists can't explain. Instead of treating it as strange, this village turned the mystery into their greatest source of community pride.
After 50 years, astronauts are heading back to the Moon with better tools and bigger questions. The Artemis missions could finally crack mysteries about our closest cosmic neighbor that have puzzled scientists since the Apollo era.
After five years of investigation, Canadian researchers have finally provided answers to hundreds of patients worried they had a mysterious brain disease. The good news: thorough medical testing found most patients have diagnosable conditions that doctors can actually treat.
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After 166 years, scientists have finally identified the skeleton of Henry Peglar, a senior sailor from the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition who mysteriously died wearing a steward's uniform. DNA analysis solved a puzzle that has baffled historians since his remains were discovered on a remote Arctic island in 1859.
Astronomers puzzled by mysterious red dots in deep space images have discovered something beautiful: baby black holes growing inside protective cocoons of gas, like cosmic butterflies. The finding solves a year-long mystery and reveals a previously unknown stage in how supermassive black holes develop.
A massive ancient tunnel discovered near Jerusalem has researchers amazed. The 164-foot underground passage was carved with such precision and effort that experts can't explain who built it or why.
Astronomers just cracked the code on mysterious radio bursts from space by discovering they come from two stars locked in a cosmic dance. This breakthrough could help us understand a dozen other puzzling signals we've been tracking.
A Canberra youth orchestra received a surprise donation that could be a priceless 18th-century Spanish masterpiece. The mystery violin is now being restored to launch young musicians' careers.
Scientists discovered an unknown substance on two distant worlds that exists nowhere else in our solar system. The James Webb Space Telescope detected a mysterious absorption pattern that could reveal brand new chemistry in space.
Astronomers may have finally cracked the case of mysterious bright objects from the early universe. The James Webb Space Telescope discovered these puzzling "little red dots" in 2022, and new research shows they likely evolved into the galaxies we see today.
After nearly three years of scientific detective work, researchers have finally identified the mysterious golden orb found two miles deep in the Gulf of Alaska. The shimmering discovery turned out to be part of a giant deep-sea anemone, proving that Earth's oceans still hold countless secrets waiting to be unlocked.
Racing shadows have puzzled eclipse watchers for centuries, and new research is finally cracking the code. Student teams are using balloons and detectors to solve one of astronomy's most beautiful mysteries.
Two determined moms and Yale researchers solved a medical mystery that was crippling children across Connecticut. Their discovery led to treatments that now help nearly half a million Americans recover each year.
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope just cracked a cosmic puzzle that had astronomers scratching their heads. Those mysterious "little red dots" from the early universe aren't breaking the laws of physics after all.
A puzzle that stumped physicists for three decades just got solved, and it turns out those "missing" neutrinos were never missing at all. New research shows the gallium anomaly was based on a measurement misunderstanding, not mysterious new physics.
After recovering from near-extinction to 33,000 seals, the Wadden Sea's harbor seal population is mysteriously shrinking again. A team of Dutch researchers is now leading a groundbreaking investigation to save the beloved marine mammals before it's too late.
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After nearly three years of investigation, researchers finally identified a strange golden blob found on the Alaskan seafloor. The mysterious orb turned out to be tissue from a rare giant sea anemone that scientists are still trying to understand.
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