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The cone-shaped object was photographed by a Mars rover in August 2022 NASA A cone-shaped item that was photographed by a Mars rover and called into question by a scientist has now been identified The ...

A party hat-shaped object spotted on Mars is drawing renewed scrutiny, with some experts suggesting it could be evidence of something major while others offered a trashy explanation for the cone. The ...

To coincide with the release of Samsung's new Galaxy S26 family of phones, Google is pushing out a small but meaningful update to Circle to Search. As a reminder, Circle to Search allows you to carry ...

One of the oldest known pieces of art on the planet is a figurine of a mammoth that was carved in ivory by a Stone Age artisan some 40,000 years ago. The figurine was found in what is now Germany and ...

Stone Age people 40,000 years ago used a simple form of writing comparable in complexity to the earliest stages of the world’s first writing system, cuneiform, according to a study of mysterious signs ...

For months now, astronomers have been closely watching the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it rips through the solar system at a breakneck velocity. And before it finally leaves us for good ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Object Arjuna 2025 PN7 was thought to be a meteorite in an Earthlike orbit, but that is now being questioned. The new hypothesis suggests that 2025 ...

Infants under 1 year old are more likely to die from choking on objects than on food, according to a new analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data presented at the American ...

The Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is now turning green as it rockets closer to the Sun — with experts stating it appears something “switched on” to inspire the “anomalous evolution.” ...

Earlier this month astronomers were thrilled to discover only the third known interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Now dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the suspected comet has just zoomed past the orbit ...