Webb Found Brown Dwarfs Only Twice Jupiter’s Mass. How Small Can a Star-Born Object Be?
Webb found brown dwarfs as light as twice Jupiter’s mass in IC 348. One may have a disk, while an unexplained molecule hints at unfamiliar atmospheres.
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Ivan Petricevic
Ivan Petricevic is an investigative journalist and researcher with more than a decade of experience covering ancient history, UAP phenomena, space, and science. He writes about space, science, and history for Večernji list and has appeared as an expert on Discovery Channel and History Channel. He founded Curiosmos, where he reports from primary sources, archaeological research, and field investigations.
A Circular Pit on Google Maps Led Scientists to a 390-Million-Year-Old Impact Structure
An amateur spotted a circular depression in Quebec on satellite maps. Fieldwork found shatter cones and impact-melt rock inside the 25-kilometre Uhackatik structure.
How Do Archaeologists Tell a Settlement From a Ritual Complex?
Archaeologists rarely identify a settlement from one object. They combine buildings, hearths, tools, food remains, activity areas, and patterns of rebuilding to understand a site.
What Happened in These Neolithic Caves? Human Bones Record More Than One Kind of Cannibalism
Nearly 1,000 bones and teeth from three Granada caves show that Neolithic cannibalism was not one practice or one event. The dates and traces point to different stories.
Roman Is on Its Way to L2. Why Are Its First Days in Space So Carefully Choreographed?
Roman’s antenna, sunshade and visor are deployed. Here is why the telescope’s three-month commissioning journey matters before its first images arrive.
A Single Asteroid Impact May Have Shaped Mars’ Moon Deimos
University of Bern simulations and ESA Hera observations point to one non-destructive asteroid impact as the source of Deimos’ southern depression and dusty surface.
The Sun’s Ancient Journey Through the Galaxy May Have Changed Earth’s Climate
Two NASA-funded studies trace how the Sun’s changing galactic surroundings may have altered Earth’s climate and helped warm the young planet.
NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Separating Planet Light From Star Light
NASA’s Pandora satellite has started science observations of at least 20 exoplanets, measuring their host stars so Webb’s atmospheric results can be read more reliably.
A 6,000-Year-Old Czech Enclosure Had Twelve Entrances Aligned With the Sky
Twelve entrances opened onto the horizon at Chleby. The excavators link their directions to the Sun and Moon, raising questions about how people gathered there.
Karahantepe’s 11,000-Year-Old Figure Shows a Person Seated on a Leopard
A person sits on a leopard in a sculpture found inside a small stone building. What did this unusual pairing mean to the people of Karahantepe?
Why Did Romans Bury Lightning? A New Inscription at Hadrian’s Villa Offers a Clue
A marble inscription found in its original position at Hadrian’s Villa refers to a lightning strike attributed to Summanus—and the Roman ritual of making the place sacred.
Fast Radio Bursts Are Starting to Map the Universe’s Missing Gas
A new Nature Astronomy study uses 114 fast radio bursts to trace cosmic gas and test how stellar and black-hole feedback reshapes matter around galaxies.
Meteorite Grains Preserve Evidence of a Magnetic Field in the Infant Solar System
Tiny minerals inside one of the most pristine meteorites ever found still carry a record of magnetism from the solar system’s first 200,000 years.
Why Do Galaxies Collide If the Universe Is Expanding?
The universe is expanding, yet galaxies still merge. The answer lies in gravity, local motion, and the difference between cosmic expansion and a galaxy’s neighbourhood.
When Gravity Bends Light: How Gravitational Lensing Reveals the Distant Universe
Gravity can bend and magnify light from a distant galaxy. Here is how gravitational lensing works, what Einstein rings are, and what astronomers learn from them.
Charnia Fossil from Norway: What Did 3D Preservation Reveal?
A Charnia fossil from Norway preserves rare ridges along its branches. Researchers trace how an underwater sediment flow may have carried and buried it.
ESO’s New Instrument Can Read the Light From 1,000 Stars and Galaxies at Once
MOONS has made its first observations at the Very Large Telescope. Its thousand optical fibres could help reveal the history hidden in stars and galaxies.
Ancient Grape Seeds Trace a 3,000-Year Lineage Still Growing in Iberian Vineyards
DNA from ancient grape seeds connects Iberian vineyards to eastern Mediterranean plants—and reveals how growers preserved lineages across millennia.
NASA and IBM Give Scientists a New Way to Search the Moon’s Vast Image Archive
A new lunar model can help map craters and promising conditions for polar ice. Its technical documentation reveals what those predictions mean—and how scientists can test them.
How Did Ancient Egyptians Hollow Out Stone Vessels?
A finished stone vessel hides the work that made it. Unfinished objects, drill cores, a tomb painting and traces of abrasive bring the ancient workshop back into view.
NASA Wants Your Help Reading the Light From Distant Galaxies
Artifact InSPECtor invites volunteers to examine Euclid observations and improve the tools that will help astronomers read distant galaxies. Here is what the unusual streaks and blobs mean.
A Bronze Age Change of Diet Is Still Written in Ancient Teeth and Bones
Isotopes reveal millet consumption in Poland around 1590 BCE—and show how some people adopted the new crop during their own lifetimes.
Could an Ancient Temple Have a Voice? Listening to Chavín’s Stone Passages
Playable shell horns and sound-filtering stone passages offer a way to investigate what visitors could have heard at Chavín de Huántar.
ESA Can Now Predict Where Meteorite Fragments Will Fall Before an Asteroid Enters the Atmosphere
A new ESA model can estimate where fragments from a small incoming asteroid may land before the object reaches the atmosphere. The system was built for the short-warning events that astronomers call imminent impactors.