A new study using James Webb Space Telescope observations finds that the atmosphere of this giant world contains salt clouds and unexpected chemical compounds.
Mount Erebus, the world's southernmost active volcano, has been releasing microscopic gold particles daily for decades — a phenomenon scientists have yet to fully explain.
Erebus disperses an estimated 80 grams of gold particles into the atmosphere every day.
The phenomenon has been studied for more than 30 years without a definitive explanation.
A permanent lava lake at the summit makes Erebus a rare and invaluable natural laboratory.
Conflict, individualism and vice have steadily displaced prosocial themes in pop music, according to a new analysis spanning sixty years of chart hits.
Pop lyrics have increasingly emphasized conflict, vice and individualism over 60 years.
Researchers treat popular music as a cultural indicator of shifting societal values.
The study identifies a parallel, not a causal, relationship between music and moral change.
Some 60 light-years from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has found a planet with an unprecedented atmosphere — and astronomers cannot explain it with current theories.
Webb detected mineral salt clouds on a planet nearly 60 light-years away — a first in exoplanet science.
The planet's pink color remains unexplained, adding a second anomaly to an already puzzling object.
The discovery pushes astronomers to revise current theories on cold planet atmospheres.
For centuries, Rome's road network connected three continents. How did ancient engineers manage to draw near-perfect straight lines without modern instruments?
Romans surveyed straight roads using the groma, a simple instrument with plumb-line arms.
Multilayer construction ensured drainage and resilience under heavy traffic loads.
The network covered Europe, North Africa and the Middle East — tens of thousands of kilometres.