Ashley Strickland

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an 800-year-old Norse saga.

(CNN) — When a supernova was seen glittering in the night sky for six months in 1181, it was so bright that Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded it as a

Estimated read time: 6-7 minutes TOKYO — When a supernova was seen glittering in the night sky for six months in 1181, it was so bright that

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(CNN) — The Perseverance rover spotted a quick glimpse of a cosmic “googly eye” on Mars during a recent solar eclipse.

(CNN) — Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a passage in a centuries-old Norse text.

Bones recovered from the 1545 Mary Rose shipwreck reveal new insights about life for the crew in Tudor England as well as shed light on how work changes our bones.

Voyager 1 is using a radio transmitter it hasn’t relied on since 1981 to stay in contact with its team on Earth while engineers try to figure out what went

This week, learn what life was like aboard a Tudor warship, meet the rats fighting wildlife trafficking, spy supernova filaments that resemble a dandelion, and more.

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest writing system, according to new research.