Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have found new indications of how large prehistoric settlements were organized. Their research focused on a special type of ...

Dyson sphere stability — once considered an impossible physics problem — may be within reach. A peer-reviewed paper in ...

The Osirion is unlike any other structure in Egypt. Massive stone blocks, unexplained water systems and hidden chambers have ...

The bizarre behaviour of a star 1,300 light years from Earth may have finally been explained. NASA says the big dips in brightness of the star—KIC 8462852—could be down to a massive, uneven cloud of ...

Artist's illustration showing a star behind a shattered comet. A faraway star's mysterous dimming was most likely caused by comets, a new study suggests — though it doesn't rule out the ...

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Avebury is one of the largest prehistoric monuments ever built in Britain. Massive stones, giant earthworks and mysterious ...

A strange star located 1,500 light-years from Earth is exhibiting strange flickering behavior that’s leading some scientists to speculate that an alien megastructure is blocking the light. But what ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. KIC 8462852 is known as the "most mysterious star in the universe" for ...

Let's just call it the alien megastructure that wasn't. More than 100 researchers have released a study showing that the mysterious star KIC 8462852, better known as Tabby's Star, is almost certainly ...

The mystery of why a distant star keeps dimming continues to baffle scientists, after a new report ruled out several "natural" explanations. The astronomical world lit up last year, after planet ...