A new radiocarbon study of museum artefacts linked to King Ahmose suggests Egypt’s New Kingdom began later than long believed, extending the chaotic Second Intermediate Period. By directly comparing Egyptian objects with dating from the Santorini eruption, researchers challenge established chronologies without rewriting textual history, reshaping how scholars understand the timing of Egypt’s impe…

This will be the sixth and final launch of the year for United Launch Alliance. Teams are targeting liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:49 a.m. EST (0849 UTC).

Under the direction of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal health officials have changed guidance on hepatitis B vaccines, potentially affecting millions of California infants who are at risk of dying from liver cancer later in life if they contract the virus.

A new theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental forces and particle properties may arise from the geometry of hidden extra dimensions. These dimensions could twist and evolve over time, forming stable structures that generate mass and symmetry breaking on their own. The approach may even explain cosmic expansion and predict a new particle. It hints at a universe built entirely from geometry.

The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two outer most planets, might be more rocky and less icy than previously thought.