Fast blue optical transients still defy explanation
Sky surveys keep catching a kind of cosmic explosion that astronomers can’t explain. They call them fast blue…
Ball lightning: the glowing orbs science can’t explain
For centuries, people have reported glowing balls of light during thunderstorms — spheres from pea-sized to several meters…
The Oh-My-God particle still defies explanation
On the evening of October 15, 1991, the University of Utah’s Fly’s Eye detector at Dugway Proving Ground…
Odd radio circles: giant unexplained space rings
Astronomers keep finding enormous rings of radio light in deep space that nothing in the textbooks can account…
Transient lunar phenomena: the Moon’s flashes
According to the science of transient lunar phenomena, observers have reported brief lights, colors, and hazes on the…
Red rain in Kerala: 50,000 kg of mystery particles
From July to September 2001, heavy downpours of red-colored rain fell across the southern Indian state of Kerala,…
iPTF14hls: the star that has exploded six times and defies all theories
When astronomers first observed iPTF14hls in September 2014, they identified it as a supernova and expected it to…
Scientists may have finally identified creepy red space dots
Astronomers have finally connected the dots. After years of speck-ulation, space experts might have finally gotten a bead…
Medical Mysteries: For years she was told it was stress – a brain scan revealed the real cause
“It was concerning for me,” she said. “I’d always been regular, never on birth control.” Her gynaecologist suggested…
Is ‘All Her Fault’ Based on a True Story?
Peacock‘s buzzworthy new limited series, All Her Fault, is an intense, twisting tale that follows self-made wealth manager…
15 Twisty Mystery Titles for Young Readers
The game is afoot! Give these chapter book and middle grade capers to fans of whodunits and thrillers.…
Identity of the ‘Girl With A Pearl Earring’ revealed
Here’s a pearl of wisdom. After 360 years, an art historian has allegedly solved one of art history’s…