Astronomers spot 1 of the most powerful ‘sonic booms’ in the universe as massive galaxy crashes into its neighbors

Astronomers have spotted one of the most powerful shock waves ever seen, caused by a galaxy slamming into four of its neighbors while traveling at 2 million mph (3.2 million … Read More

Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous networks, radiocarbon dating and document analysis show

Spatial distribution of AMS, archaeological, and ethnohistoric data. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52597-8 Spanish explorers may have brought the first peach pits to North America, but Indigenous communities helped … Read More