Despite its unmemorable name, J2322-2650 is a strange system. A Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbits an energetic neutron star, which constantly bombards it with gamma rays. Now, a team of astronomers has ...
It's been a looooong year of people finding weird little doohickeys, dinglehoppers, and doodads out in the world and having absolutely no clue what they are. Thankfully, the kind folks over at the ...
The world may be ever-changing, but one thing stays the same: humans finding weird little thingamajigs that they just can't quite identify. Thankfully, the geniuses over at the r/whatisthisthing ...
The number of talented and perceptive people found on the internet is staggering. Take the sprawling ‘What Is This Thing?’ online community, for example. It is filled to the brim with experts and ...
For nearly one hundred years, archaeologists have wondered what a series of strange cone-shaped ceramic vessels, resembling ice cream cornets, were used for. They appear only at sites more than 5,000 ...