Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and its spirit for the afterlife. The practice was largely reserved for pharaohs ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" ...