Long-lost wreckage from the Challenger spacecraft discovered near Bermuda Triangle

One of the oldest written sentences on record blasts hair and beard lice | Where do eels come from? | What is the shape of the universe? Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( November 14, 2022 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [Long-lost wreckage from the Challenger spacecraft discovered near Bermuda Triangle]( [Long-lost wreckage from the Challenger spacecraft discovered near Bermuda Triangle]( (The HISTORY channel) NASA has confirmed that debris found on the ocean floor off Florida's Atlantic coast comes from the fallen space shuttle Challenger, which exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven astronauts on board. Divers discovered the 20-foot (6 meters) section of Challenger's hull while searching for downed World War II-era aircraft as part of a History Channel documentary series, "The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters." Northwest of the Triangle, the filmmakers found a patch of seafloor containing modern-looking debris, partially covered in sand. Full Story: [Live Science]( (11/11) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] History & Archaeology [] [One of the oldest written sentences on record blasts hair and beard lice]( [One of the oldest written sentences on record blasts hair and beard lice]( (Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority) One of the oldest known sentences ever written was a plea against contracting lice, a new study has found. Archaeologists made the hair-raising discovery several years after unearthing a hair comb, which they found in 2016 at an Israeli archaeological site called Tel Lachish, located south of Tel Aviv. The site was once a city inhabited by the Canaanites, who lived in what is now Syria between 3500 B.C. and 1150 B.C., during the Bronze Age. Full Story: [Live Science]( (11/14) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Life’s Little Mysteries [] [Where do eels come from?]( [Where do eels come from?]( (George Cowan) Critically endangered European eels (Anguilla anguilla) spend their adult lives in fresh water in Europe, ranging from Norway to the Mediterranean. But you won't find any baby eels in the mix. So where do all the mature eels come from? Almost entirely across the Atlantic Ocean, as it turns out. Full Story: [Live Science]( (11/14) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [What is the shape of the universe?]( [What is the shape of the universe?]( (Weiquan Lin via Getty Images) The universe may seem shapeless because it is so vast, but it does have a form that astronomers can observe. So, what is it shaped like? 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A house that recently burned down in California may have been set ablaze by an extremely rare meteorite impact. Several witnesses saw a spectacular fireball meteor streak across the sky just above the property at the same time the home went up in smoke, but nobody saw the falling space rock land. Full Story: [Live Science]( (11/11) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Daily Quiz [] POLL QUESTION: When eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea to spawn, about how far do they travel each day? (Learn the answer [here]() [Vote]( [20 miles (32.1 km)]( [Vote]( [Nearly 15 miles (24.1 km)]( [Vote]( [About 7.5 miles (12 km)]( [Vote]( [Less than 2 miles (3.2 km)](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( Future US LLC © 1100 13th St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005