The largest-known piece of Mars to be found on Earth will be up for bid and could be sold for up to $4 million at auction.

Roughly 125,000 years ago, Neanderthals gathered near a lake to extract the grease contained within animal bones. To do so, ...

The mysteries surrounding the life and death of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of the ancient Mayan city of Caracol in Belize ...

Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...

According to a study, eight Pacific sleeper sharks (Somniosus pacificus) appeared during an experiment in the South China Sea ...

Researchers have recreated the tumultuous beginnings of Earth, simulating what the planet was like just after its formation 4 ...

A swarm of earthquakes has struck Southern California near a major fault line that could unleash the infamous 'Big One' and ...

Bees are essential to the health of the Earth’s ecosystems, but the populations of many species are dwindling. These ...

Scientists at a Denver museum stumbled onto the oldest and deepest-known dinosaur fossils unearthed in the city when drilling ...

Plant phototropism—directional growth in response to light—serves as a key adaptive mechanism, optimizing photosynthesis and ...

The latest shots were captured just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface. The post Sun’s ready for its closeup: NASA’s ...

Given the number of ports in similarly shallow areas worldwide, it’s important to learn more about emissions in shipping lanes and to better estimate their impact.

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the third of its kind ever known, astronomers at Michigan State ...

Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors in recent weeks.The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant ...

Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the decline of the region's sea ice.

People already experienced a shorter day on July 9 — but maybe didn’t know it because it’s only 1.3 milliseconds faster. The fastest day since the introduction of the atomic ...