NASA's discovery of seven new "dark comets" doubles the known population of these asteroid-like objects with cometary ...

A new fossil discovery, Anadoluvius turkae, suggests human ancestors evolved in Europe, not Africa, challenging traditional ...

Researchers have taken a significant step in uncovering how life began on Earth, introducing a fresh perspective on the ...

The discovery of Australopithecus afarensis, a human-like being with short legs and a small stature, left scientists ...

As 2024 comes to an end, scientists have had an exciting year uncovering Earth's secrets! From solving age-old mysteries to ...

Scientists used satellite imagery to confirm that a previously undiscovered tornado tore through the Australian outback in ...

Long before birds fluttered their wings and took their maiden flight, it was pterosaurs - the distant cousins of birds - that ...

An unusual approach to spotting tiny asteroids uses James Webb Space Telescope data in a boost for planetary defense research ...

New research reveals a fourth planet in the Kepler-51 system, altering our understanding of this unique system with three ...

Unlike their larger counterparts, which are rare and strike Earth every 100 to 500 million years, like the one that killed ...

The world's largest coral was discovered by the National Geographic Pristine Seas team in the southwest Pacific Ocean, near ...

Scientists detected the planet, designated TOI-3261 b, using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ( TESS ). This ...