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

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

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

Tajikistan is presently Central Asia’s poorest nation, but it is sitting atop an abundance of rare earths and minerals needed to drive the global digital economy. Mukhtar Fazilzoda, the head of the ...

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

Using ocean-bottom seismographs placed outside the destructive path of the turbidity currents, the researchers were able to track the longest runout sediment flows ever recorded on Earth. These flows ...

Researchers have detected a giant tail of gas leaking from an exoplanet near Earth. The giant structure, which is up to ...

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

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 ...

This Super-Earth's lead-like density puts it in a very exclusive club. It's twice Earth's density of 5.5 grams per cubic ...

After all, the 1,100 ft asteroid was named after the demon serpent who represented pure evil and chaos in ancient Egyptian ...