Rocks gathered along the Colorado River contained evidence of a bustling community of animals in an ancient sea.

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of ...

The ice cores could offer clues about a period known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition that has long puzzled scientists ...

Scientists break down the reasons why days are getting shorter—and the mystery they're still trying to solve about Earth's ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...

Ancient lungfish jaws tell a complex evolutionary story. New 3D analysis uncovers surprising feeding adaptations. Ancient ...

An ancient ice core from Mont Blanc has revealed 12,000 years of climate and human history, making it the oldest Alpine ice ...

Over the past two billion years, this supercontinent cycle has produced at least three major supercontinents: Columbia, Rodinia, and Pangea. Each one formed as landmasses gradually collided, only to ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary are back on Earth. They closed out their private ...

A gritty, action-packed return to form for the Predator franchise, Predators celebrated its 15th anniversary this week.