Why asteroid Bennu has so craggy surface
Scientists thought asteroid Bennu's surface would be like a sandy beach, abundant in fine sand and pebbles, which would have been perfect for collecting...
This extreme exoplanet is even more exotic, shows study
The fiery exoplanet WASP-76b – a so-called hot Jupiter, where it rains iron – may be hotter than previously thought.
Considered an ultra-hot Jupiter –...
Scientists discover new tardigrade fossil in 16-million-year-old amber
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are a diverse group of charismatic microscopic invertebrates that are best known for their ability to survive extreme...
Some of the Moon’s craters are so dark, it takes ai to see what’s...
There is no dark side of the Moon.
But there are dark spots on it – specifically at the bottom of craters that are never...
Mystery solved: Why icy plumes come before supercell storms
When a cloudy plume of ice and water vapor billows up above the top of a severe thunderstorm, called a supercell, there’s a good...
These 23,000-year-old human footprints are the oldest in the Americas
“For decades, archaeologists have debated when people first arrived in the Americas,” says study coauthor Vance Holliday, a professor in the University of Arizona...
Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery involving 2-billion-year-old rock
For half a century, geologists have been baffled by perforations in a piece of quartzite, a type of rock, in Western Australia. The markings...
When our Earth’s single most important evolutionary innovation originated
Sometime in Earth’s early history, the planet took a turn toward habitability when a group of enterprising microbes known as cyanobacteria evolved oxygenic photosynthesis...
Scientists solve the mystery of icy plumes that may foretell deadly supercell storms
When a cloudy plume of ice and water vapor billows above the top of a severe thunderstorm, there is a good chance a violent...
Scientists reveal new explanation for the rise of ocean animals
A study from Yale and Georgia Tech offers a new context for a pivotal step in the evolution of life on Earth: the dramatic...