Scientists discover a gateway for comets to visit our inner Solar System
A recent study may fundamentally alter our understanding of how comets arrive from the outskirts of the solar system and are funneled to the...
Gigantic masses in Earth’s mantle untouched for more than 4 billion years, says study
Ancient, distinct, continent-sized regions of rocks, isolated since before the collision that created the Moon 4.5 billion years ago, exist hundreds of miles below...
What ancient Denisovans may have looked like
If you could travel back in time 100,000 years, you'd find yourself living among multiple groups of humans, including anatomically modern humans, Neanderthals, and...
Dust from a giant asteroid crash caused an ancient ice age before dinosaurs
About 466 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, the Earth froze.
The seas began to ice over at the Earth's poles,...
Rare 10 million-year-old fossil unearths new view of human evolution
Human ancestors might not have been built like modern African apes, a new study suggests.
Near an old mining town in Central Europe, known for...
Boney armor protects Komodo dragons in battle
The boney armor that Komodo dragons have just beneath their scales helps protect the dominant predator from other Komodo dragons, researchers report.
Tiny bones cover...
Scientists discover the sixth major mass extinction
Scientists have concluded that earth experienced a previously underestimated severe mass-extinction event, which occurred about 260 million years ago.
This raises the total of major...
Scientists discover new giant flying pterosaur
A newly identified species of pterosaur is among the largest ever flying animals, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London.
Cryodrakon...
Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction
When the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs slammed into the planet, the impact set wildfires, triggered tsunamis and blasted so much sulfur into...
‘Superbolts’ have 1000x the energy of regular lightning
Though the lightning season is winding down in the Southeastern US, “superbolt” season won’t start until November, according to new research.
The new study maps...