Saturn shows mysterious “beads and stars” in its atmosphere
For decades, Saturn has fascinated scientists with its rings, storms, and unusual north-pole hexagon.
Now, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered something even...
Archaeologists uncover 138 ancient tools that rewrite Europe’s prehistory
A new study suggests that early humans may have once walked directly from Turkey into mainland Europe—thanks to land bridges that are now hidden...
Why Americans need permanent standard time
Every year, people in the United States change their clocks twice—for daylight saving time in spring and back to standard time in fall.
Many people...
Scientists uncover shocking proof of ancient space disaster over North America
Around 13,000 years ago, something dramatic happened on Earth.
Mammoths, mastodons, and many other giant animals suddenly disappeared.
At the same time, the Clovis people—famous for...
Scientists solve 1,500-year-old mystery of the first pandemic
For centuries, historians have debated what caused the Plague of Justinian, the world’s first recorded pandemic.
Now, for the first time, scientists have found direct...
These dinosaur eggs reveal secrets of ancient climate
Eighty-five million years ago, dinosaurs roamed a world filled with dramatic changes.
Volcanoes erupted frequently, oceans lost oxygen in some regions, and waves of extinctions...
Scientists identify new dinosaur from 125-year-old Welsh fossil
Sometimes scientific discoveries aren’t made in the field but in the quiet corners of museum drawers.
That’s exactly what happened in Wales, where paleontologists from...
One wrong hit could send an asteroid on a collision course with Earth
When a massive asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, the solution seems straightforward; smash a spacecraft into it and knock it off course.
That’s exactly what...
Ancient rubbish heaps reveal the secret social life of bronze age Britons
Huge prehistoric rubbish heaps, known as middens, are giving archaeologists fresh insight into the feasting habits of communities living in Britain more than 3,000...
Ancient mammoth microbes reveal the world’s oldest bacterial DNA
Scientists have made a remarkable discovery hidden within the remains of mammoths that roamed Earth more than a million years ago.
An international team led...