A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

The planet "splashed down" into the star, sending a giant plume of gas into space that gave the star a ring. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been studying the scene of a dramatic ...

Prehistoric cats were some of the most formidable predators to ever roam the Earth. Proailurus is regarded as the common ancestor of all modern felines. Their physique was similar to that of a ...

This event allowed children to search for Easter eggs in a prehistoric dinosaur-era environment, combining fun with education. Museum leaders noted the popularity of the event. "Absolutely it ...

The Mesozoic wasn’t just the age of dinosaurs. Reptiles of all sorts thrived through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous at the same time our favorite dinosaurs were roaming on land. Long-necked ...

An ant preserved in 16 million-year-old amber mastered the art of camouflage. A rare 16 million-year-old ant preserved in amber is helping scientists uncover new secrets about one of nature's most ...

Now a team of researchers is offering what it contends is the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet, known as K2-18b, that orbits a ...

A team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge has detected the chemical fingerprints of possible signs of life on a planet outside the solar system. Using data from… ...