Millions of years before jazz filled New Orleans streets or fishing boats were harvesting shrimp in the Gulf, Louisiana was home to terrifying sea monsters, a tenacious mammal and a seismic cataclysm that reshaped life on Earth.

Ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi represent the oldest evidence for humans living there 1 million years ago.

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Astronomers have discovered a remarkably clumpy rotating galaxy that existed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, shedding new light on how galaxies grew and evolved in the early universe. Nicknamed the "Cosmic Grapes," the galaxy appears to be composed…

On New Year's Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil platform. The wall of water crumpled steel railings and flung heavy equipment across the deck—but its biggest impact was what it left behind: hard data. It was the…

NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped black and white images of a rock on the Martian surface that looks remarkably like a piece of coral.

The extraordinary burial of a teenager buried with gold jewelry and a snake- and scorpion-decorated cosmetics box has been unearthed in Iran — and it may date to more than 3,000 years ago.

The design for a 36 mile long spacecraft, called Chrysalis, includes libraries, tropical forests and structural manufacturing facilities, all supported by artificial gravity.

The ancient behemoth was present just 500 million years after the Big Bang.

Researchers suspect these exaggerated organs evolved as a survival tactic, keeping males at a safer distance from their cannibalistic mates.

NASA’s supercomputers reveal how Greenland’s most active glacier is triggering a threatening shift in ocean life.

The image of Falbreen on Mars is a mosaic of 96 images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover on May 26, 2025, that were carefully pieced together to create this 360° panoramic image.

A new Trump administration directive seeks to radically change NASA's vision for a continued astronaut presence in low Earth orbit.

A recent study has revealed that ancient carbon, previously thought to be securely locked in soils and rocks, is leaking into the atmosphere.

A hidden lake in Harder Glacier Greenland burst through the surface of the ice sheet. The massive flood exposed major gaps in climate models.

Black holes are some of the most mysterious objects in the Universe – a reputation not helped by the difficulty of studying them.

Researchers have found cannibalized human remains from at least 11 people in El Mirador cave in northern Spain, suggesting it was the site of a violent Neolithic clash 5,600 years ago.

The binary black holes in the universe are already astonishing enough, but researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a groundbreaking discovery that these binary black holes may not be "lonely w…

August's full Sturgeon Moon rises this weekend, days before the Perseid meteor shower hits its peak.

Complexes containing hydroxide, water and dinitrogen ligands detected as researchers probe chemistry on the edge of the actinide series

Scientists have discovered a rare new cat coat color called salmiak, or salty liquorice, caused by a genetic mutation. This stunning shade is now explained.

Start preparing now to catch next month's dramatic total lunar eclipse.

Scientists had theorized about the possibility of a plasma physics phenomenon, but their AI system discovered the real thing.

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Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.