The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

Scientists are considering the possibility of launching a nuclear weapon at an asteroid that could potentially hit the moon in 2032 — but they say more research is needed before taking this forward as ...

The Andes have revealed a new wonder that looks as if it were woven by the Earth itself. Rising more than 4,700 meters above sea level, Pallay Punchu-nicknamed Peru’s new Rainbow Mountain-stuns the ...

Recent discoveries have unveiled the surprising resilience of certain bacteria, capable of surviving the harsh vacuum of ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

How did this life survive? New research out of the University of Texas in Austin is revealing how an atmosphere may have ...

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in025. Billions more are waiting to be ...

A new species of bat has been discovered in the western Himalayas, Myotis himalaicus, notable for its long tail and hairless ...

About 95 million years ago, a juvenile crocodyliform nicknamed Elton lived in what is now southwest Montana at the edge of ...

A 95-million-year-old crocodyliform fossil, affectionately nicknamed Elton, was discovered in Montana by student Harrison ...

Scientists discovered a new deep-sea coral named Iridogorgia chewbacca, its shaggy branches resembling the iconic Wookiee ...

Scientists have finally solved a decades-long mystery about a strange crater deep under the North Sea. The Silverpit Crater, first discovered in 2002, has now been confirmed as the result of a massive ...