"Canary in the coal mine." Scientists make surprising discovery after creating icebergs in laboratory: 'This process repeats over and over' first appeared on The Cool Down.

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur from Argentina with powerful claws, feasting on an ancient ...

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

Fast-forward to today: we’ve gone from one lonely planet to a catalog of thousands. The pace is accelerating. In 2015, NASA’s Kepler telescope had confirmed its 1,000th exoplanet. By 2022, the tally ...

Little Rock Nine's desegregation, Neptune's discovery, Saudi Arabia's founding, The Jetsons debut, and Mars Pathfinder launch ...

Lauren Edgar was in second grade the first time she realized her future might lie outside the earth’s atmosphere. While ...

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it ...

Astronomers are buzzing over 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious object hurtling through our solar system, and a new theory claims it can create planets.

The discovery of life on Mars is a tad closer than ever before. This month, NASA announced the discovery of signs of life on ...

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are waiting to be discovered.