An icy visitor from deep space has just pulled off one of the strangest light shows astronomers have ever recorded, flaring ...

Through the analyses of gases and fluids preserved within salt crystals, the team extended the direct record of Earth’s ...

Built to last, NASA’s Perseverance rover continues its long journey across Mars, collecting samples and revealing the ...

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Trapped gases in 1.4 billion-year-old salt crystals reveal ancient secrets about oxygen and carbon dioxide levels on early ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,200-year-old highway in China, revealing ancient engineering marvels that once connected a ...

Mosasaurs were enormous reptiles best known for ruling ancient oceans more than 66 million years ago, but new evidence suggests some also lived in rivers. Scientists reached this conclusion after ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

These exhibits help visitors overcome common challenges, such as understanding the true scale of extinct animals or ...