Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

The showrunner and writer unpacks episode four after audiences were left on an almighty cliffhanger, including the death of a key character, reveals what makes James Marsden the perfect president and ...

After more than two decades of analysis, researchers from Montana State University have finally revealed how three microbes ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...

Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

A NASA mission collected the sample and brought it back in 2023, and scientists have found traces of ancient brine that contains minerals that are the raw ingredients of life.