The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

Plants and trees send their roots into the ground to soak up water and nutrients from the soil. Until now, scientists ...

Researchers used advanced microscopy to uncover important protein structures. For the first time, two important protein ...

A new study has confirmed that sharks follow established patterns when it comes to body size, and this finding could change ...

A giant burrowing salamander fossil challenges assumptions about amphibian evolution in prehistoric Appalachia. A giant ...

NASA’s latest hot-fire of RS-25 engine No. 20001 roared for the full 500-second launch profile, proving it can blast the ...

Hubble spotted a rare off-center black hole shredding a star, revealing the first optical discovery of a wandering ...

Guided by fast radio bursts, astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics have mapped how ordinary matter is distributed in the ...

Powered by the largest digital camera ever built, Rubin Observatory has taken its first images—millions of stars and galaxies ...

Researchers in Italy have successfully completed the first flight of iRonCub3. The robot lifted off the ground by about 50 cm ...

Evidence buried in gypsum dunes suggests humans arrived far earlier than expected. Radiocarbon dates from three materials ...