Scientists recently identified the oldest material on Earth: stardust that's 7 billion years old, tucked away in a massive, rocky meteorite that struck our planet half a century ago. Some of these ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that a newly identified niobium-rich deposit in central Australia formed during the early breakup of an ancient supercontinent.

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopaedist ...

The Murcia tracksites confirm that straight-tusked elephants, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, crossed Spain’s southeastern coastal ...

New research shows potatoes evolved from tomatoes through ancient plant mixing that created underground tubers.

NASA’s Perseverance rover continues collecting and studying Mars samples as uncertainty grows over the future of the Mars Sample Return program.

We are cavemen piloting a spaceship, driven by ancient fears in a world of technology. One resolution could change everything ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

By cracking open these ancient salt crystals, scientists have gained a rare and direct glimpse into Earth’s deep past. These ...

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

From stranded astronauts to secret moons to space photos that were once impossible to consider, here are the top space ...