Vast new fossil record challenges story of Earth’s ‘big five’ mass extinctions
Ammonite fossils preserved in limestone. Such fossil deposits help scientists to understand biodiversity over Earth’s history.Credit: Herve Conge/Science…
NASA Is About to Investigate What Lies Beneath a Giant Hole on the Moon
Artist’s concept of a potential lunar cave beneath the Marius Hills region of the Moon. NASA-backed scientists plan…
A Buried Oklahoma Crater Was Dated to the Wrong Era—and It Actually Lines Up With a Mass Extinction
In 1991, an oil company discovered a giant crater buried under Ames, Oklahoma. Subsequent investigations led researchers to…
A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
Earth’s days are not exactly the same length. Scientists have been recording small variations in for decades. These…
Rare Ice Age mastodon tooth found by scientist in San Mateo County, California
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A scientist surveying a California creek recently stumbled across something…
Scientists Discover a Hidden Supervolcano Buried Beneath England
The phrase “hidden supervolcano” sounds a bit like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Supervolcanoes are notoriously conspicuous, what with…
See it: NASA’s Curiosity rover shares images of honeycomb-like textures on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a clear panorama of Mars’ Gale Crater in August. Space lovers can rejoice over…
Mars Rover Discovers Mysterious Field of Honeycomb Textures on Red Planet: ‘Took Our Breath Away’
Honeycomb pattern on Mars – Curiosity rover / NASA As NASA’s Curiosity rover ascended the Martian valley named…
Something Is Still Moving Beneath Venus’s Scorching Surface
New research suggests something is still moving beneath Venus’s scorching surface. Giant rift valleys may be evidence that…
AI Detects Hidden Warning Signs Before Major Earthquakes
Unsupervised machine learning, combined with the analysis of earthquake sequences as interacting events, can help identify precursor signals…
Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why
Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It…
Mars Perseverance Rover Completes a Marathon on Mars to Cap Off Extraordinary 5 Years
A map of the Perseverance Mars rover marathon – credit, NASA NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover just completed a…