A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the ...

The snakes stayed large and thrived even when cooling temperatures and shrinking habitats killed off other giant reptiles ...

The Cold Moon, the 12th and final full moon of 2025, will rise on Dec. 4 and reach its highest point in the night sky.

At a small local chapter meeting of a professional society, Gordon Moore's talk laid out the rudiments of what would become ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The ...

An X2 class solar flare hit Earth last night, with more flares and a coronal mass ejection likely on the way. Modern humans ...

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling "The Lady with the Inverted Diadem." The seventh-century-B.C. burial is notable for the elaborate bronze ...

An isolated burial in Sudan has revealed the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took place nearly 4,000 years ago in a little-known African kingdom, a new study finds.

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial ...

Scientists have observed cryovolcanoes erupting on comet 3I/ATLAS — giving us a new clue about what's inside it.

The recent launch of a Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station has caused significant ...

Rising sea levels and storm surges from hurricanes will bring more frequent extreme floods to northeastern U.S. states, ...