The Local Bubble is probably the result of millions of years of stellar explosions.
Far from the hulking beasts shown in modern depictions, the horses used in Medieval battles were more like ponies.
A European space telescope observed what appears to be an oblong world.
The Mars rover is dealing with some debris that stopped its sample collecting process.
Airlines claim they're sending thousands of empty flights out in an attempt to maintain market share despite the environmental damage.
Newly released footage shows the observatory's separation from the Ariane 5 rocket in Earth orbit.
New research shows that wild animals can be tracked through airborne DNA.
An unidentified object is sporadically dimming starlight in a system far, far away.
Archaeologists found a variety of worm eggs in a cesspit under an Iron Age estate, showing that even elites suffered from poor sanitation.
Human and dog remains at Çeşme-Bağlararası are the latest evidence of the Thera eruption and the ensuing tsunami that roared through the Mediterranean.
The mission may have enough fuel to last over a decade, thanks to an ultra-precise launch.
The DRACO camera is the only instrument aboard NASA's planetary-defense DART mission.
New models of Venus's atmosphere suggest it may not be as inhospitable as previously believed—though no life as we know it could survive there.
The spacecraft launched successfully, but there are still perils ahead before it begins its science mission.
The face of Amenhotep I hadn’t been seen for 3,000 years... until now.
A tsunami's magnetic field arrives even before the telltale receding of seawater.
A pregnant mummy, a frozen time capsule, a Pompeii snack bar, and a lost Egyptian city make our annual list.
The ivory-billed woodpecker hasn't been seen for decades. The government is ready to declare it extinct—but at what cost?
Nearly 100 species were found living in extreme cold and total darkness beneath the ice in one of the world's "least-known" habitats.
Name a place on Earth, and the odds are good that it’s contaminated with microplastics. That includes the top of the world.
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