Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws ...

A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...

University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant ...

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against ...

Only four of the Boston Harbor drumlin islands, Deer Island, Nut Island, World's End and Webb Memorial, are accessible by car ...

Scientists discover hydrogen in a rare meteorite, suggesting Earth had the ingredients to make water from the start.