Saturn is a planet widely recognisable for its iconic rings but a new study suggests Earth may also have had a similar ring system over 50 million years ago. As part of the research, 21 asteroid ...

Microbes, after all, play enormously consequential roles in the world around us and within us—I should credit the trillions ...

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An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...

Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to ...

How did life on Earth begin? and Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Given the enormous interest in these questions, you ...

Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two meters in ...